marc71178 said:
Yet again nothing to back this sweeping statement up.
How was it a farce? What was wrong with it?
OK, I would have thought that was obvious:
1, politics overshadowing the whole thing. I said it was inevitable, but it's still a crying shame and magnficently poor in timing.
2, stacks of rubbish players playing, some being championed (Lee from the Super Six onwards being the most obvious).
3, plenty of good players missing-out, and some playing and having dreadful tournaments.
4, substandard Canadians getting ridiculously good figures; Davison (18.something and the fastest century), Codrington, Thurasingham (both averaging under 30), etc. Not to mention the Dutchman with a bowling-average of 12.something, Daan Van Bunge.
5, many potentially good teams having terrible tournaments (Pakistan and South Africa esp.) Australia's supremacy misportrayed.
6, people saying it was a good tournament. Just because "the best team won". What rubbish.
) . Canada beating Ban , Kenya semifinalist, Eng - Aus match, India-Pak match , WI-Saf match,etc,. were all superb. I thought WI beating Aus 3 times in a row was superb too. In 2004, i expect Aus-Srl series to be a good one , Ind-Pak too but i think Pak hold the edge with Shoiab and Sami and playing in home conditions .
