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Good Week, Bad Week
The lowdown on who has been cutting the mustard and who has simply been choking on mustard gas in the world of cricket.
Good Week
Irfan Pathan (right)
Placed very near to the scrap heap by the Indian selectors, but his performance at the WACA should ensure that he is central to India’s future. Forgotten man no more.
Geoff Miller
Promoted to the new national selector job at the expense of David Graveney. Time will tell if he is any more cheerful in interviews, but he has already shown himself to be worryingly fond of referring to himself in the third person. Wonder where he got that from?
Gary Kirsten
Will feel a damn sight better about the pace attack he is about to coach after the Perth demolition job.
Bad Week
Michael Clarke
Not great with the bat and hands like feet in the field – some would
say it was bad karma biting him on the arse (not us though, obviously).
Bangladesh
Another week, another thumping. Bless.
Andrew Flintoff
Named in the ludicrously-monikered England Lions squad as part of his
injury-recovery programme. Removed two days later due to being still
injured. I get the feeling this same cycle will occur come June.
January 21, 2008 in Good Week, Bad Week | Permalink | 
Stumble It!
Comments
I feel that Michael Clarke's dismissal was fair enough. Aussies use their feet and run the risk of a stumping, but score runs. English batsmen stay in the crease, sweep too often and don't score.
Posted by: TheTootingTrumpet | 21 Jan 2008 19:26:40
Good week for my young future hope for England - as an eight year-old, the wee boy has been picked for Wiltshire's junior training programme.
Posted by: mimi | 21 Jan 2008 22:19:13
bit harsh on Pup...
thought his 81 in the second innings was one of the finest innings under pressure you could hope to see, full of fluency and artistry.
a little mellowness of attitude will come... get him out of slips though...
Posted by: doctorshoot | 22 Jan 2008 01:52:39
DrShoot - That run down the wicket was a brainfart of the highest order, if an england player had done it then we would never hear the end of it from you antipodeans.
Clarke could have won that test by staying in for anotehr hour, he didnt because he rushed down the wicket to the third best spinner in world history.
Hardly a fine way to end an innings.
Look at Ian Bell, gets an 80, then gets out "not good enough we hear" well bugger me sideways he usually gets out trying to hit a boundary, not running halfway down the bloody track.
Posted by: AndyinBrum | 22 Jan 2008 14:34:19
Andy - I'm with the Doc on this one. Aussies back their ability in all situations - it's not always going to come off: perhaps it'll fail once very 17 Tests...
Posted by: The Tooting Trumpet | 22 Jan 2008 16:31:19
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