A blog by Miss Field

A team is only as good as its last game. Sadly, this doesn’t make us world champions. It makes us crap.
“The bottom line was we didn’t get enough runs, we didn’t bowl well enough or field well enough.” – Ricky Ponting
Correct. These three deficiencies pretty much cover the whole game, so, it seems we’ve got some big problems.

Unfortunately though, a team needs to be lead from the front, and when the captain’s form is poor, there’s not much to be inspired by. And the vice-captain is leaving, so no one expects leadership from him.

I mean, apparently Ponting’s been ripping into them about the collective performance. It needs to be done, yes, but could you help but sit there feeling a tiny bit mutinous and thinking “Well what about you, you tosser?”

And a mutinous team would make for a crap team. A team that can’t bat or bowl or field to save its life. Or beat India. Or Sri Lanka.

It’s not good when you’re hoping that Sachin Tendulkar and Ishant Sharma’s injuries will rule them out of the next final. That’s not my team, that’s not us. We should be better than that. I want us to be able to take on the best India has to offer and win. That’s the Australian team I know.

And because of all the crap that’s gone on this series, I want very much for us to win. The best way to stick it to someone is not by stooping to their level but by showing that you’re better by kicking their arse.

I think our boys need to go back and train in the desert again. It did the trick perfectly last time.

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