Lyndsay Carr's Page

Reading some of the discussions and blog posts since India lost to England it struck me how alike Indians and Australians are when it comes to our sporting heroes. We build them up and build them up, but when they do something wrong, whether on the field or off, we rush to criticise. In Australia it's called the Tall Poppy Syndrome. We don't like anyone to get too big for their boots. There wasn't any criticism of Mahendra Singh Dhoni when he led his totally inexperienced team to the inaugural… Continue

Unfortunately I think India is pretty much out of the tournament. They should beat England today, but I can't see them beating South Africa. They haven't fired at all this tournament and leaving out RP Singh, by far the most successful bowler in the IPL, seems ridiculous. Irfan Pathan is primarily in the side as a bowler and he's been very ineffective. My line-up would be Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Raina, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Yusuf Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan, RP, Zaheer and either Ishant or Ojha… Continue

What's with all the criticism of MS Dhoni that was being tossed around yesterday? Have you got short memories or what? Let me remind you of what India has done under Dhoni's captaincy. Fact: Won 2007 T20 World Cup with a bunch of young guys, most of whom no-one had ever heard of, and who nobody expected would get anywhere. Fact: Beat Australia in Australia in the 2007-08 ODI competition, again without most of the big names. Fact: Beat Sri Lanka in two ODI competitions in Sri Lanka, which… Continue

I can't say I was surprised by Australi'a being knocked out of the tournament before the real games start. They are seriously struggling for an opening pair of the awesome talent of Hayden and Gilchrist, and if I were Cricket Australia, I would have swallowed my pride and sent out an SOS to Hayden once Symonds was sent home. I think Australia struggle with the T20 concept and I think they don't take it seriously. None of the team, with the exception of Lee and Warner played in the IPL. They… Continue

This year's IPL has been interesting, but for me it's now over, as Chennai lost their semi. I look forward to next year's edition, hopefully back in India. And I hope Chennai dump Stephen Fleming as coach, I don't think they ever got the line-up right. Ntini should have been playing instead of Oram, to give them a better bowling attack. That's all for me this year. Go India in the T20 World cup!