When predictions go wrong
Amrit Mathur, in the Hindustan Times , criticises those who write off cricketers only to be proved wrong soon enough.
When we know cricket is fundamentally uncertain, like the weather, why do people still put their front foot out and make bold predictions?
After the dismissal in the previous Test (caught at square-leg, fetching a short ball from outside off ) Geoff Boycott said Sehwag was a talented but brainless cricketer. Now, after Galle, this distasteful remark only establishes that the England opener has no connect with intelligence or decency.
Ashok Ganguly is an editorial assistant at Cricinfo