Friday, February 13, 2009

proteas on top!!!!!

South Africa’s win down under surely suggests the finally the baton has indeed been passed on. Gone are the days when a cricketing affair with the mighty Australians, especially down under, was a one sided affair. The Australians have gone from being termed as the juggernaut to vulnerable recently and seem to have no clue on how to dig out of the trouble they have themselves in.
The change in the team to beat moreover, also signifies a shift in cricketing paradigm for the Australians were know for a decade of aggression and mind games, their South African counterpart are more of gritty no-nonsense types. While playing the Australians at their primes was like a wall being thrown at you, South Africans rather kill you by hammering nails into you slowly. In other words, while Australians were sudden death, the South Africans are more of a slow poison.
But now as the baton has been snatched out of the hands of the Aussies a much greater challenge needs to be met before they can be termed as true champions and that is to dominate cricketing horizons for over a decade.
Let’s see if the South Africans can hold onto it.