First up, kudos to the Indian team for its win over Australia this evening. To roll Australia in just over 43 overs showed some genuine bowling talent.
What was equally clear to me, however, was Australia’s never-say-die attitude in defending its meagre total of 159 runs. It certainly made a joke of Sehwag’s comments, yesterday, that Australia was scared of losing. You might disagree, but I don’t think that a team that was scared of losing wouldn’t have gone out and played such attacking cricket, while defending such a small total.
Indeed, with India at 5/102 at one stage and the run rate slowing dramatically, another wicket or two could have still swung the match to an unlikely Australian win. All up, good stuff, there’s some life back in the ODI competition.
2 Comments
February 13, 2008 at 5:17 am
Right. Match could have swung any way. But it went India’s way this time.
February 13, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Yes, it was probably the most exciting match in the ODI series, so far. I really enjoyed watching it.