Stuff

Aussies have once again shown their world cricket dominance by seizing the world cup amidst a bit of confusion in the final at Kensington Oval, Barbados.

We should have really won that Super 8 game against England - they really recovered to get that 300 in the last over, with the last 2 batsmen at the crease.

When the Windies lost a match recently, people complained because they took 7 batsmen and 4 bowlers, instead of 6/5.

Really, a lot of teams must think (and rightly so) that we are fools, because they have 7-8 genuine bowlers and batsmen in their teams - even Ireland is beginning to show such depth and all round skill.

What a toll this has taken on certain persons, apart from the death of a coach and Ireland's former head of their cricket association.

Lara retires, England coach Fletcher resigns before they fired him, New Zealand captain Fletcher resigns, McGrath retires (he was going to anyway), Inzamam quits, and a few more heads are bobbling around the place..Even the WICB chairman is trying to quit, but to confirm what fools we are, we are trying to hold on to him even if for a few weeks, as well - boy we really hate ourselves.

Anyway, the Windies are going to England in Mid-May - what do you think folks?

What a thing with the players playing 3 overs in bad light - those umpires must really have drunk too much Mount Gay Rum, or sumting..

I am looking forward to my 2 nights in Kingston 25-26th May - the first night I am free - so please let me have your ideas - keep in mind that this time the family is with me, I am not flying solo - (damn)

Why does it seem to hard to blog these days - must be some sort of blockage, lack of bloggage - anyhow, hail up everyone, and now there will be less cricket here for a while, even with my beloved Windies headed to England in May - should be gray and wet as usual -

Quite a baptism for newly appointed captain Sarwan -

Howwzaaaat!!

This is a bit of a tirade by Australia's Mathew Hayden about the new stadium in Antigua.

He says the ground is not good enough.

He said these words in "the Australian". Anyhow - so it goes-

So what about the latest drubbing we received?

Well, it was the last straw for Captain Lara, who says he is retiring from the one day version of the game -

Well- Once again, Gayle failed to fire, Samuels and Taylor were not in the lineup, and one has to ask questions about lots of things. With SA amassing 356 it is clear we were not bowling. Bravo was being whipped around the ground at will. Taylor should have been there to bowl -
Congrats to Darren Powell on his 48, and to Sarwan on his 92. Unfortunately there was nothing else to think of - We ended up with 289 which was respectable - I think our biggest failure was bowling.

The loudest congrats are due to AB de villiers on his massive maiden ODI century - 146!

That was massive effort
this morning by Bangladesh in their losing effort against the limies.. oh sorry I meant England - they started making all of them tremble by spinning a major hole into their order, before they limped to a win - and I noted it was the 1st time in recent memory that cricinfo.com referred to a first world team in such negative terms - that sort of commentary is usually reserved for Asia and the Caribbean.

Folks - Idol results show starting now.. Seeeeya..

Easter time

Well, having been to church early this morning, and then to a breakfast at one of the members house afterwards, I am lazing around, watching England battle Australia -

Its a bit of a dilemna for me, as I usually want England to go down no matter what - but, someone really needs to beat Australia, and for today I'll accept it even if England does the job, after all, everyone else, including the Windies, have failed.

At this point, with about 20 over left in the game, England are really starting to pile on the pressure - hope England wins, just this once.

Went to a wedding last night at Bride House in West Bay - one of my friends tied the knot - Bride House is very nice, sort of a small botanical garden.

The Million Dollar Run race is tomorrow - its a high stakes powerboat race held every Easter Monday, Tami Chynn will be there - should be nice.


Enjoy the rest of your Easter -

Cricket is lovely, but only for the Aussies, Kiwis

3 consecutive defeats for the Windies.

Well - this is a downhill ride at the moment. Recriminations after the loss to the Kiwis - with the public accusations made about Lendl Simmons being included, I did not think it would have been possible to win today against Sri Lanka playing any 11 players. Players go into matches thinking about things like that. Leave that to the foreign press - but we do not need such backbiting from within, and from no less than a former Windies fast bowler.

So - who do you like - is it Aussie or Kiwi -I dont know I think Australia will win this. They are very tough.

A well known columnist in Jamaica (who I have quoted here before) said that the Windies are "lacking in cerebral activity". Whoa - harsh, even if true. Well the truth does sometimes hurt. As Simon Cowell says, it does not help to give people false hope.

Well I am headed to a family reunion in Jamrock next month. The organiser, a distant relative who I have never met, seems to be caving under the pressures of organisation. She has 80 people booked, and she has been receiving demands for lower catering prices, and at the same time she is being asked for more services at the event, e.g. professional videographer/photographer etc. I emailed her and told them just do what she can - she is being helped by my cousins in Jamrock on this.

Looking forward to Windies cricket - there is life after the World Cup -

Have a good holy week - and happy Easter when it comes - I have a busy week coming up- even if a short one due to Good Friday being a holiday.