Wow, who would have thought the cricket would cause such a stir, and it is a shame that we struggle to remember the five days of great cricket (from both the Indians, and the Australians). Certainly less feeling would have been stirred up had the test been drawn.
While I do agree with a lot of the sentiments in Peter Roebuck’s piece (; – I’m not entirely convinced that Ponting should be sacked. Without question, given his piece in The Australian, Ponting needs to take a deep breath and develop a greater understanding of how the ‘spirit’ Australia plays the game in is seen outside of their own dressing-room (see these pieces from Cricinfo, the BBC, and The Age); because as the team has been quoted as saying, “perception is reality”. It’s interesting to read past Australian players such as Neil Harvey and Geoff Lawson’s comments.
Here’s a few pieces from the Age with a great suggestion of what should happen (after we all take a deep breath). I also should note that Ponting’s piece in today’s Australian does give hope that the team has learnt something from this episode.
Hopefully we’ll get back to talking about great cricket after the third test begins on Wednesday in Perth.
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