Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Half hearted attempt by India !! BG Jerling flop show to continue !!

At the lunch break on the 5th day, it looked like a historic 4th innings chase was possible, with Viru delivering punch after punch. Lara must have had butterflies flying in his stomach, especially after realizing that 2 catches were spilled off Viru; the luncheon Ten sports 'Straight Drive' featured Sanjay Manjrekar, at his conservative best (" couple of wickets can change the match " was his tone) and Ian Chappel, ever the aggressor saying "Dravid should think about the type of batting order, he must plan for the chase". But, all this vanished with the 1st ball after lunch, when Sehwag was out LBW and out walked VVS @ No.3 and down went the possibility of exhilerating chase.
India could have still gone for it around tea (with 7 an over requried) but somehow Dhoni decided to shut shop and it ended in a tame finish.
So, what do we take from this match : Nothing new, I guess :
  • India lacks fire power in bowling
  • Indian close catching is horrendous
  • Other than Sehwag, no Indian batsman can maintain a run a ball tempo
  • Dhoni is still a work in process and is way too below the 'superman' he is made out to be.
What is new is that, we have a new umpire in the 'elite panel' who has taken the 'India bashing' to new heights. Jerling negatived about 15-20 clear appeals and gave at the minimum 3 absolute not outs as outs, there by setting a new world record for India bashing. Steve Buckenor, Darryl Hair et al are poor seconds, when you compare the amount of contributions Jerling had done. Here is the worst - JERLING will stand in the next test as well, as neutral umpire !! (ugh !! is there no system of evaluation for umpires? can they not be dropped, after these horror shows?). Dravid must be hoping that this Jerling character falls sick or something. Even a West Indian 3rd umpire as substitute umpire will be more neutral than this Jerling.

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