'England should have beaten India easily'
Posted on Sep 09, 2007 at 18:56 | Updated Sep 09, 2007 at 19:35
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London: Passing a rather critical assessment on India's performance in the seven-match one-day cricket series against England, former captain Mike Atherton has termed Rahul Dravid's men as a poor one-day outfit, whose best days are behind it. "The brutal truth is that India, far from being a powerhouse in one-day cricket, are a poor one-day outfit themselves - as the last World Cup proved," Atherton said after India lost the final match by seven wickets.
Atherton also took a dig at the growing age of the team members and it weak fielding skills. "They haven't changed key personnel since then, apart from the coach Greg Chappell, and, given their age profile they are a team whose best days are behind them.
"They are completely lacking in athleticism and agility, weak in pace bowling and so badly balanced that England should have beaten them comprehensively," he wrote in his The Sunday Telegraph column. He did not also spare England for conceding their 3-1 lead at the midway stage of the series and asked them not to get carries way with the win.
"Despite all the unmistakably promising signs, there have been so many false dawns before it would pay not to get too carried away. With three matches to go, India were on their knees. That they were somehow able to take this series to the wire says much about how far England still have to travel," he said.
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Posted By Nagarjuna
Mike is really a crazy man. How he thought that the ENGLAND team can they trash india badly. it\''s not
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Posted By Promod
Hey ..there is nothing to be emotional about..both teams are an average ODI outfit. Nothing exceptional on their game. Except
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Posted By MADHU
MIKE HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT INDIA THRASHED ENGLAND BY 6-1 MARJIN WHEN THEY TOURED INDIA LAST YEAR. INDIA HAVE WON
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Posted By Sujit
The Indian cricket team attended a gala dinner reception at the well-known Starlet Spice Restaurant in Central London last evening
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Posted By MAHIPAL REDDY
These English commentataors are always biased. Shame on Shastri, Gavaskar and other Indian commentators who just keep numb. What is
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