IT WAS EXPECTED AS USUAL..AUSTRALIA WOULD WIN.. BUT ENGLAND DID SHOW SOME SIGNS OF A SURPRISE VICTORY..THEY WERE EPHEMERAL.. AND THE PREDICTED RESULTS CAME ABOUT. NOW LET US SEE WHETHER AUSTRALIA WOULD WIN THE WORLD CUP EASILY.. IN THE MEANTIME ' FREE PRESS JOURNAL' HAD SCREAMED 'GOOD RIDDANCE' ON GREG CHAPPEL'S 'RETIRED HURT' AS HEADLINED BY TOI.. WHAT WE NEED IS ' OBJECTIVE ' REPORTING. THE EDITORS' PERSONAL FEELINGS ARE INCONSEQUENTIAL.. I WISH WE COULD REPORTING DONE LIKE IN' MANCHESTER GUARDIAN' OR THE NEW YORK TIMES.. AND FINALLY BCCI HAS ALMOST IMPLEMENTED EVERYTHING GRE CHAPPEL HAD RECOMMENDED.. OUR PAST CRICKETERS MAY LOOK FLAMBOYANT ON THE TV WITH MANDIRA BEDI..BUT THEIR OPINIONS WERE ALL CLOUDED WITH IGNORANT PERSONAL OPINIONS..AT THE BEST OF TIMES INTHE PAST INDIA WAS MEDIOCRE.. GREG HAD / HAS AN ANSWER TO EVERY QUALITY RELATED MATTER ON INDIAN CRICKET.. INDIAN CRICKET OBSERVERS HAVE TO WAKE UP.. PLEASE LET THE ASTROLOGERS / THE MANTRA CHANTING SACHIN LOOK - ALIKES STICK TO THEIR UNSCIENTIFIC "GLORIOUS INDIAN TRADITIONS" OF THE PAST.. LET THE INDIANS COME OUT OF THIS REVERIE..
