Since australia is in the southern hemisphere, winters here are coexisting with summers in australia and new zealand. I do hope the author sharpens his geography skills rather than make such blunders in his articles. The australians are right in describing the weather there as summer. Seems the author is as lacking in basics as our indian team!
Terrible isn't it, that so many emails were sent about the "ordinariness" of Sachin's innings. We should be building temples for the man and should be worshipping him many times a day. Sad that many don't realize this at home while foreigners do in abundance. If only this were the middle ages in a different continent, we could punish those who hold such inferior opinions in such a way that no one would dare to say a word against the holy name.
How come the identity of the author of "Prized gem" (may his name be praised by all true devotees who chant Sachin's name incessantly) was not revealed?
It is not an curious trait, its just that the world is round. In the southern hemisphere, the summer season is from October to February. So they are right in referring to a "summer" of cricket! :-)
i don't understand why these new's papers in Australia even rediff.com making fuss about Sachin's innings at MCG and why not talk about Ramesh's and Patel's Innings. Weren't those innings worth mentioning. I think he needs some words of appretiation for his effort, while the top guns like Dravid and Ganguly failed he showed some resistance and looked comfortable. This innings will boost his confidence ahead of the test series.
Sachin Tendulkar is probably the most useless batsmen India has ever had. Come to think of it, how many times has Tendulkar come up shining when we really needed it? Sure, 100 against Zimbabwe, 200 against Kenya ... 300 against Holland? All records made against teams that do not even rate a mention! There are far better players like Dravid, Ganguly and others who have really helped the country out in times of trouble. They are the true batsmen, not Tendulkar who looks forward to games against teams like Kenya when he can get those 100's going and conveniently (maybe a little too much so) gets himself out. Maybe he just doesn't want the world to see how bad he really is? But of course, we Indians, with our extremely well developed ability to overlook sheer mediocrity will just say "he is not in form". Get real. Lets just get down and see how many matches India has won against sides like Australia or South Africa or New Zealand or even Pakistan when Tendulkar was blasting away to glory. I venture that the number is going to be abysmally low and that will tell the true picture.
FYI for the author - Summers in the southern hemisphere (below the equator) are at the same time as winters in the northern hemisphere (above the equator). So when we have winter in India (in the northern hemisphere), the Australians have summer.
