Perfect end to an amazing year in cricketing terms. India having a good set of players for once and Australia losing face yet again in their own backyard. Too good to be true!
Wonder what excuse Ponting will use this time around… Steyn performance gave South Africa an unfair advantage and that the pitch was ‘Steyn-friendly’? Or maybe for once he will admit that the best team won in Australia. Maybe.
2009 looks a good year for cricket! Here’s hoping for accelerated decline in Australia’s performance.
Cheers
Jais
PS: Assuming of course South Africa doesn’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory…
Australia was one team everybody wanted see lose. It was so evident during the legendary match on played on 12th March, 2006 at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. We were watching it in our mess where the TV was kept and soon the whole place was filled. Not a single soul (ok, one or two perhaps) supported Australia. And when it was over, the reaction was comparable to when India won the t-20 world cup (well, almost…).
What a match!
Guess it has more to do with making the sport interesting than anything else.
Update!
Ponting’s reaction,
“We deserved to be in this position and full marks to South Africa . They won very comfortably, a well deserved series win. Things were looking good for us at one stage, but their tail played exceptionally well and Lee went down through injury.
“We weren’t able to convert our opportunities. Let’s see what the selectors come up with for next week.”
Gracious enough.
