A few days ago, India won the 'Cricket World Cup'. Nice.
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So, Gary Kirsten is now the best/most valuable coach in cricket. He actually turned the whole of the Indian team nearly sapient. And Allan Donald is definitely the best bowling coach, having coaxed the NZ bowlers - except Daniel Vettori - to near-sapience, too. They would do well to go home and rub everyone's faces in this, because when they were playing, theirs was the best team their country ever had. Till vested interests turned most of them into dirty words and some into targets for knowing too much. It only remains to be seen if it is humanly possible for South Africa to appoint someone even more ruthlessly evil than Graeme Smith as the captain of their national cricket team. Btw, Gary Kirsten should never, ever coach the RSA team. Not if the poor darling values his sanity - or what's left of it - after having coached the Indian national team to a 'Cricket World Cup' win.
Personally, I am pleased that India has won this cup before. At least, in 1983, when Kapil Dev's team won the 'Cup', the outcome of the tournament hadn't been 'decided' beforehand. This year, the only snags in this tournament were (i) England's unpredictability (Viva Swanny !) and (ii) that Pakistan had to spoil the party by playing the semi against India rather than the final. Now that second one in particular put many people's noses out of joint, innit ? Especially that of the organisers and involved 'associates' Tut, tut. ;D
ETA : No one should ever try to escape the consequences of natural laws - for example, Newton's Third. It doesn't work :D :D
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So, Gary Kirsten is now the best/most valuable coach in cricket. He actually turned the whole of the Indian team nearly sapient. And Allan Donald is definitely the best bowling coach, having coaxed the NZ bowlers - except Daniel Vettori - to near-sapience, too. They would do well to go home and rub everyone's faces in this, because when they were playing, theirs was the best team their country ever had. Till vested interests turned most of them into dirty words and some into targets for knowing too much. It only remains to be seen if it is humanly possible for South Africa to appoint someone even more ruthlessly evil than Graeme Smith as the captain of their national cricket team. Btw, Gary Kirsten should never, ever coach the RSA team. Not if the poor darling values his sanity - or what's left of it - after having coached the Indian national team to a 'Cricket World Cup' win.
Personally, I am pleased that India has won this cup before. At least, in 1983, when Kapil Dev's team won the 'Cup', the outcome of the tournament hadn't been 'decided' beforehand. This year, the only snags in this tournament were (i) England's unpredictability (Viva Swanny !) and (ii) that Pakistan had to spoil the party by playing the semi against India rather than the final. Now that second one in particular put many people's noses out of joint, innit ? Especially that of the organisers and involved 'associates' Tut, tut. ;D
ETA : No one should ever try to escape the consequences of natural laws - for example, Newton's Third. It doesn't work :D :D
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