Re: Australia vs World XI 3rd ODI
Slap in the face for the ICC for organizng such a poor series. These type of masala games will never draw interest from the crowd. Players should have been selected based on merit rather then reputation. Players like Kallis, Akhtar, Sehwag (who btw averages 23 against Australia in ODIs) should have never been selected. Hopefully this is the absolute last time a series like this is played.
Not a single player with the exception of Pollock and Sangakkara took the game seriously. These new mixed team concepts are destroying the game of cricket by distracting viewers from the game. Obviously the only incentive for World XI players was $100,000 prize money. I am eagerly awaiting for the Pak vs End series, hopefully Pietersen and Flintoff recover before we give them a good a$$ whoppin'