Curse in Disguise

Sidney cricket ground has become a interesting ground for the Aussies. Jinx or a happy hunting ground??

It was the same SCG where Aussies won last year against India under dubious circumstances. The "unfair" loss made India comeback stronger thereby Aussies losing 4 of the 5 tests to India played thereafter. That kind of triggered Aussie downfall.

Yesterday, Australia won the game against South Africa and this could make them complacent and turn a blind eye towards the rot that has already set in. In a way Sidney Test win could become a curse in disguise..

Celebrated English Author Rudyard Kipling's famous words "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/ And treat those two impostors just the same” seem not so off the mark. Aussie should treat the latest win as an impostor and do the due diligence.

However we may despise Aussies aggressive way of playing the gentleman's (pun intended) game, we still love to see them play at their fiercest best :-)

Its quite ironical that I am quoting this bloke Kipling who also famously once referred to the game of cricket as "flannelled fools at the wicket" :-)




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