Only god knows what will be in store for Sachin when he returns home, and the Englishmen, in their own inimitable way, have described the top order of their batting as several slip catches waiting to happen. The feeling in the cricket playing Caribbean is one of complete hopelessness, writes another journalist. Skipper Lara s theme has been that, People in the Caribbean have a right to be angry. To further complicate matters we have Clive Lloyd, Kapil Dev, and Viv Richards coming in for their share of the blame. The simple truth is that the teams performances are more a reflection of abject ineptness in their batting than the captaincy of Lara or Tendulkar.
Lets take a look at the teams batting, or lack thereof.
There is only one batsman on either team that the opposition needs to concern itself over. Yes, we have had individual performances but they have been too inconsistent to be effective. More importantly, the batsmen who were expected to do well failed consistently. Both Chanderpaul and Dravid have demonstrated their limitations. Dravid, however, could be excused on the grounds that he was up against the top team in the world playing at their very best.