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| April 30, 2007 07:57 IST Last Updated: April 30, 2007 11:56 IST It is pretty much an anti-climax that Australia won their third successive Word Cup in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Saturday, albeit a fantastic achievement. It was fully deserved, as they were clearly the best team in the competition. But what a farce the final turned out to be! How can cricket's showpiece end in such a shambolic way, with total confusion as to when the match was officially over? How can the main event be reduced to a 38-over contest when two days are set aside to find a winner? Both teams needed the opportunity to have fair and equal conditions to compete. Those people who know little about the game and were watching it on television in different parts of the world would have been instantly turned off with this debacle. The ICC will defend itself by using the rulebook to its advantage, but does that make it right? Common sense please! My 12-man World Cup Super Star Team based on performances and team balance is: Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting (Captain), Jacques Kallis, Mahela Jayawardene, Kevin Pietersen, Scott Styris, Brad Hogg, Shane Bond, Muttiah Muralitharan, Nathan Bracken, |
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