My thoughts on…the West Indies vs Sri Lanka
April 4th 2007 -
All Caribbean residents know of it; the stinging defeat that made us hang our heads in shame. The West Indies’ loss to Sri Lanka on Sunday. I would have written about it earlier, but if I did, I would surely have thrown a cricket bat through the computer screen, so filled with anger I was. Normally I wouldn’t care, wouldn’t even lift an eyelid. But the past couple of wins were beginning the reawaken the previously dead cricketing fever within Caribbean locals. Kids were beginning to bat and bowl. Old drunks at the local bar were begining to discuss cricket again, and people were actually concerned with keeping up with the matches. They were even beginning to turn the hard, cold spot I have in my heart for the Windies warm again. Just when they were close to losing that awful yet quite catchy nickname “Worst Indies,” this happens, the third World Cup loss in a row!
And it’s not even the fact that they lost, it’s the way that they lost. 113 runs behind, the biggest defeat in terms of runs in the World Cup since Austrailia earlier in March. So much for “psychological advantage.” They performed in a, as Oral Tracey put it, “lackadasical” fashion. They were dropping more balls than Ron Jeremy! And did I mention the “great” Brian Lara? He went in an made duck, and didn’t last that long. That’s typical Brian Lara. Far too much accolades and far too little performance. He only shines when someone’s going after one of his records. The rest of the team moved so slowly that you had to sometimes wonder if you were watching an instant replay. Let’s face it, the Windies sucked! In fact, they sucked so much that they nearly created a black hole on the cricket ground. They’ve pretty much crushed their hope of being the first host team to win the Cricket World Cup. If they beat Bangladesh, South Africa and England, they’ll have a slim chance. To that I say, HA!
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Jdid Says:
April 4th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
hey its a criminal offense to say anything bad against lord lara! shame on you! I can get away with it but you gotta watch what ya say
We just didnt try in that match, the guys not playing as a team
The Seeker Says:
April 4th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Boy I agree with you except 1 thing… I use to be Anti-Lara but I have realized my error, like I said in my last post:
” lets not be quick to behead the king while we let the headless chickens around him run amok.”
Mad Bull Says:
April 4th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Cho, we lose a match, is not the end of the world. Rome was not built in a day, neither will the West Indies return to their lofty positions of old so quickly.
Ricardo Says:
April 4th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Sounds like a slaughter. Defeat is a bitter sting.
Abeni Says:
April 8th, 2007 at 6:38 am
SLuaghtered is more like it. Can’t knock lara though..it’s time the others stepped up