Is this the Same Sauth African team ??? me wonders !! The blame is on the Captain of SA and the UCB. The choice of the captain is itself wrong , the person who is not sure memeber of squad is made a captain , why ?? its just to Humiliate senior players ... If this is a treatment any board gives to the players then no team will raise hope , infact perform the way SA is performing , so as to avoide any hopes in anybodies mind to win any cup ... And on top of it Captain of SA Mr Grame Smith .. is working like a poor person who accidently got wealth and is gone crazy in spending and showing off.. Its really petty for the match winners like , Pollock, Gibbs , Boucher , Kallis , Klusner etc.
Come on UCB ,, grow up .... accept the defet as part of winning ... make necessary changes soon .... before it is too late ...
it is a tremendous achievement for england n 'll definitely boost up their confidence appreciably what a way to show the world their calibre keep it up
Never mind SA because this may probabily the day of England. But the result of Netwest trophy again mooted the question that is single final contest in one day cricket can produce the result as required? Australians are best to have 3 finals, and i think ICC should adopt this method.
England seems to be slowly on their way up in international cricket. All the hype about South Africa being second only to Australia is getting skimpier and skimpier. One wonders what excuse they will come up with now. If it was misfortune during world cup ( couldnt reach super six as they were unlucky was what some said ), it must be a bad day at Lords.. South Africa !!! Wake up and stop resting on past laurels. Matches cannot be won on papers.
Another series where the side bowling first has won majority of matches. Understandably, we need to create pitches which help the bowlers also but aren't these low scores killing the real essence of the game?
By defeating South Africa England has gone a step ahead in rebuilding itself.It has got fine batsmen like Solanki,Treschcothick,Vaughan and what more to expect from Flintoff.Gough is also back in full swing along with the new star Anderson.South Africa now doesn't look like the side it was in the 90's under Cronje.It is time now to bring back the "Zulu" warrior back to the battleground to lift the morale and may be give him the captaincy.He is being discriminated.Why are they depriving the cricket lovers from seeing a great allrounder in action?Smith is a young guy and should be allowed to concentrate more on his batting.
