I seem to have not decided what I found more annoying. Whether it was Ricky Ponting’s face or the lack of facial hair on Stuart Broad. The fact that the Ashes has now commenced with much to talk about for writers and fans alike,
it is time to understand the sad, yet harsh realities of life. The fact of the matter remains, that England and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 are currently the 4th and the 5th ranked teams in the world out of a possible 8. The fact that Mitchell Johnson
is a messiah sent from the heavens for the Poms to help them wreak destruction on the unprepared Aussies is another sad reality of our fictitious lives.
The list of the harsh realities of our mundane lives will go on, however it is imperative to know that it is on these occasions that certain men manage to surpass the realm of mere mortality into something divine, an alcoholic
would call it, a moment of clarity. In this lucid moment, Mr Jarrod Kimber, an Australian cricket writer I hold very close to my heart said something very interesting.
“Tis’ all about momentum my dear young lads,” or something vaguely similar. I somehow agree with it. Despite his face, Mr Ponting is a very precise man. Precise in both actions and words. Now the thing that Mr Ponting loves to
do is that he is simply passionate, ‘loves’ to make a point.
Now his point making hobby can take different forms. It could either be in the form of ‘a kick-in the-crotch, you-are-c**p hundred’ or it could be an incredibly monotonous drawl of points he has mentioned earlier in a crisp, four
hundred page autobiography. This is just how this man operates or in patois, it’s how he rolls. If anyone happens to have a problem with Mr Ponting, he would make a constipated face and give the other person a glare that would put Medusa to shame. He is so
potent, that man.
So none of us were really surprised when Mr Ponting went out to talk to the press and stated with comic obstinacy how his team had not been thrashed at the hands of the Barmy army because of poor bowling but it was rather due to
the condition of the pitch.
Like a kid trying to justify his reasons for going to school in a frock and defending his partners in crimes it was like he was saying, “look, see I told you there was nothing I could do, I was being held at gunpoint.” The fact
of the matter is that he wasn’t being held at gunpoint and it wasn’t the ‘bloody’ pitch
mate.
Mitchell Johnson bowled like I synchronize dive. If he really is fond of proving his point, Mr Ponting must come back to the same ground when the pitch starts to disintegrate and play against the Barmy army just to see if it was
indeed the pitch or the Aussies themselves.
However both the sides must now be assured of the fact that they cannot lose the ashes 5-0. This might add a certain bit of calm. So we come back to momentum. At this crucial stage everyone talks about this phenomenon ‘memontum
– momentum’ whatever. If we are to go by the definition of momentuming, then it would be evident that Australia was momentuming all over England’s face towards the end.
It can also be the other way round. Since Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott were not out on their respective scores having momentumed all over Ricky Ponting’s face and by this simple definition of momentum my dear lads, England
are most certainly odds on to momentum over the Aussie faces again in the next test. In fact the Poms are odds on to win the next test by the momentuming criteria.
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