Monday, 13 September 2004

Perspective

In Wisden today Ricky Ponting talked about how determined the Aussies are to break records against the USA and stated:

"Everyone wants to do something special, in every game that you play," he said. "Watching the USA-New Zealand game the other day someone made a big hundred, and hopefully we can do the same. Ideally we'd like one of the batsmen to make a big hundred and have one of the bowlers get six or seven [wickets] for not very many."


In this morning's Dominion Post Jonthon Millmow said:

The downside for Astle is playing out the last three to four years of his career with ever present reminders that the best of 14 hundreds was against a minnow.

Former international Roger Twose faced an identical situation with statistics books and the big screens at match venues highlighting for four years that his 92 against United Arab Emirates was a career best.


Australia breaks records, New Zealand doesn't. I wonder why?

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