"A woeful inattention to details" writes Dileep "Rahul Dravid can do no wrong" Premachandran in his verdict .
He cites the following examples of India's poor ground fielding
" Kemp had his share of good fortune, reprieved on five when there was a big noise as a delivery from Anil Kumble drifted past the bat and into Mahendra Singh Dhoni's gloves down the leg side. That could be termed unfortunate, but what followed was truly wretched. Sachin Tendulkar put down a caught-and-bowled chance when he had made just 9, Dinesh Karthik put down a tough chance to his right at midwicket when he had 34, and Kumble let one slip at cover when he was three short of a maiden century."
but conveniently forgets
"25.3 Harbhajan Singh to Pollock, 1 run, fuller in length, the one that goes straight on. Pollock is sucked forward and the edge is produced, ball goes high towards Dravid at first slip and he fails to hold on to a very difficult chance".
He writes
" It didn't help that the death-overs bowling was as abysmal as the fielding. They bowled far too full to Kemp, a man who likes the ball in the slot,"
but forgets that there is a guy, designated as the captain, who could, if he chose, talk to the bowlers on what is required, set fields accordingly, and control the tempo of the game.
Finally,
"Cricket matches are often won by the little things, the sliding stops and the pushed singles, rather than the big booming sixes."
and little more imagination by the captain perhaps?
And how about a little more attention to details by the writer ?
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As an aside, Cricinfo conveniently sidesteps Bengals win over Punjab in the Ranji Trophy game at Mohali that was played on a green top, focusing instead on inane details on the Delhi-TN game played at the Kotla. The "Ranji Trophy Super League round-up, 1st round, 4th day" contains no mention of the game either.
Given that Saurav Chandidas Ganguly is the captain of the Bengal team, just how objective is the Cricinfo editorial staff?
Sunday, November 26, 2006
A woeful inattention to details
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