Sports Clangers

Well well well..............

Schumi has finally won a race.
Bangladesh has finally won a match.

How do we think of both these events in the same breath?

I mean Schumi is one of the most successful drivers of all time and the fiasco in Indianapolis notwithstanding, he and the Ferrari team were not responsible for what happened. If the Michelin tyres were not up to the mark, changing the race circuit hours before the start of the race would be really unfair to teams which had prepared for the original track.
And can you imagine the media reaction if Bridgestone were not up to the mark and Ferrari had asked for a chicane to be introduced.

I remember this episode just weeks back when Ferrari were criticised for making Bridgestone make tyres only for their specifications and this had been sited as the cause of their decline this season.

So as far as the media goes, Ferrari can do no right and every action of theirs is criticised.

I am really happy for Bangladesh and the fact that they chased a reasonably high total further leads respectability to the fact that they deserved to win. I also genuinely believe that they should be allowed to keep their test status and people like Javed Miandad would do well to shut up and stop making controversial media statements. I mean if a team like Zimbabwe which had just won a handful of matches throughout its history can stay in the test league, so can Bangladesh.