My goodness me, England truly are appalling at one day cricket.
Check today's current scorecard for further evidence. Kevin Pietersen's 'mental fatigue' comments this morning can only add to the wretchedness of what has so far been a miserable tour. I don't think we're reaching the cavernous lows of Australia in 2006 but Andrew Strauss and his men are not a really happy bunch at present.
This is where Strauss' captaincy will be really pushed to the limit; that Guyana century aside, Strauss doesn't look like he suits the one day side. He's currently leading a weary bunch of unhappy and beleaguered cricketers and it's up to him to lift them, somehow.
Pietersen's admission that he "really and truly, can't wait to get home" only serves to exacerbate the dark mood surrounding the England camp. It's going to require a big, big performance to arrest this slide and I honestly don't know where that performance is going to come from at present. How's that for a defeatist attidude?
I'd rather watch Daniel Vettori perform minor miracles for New Zealand in their struggle with India.
(The Corridor, 2009)
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