Law Of Averages Catches Up with Sri Lanka?

Many were left in shock, some wondered in disbelief but cricket played its own game yesterday. Pakistan clinched the Twenty20 World Cup in England much to the dismay of many. I personally wasn't too surprised though. They were finalists at the previous tournament so why weren't they considered a good team or a favourite? Was it because they weren't getting a chance to play any cricket due to the turmoil in their country? They have brilliant batsman, and Afridi who must have smiled from ear to ear when this format of the game was introduced. Cricket, however, seems to be a game where the 'law of averages' comes in to play. No one can be consistently good and there has to be a point where one fails. Sri Lanka were having a brilliant run with their top batsmen( Dilshan and Jayasuriya, Jayawardene) getting runs in previous games. They had to fail at some point of time and it was their misfortune that it had to be in the final. Pakistan lost early in the tournament and that seemed to be their wake up call and a boost to their efforts on the field. No batsman can carry on scoring a large amount of runs match after match. Afridi saved his best for the last and let others get them to the final. Sri Lanka were on a high having remained unbeaten through out the tournament, right until the final. They were lucky that Sangakkara found form and took them to a respectable and defendable total. Another thought that arises is the captains decision in the 18th over as he handed the ball to little known Udana. Was he saving his best (Mendis, Malinga) for the last? He didnt even get there. When Udana came onto bowl, the match was tightly poised and I feel Sri Lanka had the upper hand with Pakistan needing almost 9 an over to win. Had Mendis or Malinga bowled, I'm surely positive they wouldn't have given more than 8-10 runs and that would have doubled the pressure on the Pakistanis who would have had to go hell for leather in the last over. Now, The captain, will have a long time to think, 'what if'. No one can say what would have happened had one of the other two bowled but then he also had an experienced veteran like Jayasuriya who he could have tossed the ball to. All said and done Sri Lanka will still be licking their wounds after a playing a fabulous tournament and Pakistan will be jubilant having suffered defeat in the last final and also to boost cricket in their country.

Are These The Answers to The Indian Team's Failures?

As people in India are still hurting from their surprise elimination from the T20 world cup, they have more reason to be angry after looking at the team selection for the upcoming West Indian tour.As coach Gary Kirsten is busy pointing fingers towards the reason for their loss, the selectors seem to be making the same mistakes again. The team going the Caribbean seems incomprehensible especially if they are trying to make up for their immature and brainless mistakes at the T20 World cup.Despite winning the One Day series in New Zealand 3-1. the team sees fives changes. Nehra, R.P Singh and Badrinath make their way back and A. Nayar and M. Vijay make their débuts. Suresh Raina and V. Sehwag have been dropped due to injuries and, batting maestro Tendulkar and paceman Z. Khan have been rested due to a hectic schedule? Hectic schedule???????I wonder how? Irfan Pathan and Munaf Patel were dropped on the basis of their poor performance. Didn't I Pathan do well in the T20's also??? Nehra and RP Singh are only making their way back due to their performance in the IPL. FAIR ENOUGH! but then justify the inclusion of Badrinath and Vijay. Vijay made 60 runs in 4 matches and Badrinath played 14 matches for an average of 19!!!!!!!!!!AND WHO HAVE THEY LEFT OUT FOR THESE TWO???????? an extremely talented youngster-Virat Kohli who has played 5 matches for India with a healthy average if over 30!! and if u want to base it on the IPL performance, Kohli had a better average then these two scoring 246 runs batting lower down the order. So my question is what are the selectors upto???Reviving Indian cricket or sendning it deeper into the ground? Prime example- they dropped Pragyan Ojha( leading wicket taker for India in the T20 with an econ of just over 6.0) for Ishant Sharma( matches -7, wickets-2,average -93.5. Strike Rate-64 and Econ Rate-8.06).NEED I SAY MORE!!!!!!!!!