Cricket and Politics
Its finally over seven and a half weeks of World Cup Cricket in the West Indies. Fifty odd days of cricket across nine sovereign nations parading as one West Indies comprised of what the "foreign" press call the locals.
The results of the tournament pretty much mirrored the present world rankings with Australia coming out on top.
The West Indies finished a dismal sixth just ahead of the so called minnows, Ireland and Bangladesh. This the West Indies that dominated the game of cricket from the early seventies to the nineties. There are some of us who hoped for a better result but as with anything that is done over a period of time statistical truth will not be denied. This is why in cricket teams may win games against higher ranked teams on a particular day, but will inevitably lose against said teams over a five day test match.
For some people the salvation of West Indies cricket involves the dumping of Lara and the coaching staff. One brilliant fellow says for West Indies cricket to rise we need to "Give it back to the people." Of course he never explained what that meant because it makes no sense. There are others who says the problem boils down to "Highly paid players who parade in fancy sunglasses". That sounds like jealousy to me.
The fact of the matter is the team as it exists is the best there is (plus or minus a few players), whether we want to accept it or not.It is easy for people to throw around names from their respective territories but facts are facts.
Before the tournament we were promised at least a semi final showing. Others said "See you in Barbados on the 28th". All samfie, ginnalship, lies. Why? because such expectations would have run against the grain of fifteen years worth of results. But we believed, and hoped and of course were disappointed when it didn't happen
What does all of this have to do with politics? Politicians make promises, promises that go against the reality of circumstances. Politicians because of an air of expectancy produce simplistic solutions for complex longstanding problems. Basically politicians lie to the people and refuse to acknowledge that the only way to progress and improvement is proper planning, a systematic approach and good execution. Yes, hard work too. Sounds like what is lacking in West Indies Cricket doesn't it?
The results of the tournament pretty much mirrored the present world rankings with Australia coming out on top.
The West Indies finished a dismal sixth just ahead of the so called minnows, Ireland and Bangladesh. This the West Indies that dominated the game of cricket from the early seventies to the nineties. There are some of us who hoped for a better result but as with anything that is done over a period of time statistical truth will not be denied. This is why in cricket teams may win games against higher ranked teams on a particular day, but will inevitably lose against said teams over a five day test match.
For some people the salvation of West Indies cricket involves the dumping of Lara and the coaching staff. One brilliant fellow says for West Indies cricket to rise we need to "Give it back to the people." Of course he never explained what that meant because it makes no sense. There are others who says the problem boils down to "Highly paid players who parade in fancy sunglasses". That sounds like jealousy to me.
The fact of the matter is the team as it exists is the best there is (plus or minus a few players), whether we want to accept it or not.It is easy for people to throw around names from their respective territories but facts are facts.
Before the tournament we were promised at least a semi final showing. Others said "See you in Barbados on the 28th". All samfie, ginnalship, lies. Why? because such expectations would have run against the grain of fifteen years worth of results. But we believed, and hoped and of course were disappointed when it didn't happen
What does all of this have to do with politics? Politicians make promises, promises that go against the reality of circumstances. Politicians because of an air of expectancy produce simplistic solutions for complex longstanding problems. Basically politicians lie to the people and refuse to acknowledge that the only way to progress and improvement is proper planning, a systematic approach and good execution. Yes, hard work too. Sounds like what is lacking in West Indies Cricket doesn't it?
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