Lords…Johannesburg…Barbados….???
Sri Lankan was worthy winners of the 9th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup where the last two champions (India & Pakistan) vanished in the first round of the competition….Flabbergasted…!!!
I have always adhered to this fact that the team reaching the finals of the competition along with the Aussies can be considered as the worthy winners of the world cup. So reaching the finals is what the other teams should aim at. This world cup had a lot of drama associated with it, all for wrong reasons. The killing of the Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer was quite unfortunate and I guess the cops should try to bring the wrongdoer to justice as soon as possible, whoever it may be.
How the semi-finalist major Teams faired…..
Aussies: They won their fourth cup and the third consecutive time ….its as simple as that…and they are there to RULE.
Sri Lanka: No one would have given them the chance of reaching the final, but I always thought that they had a balanced team led by an aggressive and imaginative captain, unlike ours (meanwhile I am an Indian).They did fairly well and can be proud of their achievement.
New Zealand: They performed reasonably well, guess after the 92 world cup, this was by far their best performance in the world cup. Again they had a cool captain who led quite brilliantly.
South Africa: They choked again, nothing new…and I believe that they are not that good side as they are though to be…as far as I am concerned, South Africa Sucks…They still believe that they are on-par with the Aussies and go gaga over their 434 run chase (as we do of winning the Natwest Series recently).Come on Africans, forget the past…live in the present and you guys are not that good as you think you are …and somebody please let this fact be known to Barry Richards and Pat Symcox.
I could have written about the remaining teams who made up the numbers, but don't want to spend time on those mediocre performing (non) teams, rather I could spend time on some of the best performers of this world cup.
For me Matthew Hayden was class apart (no disrespect to the Pigeon). He sustained his good form through out the series and for me he was the best batsman of the tournament. His innings in the super eights against the South Africans was absolutely out of this world. His shots reached the fence in a jiffy.
I feel privileged to watch some of the individual and some teams dominate their respective sport for in the present era…here are a few (Readers are welcome to add their own and differ with the ones chosen by me)
· Michael Schumacher
· Pete Sampras/Roger Federer (I still admire King Pete)
· Tiger Woods
· Sachin Tendulkar (Up till 2003), Warne & Murali to a certain extent
· & of course The Aussie Cricket Team
I have always adhered to this fact that the team reaching the finals of the competition along with the Aussies can be considered as the worthy winners of the world cup. So reaching the finals is what the other teams should aim at. This world cup had a lot of drama associated with it, all for wrong reasons. The killing of the Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer was quite unfortunate and I guess the cops should try to bring the wrongdoer to justice as soon as possible, whoever it may be.
How the semi-finalist major Teams faired…..
Aussies: They won their fourth cup and the third consecutive time ….its as simple as that…and they are there to RULE.
Sri Lanka: No one would have given them the chance of reaching the final, but I always thought that they had a balanced team led by an aggressive and imaginative captain, unlike ours (meanwhile I am an Indian).They did fairly well and can be proud of their achievement.
New Zealand: They performed reasonably well, guess after the 92 world cup, this was by far their best performance in the world cup. Again they had a cool captain who led quite brilliantly.
South Africa: They choked again, nothing new…and I believe that they are not that good side as they are though to be…as far as I am concerned, South Africa Sucks…They still believe that they are on-par with the Aussies and go gaga over their 434 run chase (as we do of winning the Natwest Series recently).Come on Africans, forget the past…live in the present and you guys are not that good as you think you are …and somebody please let this fact be known to Barry Richards and Pat Symcox.
I could have written about the remaining teams who made up the numbers, but don't want to spend time on those mediocre performing (non) teams, rather I could spend time on some of the best performers of this world cup.
For me Matthew Hayden was class apart (no disrespect to the Pigeon). He sustained his good form through out the series and for me he was the best batsman of the tournament. His innings in the super eights against the South Africans was absolutely out of this world. His shots reached the fence in a jiffy.
I feel privileged to watch some of the individual and some teams dominate their respective sport for in the present era…here are a few (Readers are welcome to add their own and differ with the ones chosen by me)
· Michael Schumacher
· Pete Sampras/Roger Federer (I still admire King Pete)
· Tiger Woods
· Sachin Tendulkar (Up till 2003), Warne & Murali to a certain extent
· & of course The Aussie Cricket Team
Meanwhile, Lasith Malinga was adjudged the sexiest player of this edition of the tournament beating the likes of Kevin Pertersien, Freddie, Dan Vettori and our very own MS Dhoni and the rest…..
To sum up it up, the Australian were worthy winners of the 9th ICC Cricket World Cup and it would be quite unfortunate that we will not be able to watch some of the stars perform again on the Cricket field
The next big thing that I am awaiting is not the next India-Australian series or the next Ashes, but I am waiting for the release of one of the most eagerly anticipated movie…..."Aap Ka Suroor - The Moviee, The Real Luv Story" (Thats the full name of the movie starring Himesh Reshammiyya)
-GAG
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