I don't like Cricket

United we stand

...Divided we fall.

The incredible sleeping Ponting may well have been sharing a bed with one-time wonder keeper, Adam Gilchrist. Both have decided to take some time off from the DLF tournament because they are too tired. Didums.

But Gilly has been heard talking in his sleep by The Australian and it seems the man who invented cricket's most popular catchphrase ("Bowlin' Warney") is less keen on fellow ageing former "saviour of Australian cricket".

"No-one particularly enjoys criticism of their character or abilities but knowing John the way I've got to know him, he'd almost take it as a compliment that there were many varying opinions of him,"
"At least he's got people thinking. He's created thought and discussion. That's what he's about."
"He doesn't tell us how to do something or what to do; he challenges us to tell him. He gets players thinking beyond the basic 'hit the ball, catch the ball, bowl the ball'.
"In that, particularly at the elite level, we can often overcomplicate things.
"Undoubtedly there have been times when that's happened, but John has always been there for players to go to and talk to openly and listen to the players and reassess how it's going."
Gilchrist has no doubt that Buchanan has made an enormous impact on the team during his seven-year reign, despite last year's sometimes shambolic Ashes loss.
"Some of his methods did confuse some players and I'm sure there are players over time who haven't taken well to the way he works and that's fine - we're all different people."

So that makes sense, then Buchanan confuses things... but Warne's wrong too.

All hail Duncan Fletcher.

posted by wes @ 5:15 pm