Blogs How much to read into England’s win over WI?
May 28th, 2009 by kapoorEngland has defeated the WEST INDIES in the second one-dayer also and has won the series 2 to nil. However, one wonders how much should we read into this ‘series’ win considering that the West Indies were already reeling under a lot of criticism and internal issues even before the series began and had got the drubbing of a lifetime in the test series prior to the ODIs.
The England team too has not found any noticeable new talents or strategies that they could use in the future. Their captain — Strauss still remains a predicament when it comes to opening the innings in ODIs and KP is still to strike form again. This leaves the bowlers — Stuart Broad won the man-of-the-series award but one would have to question the wisdom of awarding him when the batsmen got out to atrocious shots rather than the claimed ‘over-the-top’ bowling performance. No wonder T20 is taking over. In that format, even mediocre teams like the WI at least look like an international unit.
