Wasted Hussey and he´s not Ganguly
I was just looking at the scorecard of the SA vs Australia one day international, not that I´m too interested in the one day game, you understand, but it´s nice to see an Australian defeat, even when South Africa are inflicting it. I do wonder about those Australian selectors though. Why on earth is Hussey batting at 7. Given his recent record, which is far superior to all those coming in before him, with the exception of Ponting perhaps, surely he should be coming in at 5 (or maybe he should even open, which he has done for most of his career).
The India vs Pakistan Test continues to be amazingly dull. How disappointing. Good to see, however, that Dravid has finally grasped the nettle (is there an India equivalent of that expression?) and decided to open. Frankly, I think he should have done it years ago. His technique is suited to opening, and given the miserable largely miserable records of all those who have opened with Sehwag over the past years, he was often facing a very new ball anyway, even when coming in number 3. With him opening, Laxman can come in at no.3 (surely his preferred position) and room is made for Yuvraj Singh lower down the order. Room could also be made for another promising youngster if Ganguly were to go. I wonder if he´s ashamed to see a captain sacrificing his own interests for those of the team, something which, allegedly, he was always very reluctant to do.
The India vs Pakistan Test continues to be amazingly dull. How disappointing. Good to see, however, that Dravid has finally grasped the nettle (is there an India equivalent of that expression?) and decided to open. Frankly, I think he should have done it years ago. His technique is suited to opening, and given the miserable largely miserable records of all those who have opened with Sehwag over the past years, he was often facing a very new ball anyway, even when coming in number 3. With him opening, Laxman can come in at no.3 (surely his preferred position) and room is made for Yuvraj Singh lower down the order. Room could also be made for another promising youngster if Ganguly were to go. I wonder if he´s ashamed to see a captain sacrificing his own interests for those of the team, something which, allegedly, he was always very reluctant to do.

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