I think that teams like Australia/SA are changing the rules of the game specially in One-day cricket. Fitness, agility and competitiveness are key to win One dayers. We have come a long way from the days when cricket was a leisure activity and a good sense of timing was sufficient . India and Pakistan are still complacent, happy to bask in the glories of the records...but if we do not adpat, soon we will be out of cricket the same way as Hockey. This is a wake up call for selectors, players, coach, captain and the indian public.
RE:Fitness Mantra
by Vimalesh Banarasi on Mar 26, 2007 05:15 PM Permalink
Absolutely,If they still not wake up after this big jolt they are right on the track of Hockey. Hockey used to be a national means of national gathering before cricket but their players rely on their dribling skills inspite of dramatic change in playing surface, I mean from grass to astroturf. In cricket also the playing tracks(pitches) have been changed dramatically. All the cricketing nations are now changing their playing surfaces from grassy pitches to flat one. Noe even a 350 score is not safe, so this is now a game of stoping every run and to be mentally tuff specially one dayers. In test cricket one team must score 350 score on regular basis if they want to win a test series. Fitness is of prime importance now,without that you can not servive in cricket. It's time for players like Saurav, Laxman, Anil, Sehwag, Rahul to say goodby to one day cricket..
RE:Fitness Mantra
by desi bhai on Mar 26, 2007 05:06 PM Permalink
Be a professional and thats why you are paid so much.... These days even ordinary talent survives and then make it big purely on will power, hard work, fitness, commitment...
