The One Day Cricket Farce Continues

Australia has raced into a 4-0 lead in the one day series without breaking sweat. England’s one day team look like they could not care less. The excuses have already started to emerge. James Anderson has complained about the atmosphere stating it is nothing like it was during the Ashes series. This is hardly surprising given the rubbish the spectators have paid to watch. Players could follow Flintoff’s example and try to get the crowd going but the team is full of followers instead of leaders.

Another popular excuse is that old chestnut tiredness. The funny thing about tiredness is it seems to rear its head at convenient times of the year. Funnily enough, there does not seem to be many players complaining of tiredness when the IPL is on the horizon. Paul Collingwood must have been absolutely knackered after his sting with the Delhi Daredevils.

The selection of Trott for the final Ashes test demonstrated that better players exist in the domestic game than the cosy group who fail to justify their selection. England has made the same mistakes again, and again, and again both in this series and in recent years. It is getting somewhat tedious having to watch a comedy of errors. Then you have the captain saying all the right things afterwards.

England favour a defensive approach rather than attacking the opposition. Delaying the final power play until tail-enders is at the crease defies all logic although it sums things up perfectly. Either the players cannot be bothered or they are demonstrating a lack of intelligence. If players are not performing then others should be given their opportunity. Geoff Miller talks about consistency in selection but this is a weakness when it produces endless defeats.

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