This match turned out to be a mismatch of gigantic proportions. Rain delays turned the match into a 22 over side game. Bangladesh lost the toss and were asked to bat by Ponting. McGrath took 3 wickets and overtook Wasim Akram as the leading wicket taker in the world cup. For what it is worth, we still think Akram was a better bowler than McGrath.
We don't want to talk about Hayen anymore. He is boring us with his consistency. We like a little bit of uncertainty. Indian cricketers are past masters of this great ancient art. One never knows how they will perform on any given day. That keeps the fans on their toes, keeps them sharp and imbues them with "now what new catastrophe" attitude. These qualities are very useful in the 'real' world*.
What is the big deal about scoring a lot of runs every time one goes out to bat? That is so, NOT COOL. That's why Hayden is a bore and that's why Aussies don't like cricket anymore**. Because the Australian team is very consistent, their fans don't have avenues for letting off steam. Evil things happen when fans don't have avenues to let off steam: a 'fan' might suddenly decide to enslave the world by controlling all the newspapers and the TV stations in the world or another 'fan' might suddenly think that hitting another human being's face with a telephone is a good idea.
The Australian cricket team has some tough decisions to make. Let's hope they make the right decision***.
* Not really.
** We don't exactly know that. In our defense, we watched FOX News last night and we are not responsible for what we say for the next 24 hours.
*** Since the collective IQ of the team is 11, we will spell it out for their benefit: Right decision = Play badly.
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