Around the Wicket - The Rant

Welcome to the first ever rant - a way for me to forget about cohesion and flow in my writing, and just lay it all out there as I think of it. Here goes.


Club should never come before country in cricket. If the Chennai Super Kings think that Matt Hayden and Mike Hussey will play in the 20/20 Champions League rather than play for Australia, they are fair dinkum dreaming. Both have already said they won’t, as there is a tour match in India to play instead. But, maybe Hayden won’t have a choice by then (as in he won’t be in the side!)

Shane Watson for one day opener? Good for now, but when Hayden comes back, I dunno. It’s a better option than Simon “Boycott” Katich for sure. I like Shaun Marsh though. The kid has talent. Hayden and Marsh at the top of the order? Sounds good to me.

Rain shortened 20/20 matches are mind blowingly stupid. What’s the point of even playing a game of cricket that lasts just 20 overs? Seriously, eleven overs can constitute an innings now? Give me a break – just refund the punters money. A 20 over match gets us about an hour and a half of cricket – you can’t charge people money to watch that.

What about the Kiwis getting shafted in England? One more over would have constituted a match – and a New Zealand win. Do I smell shenanigans?

Asian Cup hey? Well, I know I’m looking forward to Pakistan vs Hong Kong. Won’t that be a riveting encounter? However, if anybody could lose to Hong Kong – it would be Pakistan. But the less said about that, the better. Could Honkers become Ireland the 2nd?

I read that Punter wants Cam White to be the one day spinner. Sorry? Beau Casson would be stoked to hear that. Has his star faded already? Not that I’m against a Victorian being picked in front of a “Canadian”, but White is nowhere near as good a bowler as Casson. He’s not even the spinner for the Vics one day team. Picking all these all rounders instead of specialists will backfire on us at some stage.