Cricket seems forever at cross-roads nowadays. West Indies, Pakistan and now Sri Lanka seem to be back in turmoil. Add the upheavals in Australian cricket and we now have a situation where most teams are creating excuses for losing. i.e. "rebuilding". West Indies inflicted a deep gash on themselves by dumping Gayle, Chanderpaul and Sarwan. A smooth transition is always more healthy than a clean break. In this context, I don’t understand players giving up captaincy and refusing responsibility to help with sustaining goodness in teams.Australia, until recently, were that team. There were no mass exclusions, always minor cuts. N... See the complete post here
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