More excuses from the Third World Countries for Mathew Hayden
After the 2-0 series defeat against India, Mathew Hayden had blamed the poor ground conditions and inordinate delays during the matches for his country’s poor performance calling these reasons as stuff ‘that happen in Third World countries’.
Now the Aussies are at home against South Africa. So ground conditions and delays should no longer be an issue. But Mathew Hayden continues to stink and the Aussies had their butts kicked big time by the Proteas – the so-called chickens showed more character and a greater stomach for a fight.
Obviously there is something else afflicting the mighty Aussies – something which is directly or indirectly related to ‘Third World Countries’ (to be called TWC from now on). Let’s investigate
Thinking of new reasons?
One factor could be the cricket fans from TWC who are watching the series on TV. They are probably moving too much in front of the TV or staring at the screen too hard when the Aussies are batting, affecting their concentration.
Or is it because there is too much talk of a Cricket League that happens to be organized in the TWC? Almost all the players from these two developed countries are panting for an opportunity to participate in this league, delays and poor ground conditions notwithstanding.
The presence of Hashim Amla (whose forefathers came from what is now the TWC) could be another discomforting reason. If the bearded South-African can cause someone watching from the television box (Dean Jones) to lose his mind, then imagine what standing next to him could do to the Aussies.
There is also the possibility that all the cricketing gear (made in sweatshops in the TWC) is becoming too uncomfortable for Hayden and his team-mates. They should try playing without them for a change to see if that is a factor or not.
And finally, we cannot ignore the fact that there are 3 match officials from the TWC – both umpires (Aleem Dar and Ashoka de Silva) and the match-referee (Ranjan Madugalle). Does that confuse Hayden to believe that he is still playing in the TWC and not at home in Australia?
For all our conjecturing, we might be nowhere close to the real reasons or at least the ones that Mathew Hayden will come up with once the series gets over. As we have already seen once, he can come up with ones that no one else can think of.
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