England is a team like Indian cricket team. A bunch of extremely talented individuals not coming together as a fighting unit. Look at the way Pietersen has been playing! Collingwood, Flintoff, Strauss, Anderson, Vaughan himself, there is no dearth of talent. The glue is missing. Maybe, a change of skipper will do a world of good to this team. Thinking of this issue, my mind zeroes in on Pietersen, as the England selectors may not give Flintoff another look-in, having disciplined him only recently. Pietersen is the eminent option but then, in such an event happening, one only hopes the additional responsibility doesn't affect his own performance as a player like it did with some players like Ian Botham and Sachin Tendulkar.
Talking about the match on Saturday, where was Gayle hiding so far! If only he had fired in the earlier matches, the story could have been different for the team. What they lacked so far was a solid start. The Windies played great cricket in the last two matches. Was it because they had nothing to lose? One major problem with West Indian team, as it is with India's, could be that it has far too many former skippers and balancing between the seniors and the juniors must really be a nightmare for the captain!
Talking about the match on Saturday, where was Gayle hiding so far! If only he had fired in the earlier matches, the story could have been different for the team. What they lacked so far was a solid start. The Windies played great cricket in the last two matches. Was it because they had nothing to lose? One major problem with West Indian team, as it is with India's, could be that it has far too many former skippers and balancing between the seniors and the juniors must really be a nightmare for the captain!
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