Remember the walloping the WI got from Sri Lanka and Pakistan? India is lucky that politics does not allow them to play Pakistan.
Let's all be brutally honest, if Ganguly wasn't captain, he would not even make the team.
If the indaba (meeting) is about cricket and issues that have come to the fore lately, the absence of key players has put its credibility in jeopardy.
The present SA selection panel lacks the credibility to prepare for World Cup 2003.
The current crop need to learn from past successful South African teams, who built their game around a core covenant that included among other things a passion for success, accountability and the ability to adapt.
It has become apparent that the South African selectors have, at times, not adhered to the critical success factors and that their credibility has been compromised.
In the minds of many, the Proteas were going to do battle on an even footing and evenbeat Australia. They woke up with a huge bump and found their coffee ice cold.
It is hoped that the selectors and administrators arein touch with the realities as well as the requirements that will make the modern professional cricketer perform at hisbest.
Ford and Boucher need to make it clear that run-scoring is central to the Aussie game plan and that this can be converted to their weakness if the bowlers understand their role clearly at critical, defining moments.
A loss at Newlands would mean passing up the opportunity of playing for the number one title in Durban.
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