ICC World Cup - Be careful what you wish for

What should the true fan of cricket hope for from today's World Cup Final? A magnificent match with a close finish crowning the careers of ODI Greats like Gilchrist, McGrath and Jayasuriya and heralding new ODI Greats like Malinga, Clarke and Dilshan? Or yet another misfiring, mismatch in keeping with so much or what has gone before?

I regret to say that I edge towards the latter - I simply could not bear for Malcolm Speed and his cronies to gain comfort from a spectacular climax. This World Cup deserves a dismal final. Cricket fans and players deserve a new ICC, a new approach to cricket's administration and a new World Cup in 2011.

[The Tooting Trumpet]