Saturday, April 28, 2007
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9:30 PM
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The excruciatingly long and disastrous world cup has come to an end, finally. It has been disastrous on many fronts.
First, the sad demise of Bob Woolmer and the whole murder angle came as a huge shock to everyone in world cricket.
Then there was the world cup itself. It had the makings of a unique tournament with as many as 5 countries coming together to host the world cup and the local people adding their Carribean flavor to the entire thing. ICC like always played the spoilsport. The crowds were low, the atmosphere was missing. It took the excitement out of it.
And finally, when the tournament came to a close yesterday, the Australians were crowned the world champions for the third time in a row, and deservedly so. They were the best side in the tournament by a country mile. But that goes to show that no team in world cricket today can match Australia on their day, and thats not a good thing for cricket.
First, the sad demise of Bob Woolmer and the whole murder angle came as a huge shock to everyone in world cricket.
Then there was the world cup itself. It had the makings of a unique tournament with as many as 5 countries coming together to host the world cup and the local people adding their Carribean flavor to the entire thing. ICC like always played the spoilsport. The crowds were low, the atmosphere was missing. It took the excitement out of it.
And finally, when the tournament came to a close yesterday, the Australians were crowned the world champions for the third time in a row, and deservedly so. They were the best side in the tournament by a country mile. But that goes to show that no team in world cricket today can match Australia on their day, and thats not a good thing for cricket.
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teknicsand
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cricket world cup 2007
1 comments:
Fitting end to a farce!!
hopeless world cup in all respects.
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