Eng (took more than a decade) and Aus are the only two teams who ve gone through such transition process.
Apart from these two I can't see any other teams.
India, Pak and SriLanka are always gone through ups and down..they never go straight up or down.
WI ; They are only at downside since early and mid 90s. NZ : They have similar situation like WI, but with many all rounders, sometime they give you stunning result. SA : They never down, but they never up either. They are always in top 3, but they perished during knock out rounds..in all major tournaments.. ZIM : Once upon a time, they were one of the finest team in early 90s and mid 90s...due to poltical instability, many of them forced to retire or sheltered in Eng, SA or Aus. Since, then they are at down side. Kenya : Once they were playing good cricket nd upset major teams ( Look at 2003 WC), but due to bad policy and development programs by ICC...they lost interest in cricket. Bangladesh : Not sure, how many chances they need to show that ve talents (if any). Ireland and Afganistan : Are the two teams ICC should give them ODI status without any delay. Both teams ve fighting spirit and good players who can show their talent in big arena.
Due to lack of promotion and development from ICC : teams like Holland, UAE, Bermuda, Nambia, Scotland, and Canada have no future in cricket.
Re: All powerful teams go through transition: Srinivasan
by sakar panch on Feb 25, 2012 05:37 AM
Forgot west indies? They are going through the transition for last 3 decades. Well said Srini!
For india to win the next world cup, we need to start building the team from now. remove sachin, sehwag as they are not in form and bring more youngster into the team. Make pace and bouncy wickets, all over india and make indian team to practices. the best way to do is select people on their ability and divide them into india and india A team and make them play on this fast and bouncy tracks. This is only way , we can even think of going into world cup semi's atleast
Re: srinivasan what are u talking about?
by balaji gururajan on Feb 25, 2012 06:09 AM
"Make bouncy pitches" - You think its so easy to convert all indian pitches overnight? Also do you think no one has ever tried it? Soil from Perth, NZ, etc have been tried but because of our climate our pitches behave the same way.
Only way to go forward is to cut short ranji and duleep tournaments on useless pitches and organize more A tours to Aus, SA and Eng
Re: Re: srinivasan what are u talking about?
by usha sundaram on Feb 25, 2012 07:31 AM
May be we shoul try old fashioned matting wicket that offers bounce and swing.
