Windies took the field like a ramshackled bunch of guys collected from the streets. who had no plan on how they would have defended the 260 runs.
The bowling was wayward for the most part, the fielding was piss poor, even the vice captain appeared as though he was not prepared to b on the playing field brecause of the multiplicity of school boy errors he committed.
The bowling was so shockingly poor that it was the worse bowling exhibition I'd ever seen by WI in a One Dayer. It was embarrassing but even more, i was painful to watch. It was obvious that two of the players in ODean Smith and Cariah, did not belong at that level because Either of them will singlehandedly lose a match for the team no matter how many runs the team has scored - they're that expensive with the ball.
Fast forward to the Oz match against India today. Given a target of 270 which was just 9 runs more than what WI scored, the Australian players came onto the field pumped and ready to fight for their country to the very end.
Except for Starc who had an off day, all the other bowlers were keyed in and gave nothing away. The fielders gave their full support by gobbling any catch that came their way and diving full length while stretching every sinew in them to save a run.I was like they were forever conscious that one run saved could b the difference victory and defeat. It was indeed la joy to watch the effort put in by every member of the team as they fought tooth and nail to achieve victory for their country - and Oh how well they did it!!
And I kept wondering (during the match) why is our team so sloppy; what is needed to get our guys to put on sa Oz-like performance like we saw today
The bowling was wayward for the most part, the fielding was piss poor, even the vice captain appeared as though he was not prepared to b on the playing field brecause of the multiplicity of school boy errors he committed.
The bowling was so shockingly poor that it was the worse bowling exhibition I'd ever seen by WI in a One Dayer. It was embarrassing but even more, i was painful to watch. It was obvious that two of the players in ODean Smith and Cariah, did not belong at that level because Either of them will singlehandedly lose a match for the team no matter how many runs the team has scored - they're that expensive with the ball.
Fast forward to the Oz match against India today. Given a target of 270 which was just 9 runs more than what WI scored, the Australian players came onto the field pumped and ready to fight for their country to the very end.
Except for Starc who had an off day, all the other bowlers were keyed in and gave nothing away. The fielders gave their full support by gobbling any catch that came their way and diving full length while stretching every sinew in them to save a run.I was like they were forever conscious that one run saved could b the difference victory and defeat. It was indeed la joy to watch the effort put in by every member of the team as they fought tooth and nail to achieve victory for their country - and Oh how well they did it!!
And I kept wondering (during the match) why is our team so sloppy; what is needed to get our guys to put on sa Oz-like performance like we saw today
