RE:RE:Good statistics
by on Apr 03, 2008 10:52 PM Permalink
Predicting power of these statistics is enormous. Indians have been most easily predictable most of their cricketing history. Recently they have performed some of unpredictable feats. Was it because of any real improvement? I would doubt it. They continue to display their talents whenever their opponents cannot discover their failings. We hardly notice any re-shaping or re-moulding in them to make them better. Victory for India would only be a miracle. Draw, in view of their track record, is impossible and, therefore, should be considered as a victory for them.
India has been consistantly producing highest number of first class cricketing talent. Should India be given credit for that or mother nature. In case of India it is almost entirely nature alone that deserves any credit. Nature always produce a bell-shaped curve and the lowest and the highest always form a small but more or less fixed portion of the total. India is by far more populous than all cricketing nations combined. No wonder they have bigger number of talents. But a diamond is not valued and appreciated fully only because of its size and natural appearance. It must be excellently cut, polished and symmetrical what may even take away more than half of it but would certainly add more value to it than its loss. India has no dearth of diamond craftsmen ( potentially great coaches.) Having remained slave longer than any other nation worth the name, Indians continue to believe that'made only in the wh
