Posted by: no_quiero January 2, 2009
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Polly, I understand Duminy deserved to be in SA side. But what helped his selection was injury to Ashwell prince who is a black player. And he was an obvious choice. I am not saying he don't deserved but probably he wouldn't have been selected so early.
And livewire, you tell me 2 series India played overseas they lost. Who much credibility does that leave to their claim. Over the years even sri Lanka have been dominating in their home ground. For India to be the greatest India have to win constantly overseas and not based on the home performance.
Tell me which is greater,
Winning Against Australia in India ( Which india have been doing all the time for last 40 years except one series) or Winning series in Australia by South Africa....................which has never happened in last 16 years for any team. And if South Africa wins last test it will be something that has never happened in last 120 years.
Winning against England in India or winning against England in England. And if you have watched the sereis against England, England deserved to win the first test in India. First test match which India won the real man of the match should be Daryll harper and billy bowden. Hardly we have seeen such a one sided umpiring. Credit to england they took it on chin..... India chased by 387..........but who contributed in that chase..........shewag who set the tone for chasing and was man of the match should have been out twice before he made 30 runs ( contribution from bowden)...................Gambhir who made 70 runs but he should be out twice (catch and lbw) before he made 20 .......................contribution from Yuvraj singh who got life even before he made 10 runs. Not to forget collingwood who made 100 runs in second innings got raw deal in first when the ball was nine inches far from the bat.
Thirdly, on the head to head between SA vs India itself...............SA drew in India........India lost in SA..........now how can you still claim india to be number 1. If India can claim to be nubmer 1 beating Australia in India than even Sri Lanka can claim to be number 1 beating India in Sri lanka.
Fortly, you said Australia won with Ageing players but it is wrong to compare with Indian aging players. Auistralia even with that aging players won all over the world. But in case of India even with ageing players like Sachin, Laxman and Dravid has not won the series all over the world. ....so when the aging players from India leaves so the chances for them to win all over the world.
Lastly, I don't think Australia is finished. Never write off Aussies. You have to remember Australia were playing with several injured players. When Jaques, Symonds, Lee, Watson, Clark and shaun tait returns it will only make Australia stronger.
In the current ICC ranking, Australia are nubmer 1 , SA (with the virtue of winnig series in Australia ) are number 2, India are number 3. If SA win the last test they will be number 1............If not in Australia they can win the next series in SA and become number 1...................so to say India are top team is still wrong because they are not even number 2 they are number 3............................Ranking are there for a reason...............team earn number 1 spot by playing great cricket over the length of time...........Indian loss in Australia, SA, and sri lanka have greatly hampered their chances of being number 1 team in the world.
And livewire, you tell me 2 series India played overseas they lost. Who much credibility does that leave to their claim. Over the years even sri Lanka have been dominating in their home ground. For India to be the greatest India have to win constantly overseas and not based on the home performance.
Tell me which is greater,
Winning Against Australia in India ( Which india have been doing all the time for last 40 years except one series) or Winning series in Australia by South Africa....................which has never happened in last 16 years for any team. And if South Africa wins last test it will be something that has never happened in last 120 years.
Winning against England in India or winning against England in England. And if you have watched the sereis against England, England deserved to win the first test in India. First test match which India won the real man of the match should be Daryll harper and billy bowden. Hardly we have seeen such a one sided umpiring. Credit to england they took it on chin..... India chased by 387..........but who contributed in that chase..........shewag who set the tone for chasing and was man of the match should have been out twice before he made 30 runs ( contribution from bowden)...................Gambhir who made 70 runs but he should be out twice (catch and lbw) before he made 20 .......................contribution from Yuvraj singh who got life even before he made 10 runs. Not to forget collingwood who made 100 runs in second innings got raw deal in first when the ball was nine inches far from the bat.
Thirdly, on the head to head between SA vs India itself...............SA drew in India........India lost in SA..........now how can you still claim india to be number 1. If India can claim to be nubmer 1 beating Australia in India than even Sri Lanka can claim to be number 1 beating India in Sri lanka.
Fortly, you said Australia won with Ageing players but it is wrong to compare with Indian aging players. Auistralia even with that aging players won all over the world. But in case of India even with ageing players like Sachin, Laxman and Dravid has not won the series all over the world. ....so when the aging players from India leaves so the chances for them to win all over the world.
Lastly, I don't think Australia is finished. Never write off Aussies. You have to remember Australia were playing with several injured players. When Jaques, Symonds, Lee, Watson, Clark and shaun tait returns it will only make Australia stronger.
In the current ICC ranking, Australia are nubmer 1 , SA (with the virtue of winnig series in Australia ) are number 2, India are number 3. If SA win the last test they will be number 1............If not in Australia they can win the next series in SA and become number 1...................so to say India are top team is still wrong because they are not even number 2 they are number 3............................Ranking are there for a reason...............team earn number 1 spot by playing great cricket over the length of time...........Indian loss in Australia, SA, and sri lanka have greatly hampered their chances of being number 1 team in the world.