The World Cup

Well...what do I say about the spineless, character less, completely shameful early exit from the world cup. If theres one single reason why we lost, it was that the players didnt feel like they deserved to get to the next stage. Did u guys even watch the games against Bangladesh and Srilanka... We batted like we never believed we could score more than 200 and we didnt. There was no devil in the wicket, no devil in the bowling....The only devils were those imagined by the batsmen and they fell victim to their own vivid imagination.

That said, Bangladesh batted like a strong and worthy Test playing nation. They did not bat or even bowl like they were minnows. They believed they belonged in the big stage and belong they did. Especially their batting...It never cracked under the pressure of WORLD CUP or under the feeling that they were batting against a reasonably strong bowling attack...Kudos to Bangladesh and I have a feeling this is that moment when Bangladesh come out of the shadows and join the Big league. Its a good time to join the big league too...Cricket just lost one comptetitive team...Can u imagine that the bunch of mediocre and even less than mediocre cricketers in the Zimbabwe team are actually replacing a really strong team which once boasted the likes of Heath Streak, Andy Flower, Grant Flower, Campbell and the rest....Out of which Andy flower looked like he would match Ricky Ponting for the top batsman slot...The political turmoil in Zimbabwe has led to this sad and outright ridiculous state of the Zimbabwe team.

As for Ireland...Of course they played well. But I think they had a lucky day on the field. Pakistan is way better than Ireland but then again, its all in a days work :)