Preview: Sri Lanka vs Chicken
I could not resist. We are all due to play a highly charged-up quarter-final like games with the South Africans tomorrow. To put things into perspective - huge respect for the South Africans - not so much of the current team though. S Africa came through in the World Cup 1992 and in that jaw dropping semi-final where they were, in many people's books, robbed off a victory with the application of a very stupid rule, where the balls were reduced from 13 to 1 while the target to achieve (22 runs) was reduced by one run. And yet they showed that their hearts and spirit were in the right place by coming out to salute the crowd (with one of the batsmen who was at the crease at the end in a towel) and made a whole round. Enter South Africa and they have since then played really well as shown by their consistently high ranks in the ICC ratings.
However, the ratings are no inidication of the spirit of the team. With the unfortunate incidents over Hansie Cronje's matchfixing and a combination of a fatal error by Shaun Pollock's poor mathemetical skills costing them a berth in the super sixes in the World Cup 2003, saw Greame Smith enter the fray. No doubt - he is a fantastic bat but he opens his mouth as often as he hits a boundary. And that is unfortunate - he has been caught with his pants down more than once; I cannot recall any instances but take my word on this. For instance, the time he talked about how sledging was privy to the game on the field and then took it straight to the press.
And in the recent tour of Sri Lanka - jeez man. I know about the security threat but to leave the cricket high and dry. That is sad. And I am also inclined to believe that Kallis and Smith skipped the tour since they are truly chicken - and they faked their injuries - with the same conscience of a NUS student skipping a mid-term.
In any case, he has opened his big mouth again and we all know his banter when he lost to the black cups.
I hope to be having some humble pie tomorrow. Courtesy of Smith and Boucher. Stuffed with chicken. Two portions, biatch.
However, the ratings are no inidication of the spirit of the team. With the unfortunate incidents over Hansie Cronje's matchfixing and a combination of a fatal error by Shaun Pollock's poor mathemetical skills costing them a berth in the super sixes in the World Cup 2003, saw Greame Smith enter the fray. No doubt - he is a fantastic bat but he opens his mouth as often as he hits a boundary. And that is unfortunate - he has been caught with his pants down more than once; I cannot recall any instances but take my word on this. For instance, the time he talked about how sledging was privy to the game on the field and then took it straight to the press.
And in the recent tour of Sri Lanka - jeez man. I know about the security threat but to leave the cricket high and dry. That is sad. And I am also inclined to believe that Kallis and Smith skipped the tour since they are truly chicken - and they faked their injuries - with the same conscience of a NUS student skipping a mid-term.
In any case, he has opened his big mouth again and we all know his banter when he lost to the black cups.
I hope to be having some humble pie tomorrow. Courtesy of Smith and Boucher. Stuffed with chicken. Two portions, biatch.
posted by Mustan at 8:22 PM
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