Tuesday, December 02, 2003

Macgill on Sachin..
Dear Mr. Macgill,
Now that you have said this, you should better check on what another spinner from your land has to say about Sachin.

And while you do that, bear in mind -
1. It is quite a debate the world over on whether Shane Warne is *the best spinner ever* in cricketing history.
1a. I have not heard anything even remotely close to that about one Mr. Stuart Macgill. Rather, I am mostly left wondering what Channel Nine commentators get out of hyping Macgill up - inspite of having seen someone like Warne. Maybe they have a flair for advertisement!
2. Shane Warne has played(bowled to) Sachin Tendulkar in 11 test matches spanning over 4 seasons. The whole world watched the clash and the results are well known. Not to say anything about the one-day clashes in Sharjah!
2a. Stuart Macgill made it to the India Tour once and played ONE tour game. Maybe the Australian think tank thought he was too good a talent to waste on Sachin Tendulkar in Test Matches.

So, I do know all of the above facts. And knowing all this, you know what I think about your recent talk.

If you had said all that you have said after returning figures atleast as good as those of Warne's against Tendulkar, I would have let it go!

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