Dear, oh dear Mr. Ponting.

Well, well, well. Looks like India have won back the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in fitting style. Doesn't feel very nice, does it Mr. Ponting?

To be honest, I had a feeling India would win it back. With Symonds out, Watson under-performing and the lack of a decent spin attack on the Indian wickets (barring Krejza), India had a pretty good chance from the outset. Winning the tosses of course was crucial, as was getting quick, early wickets and then dealing with the middle order batsmen. But I think Dhoni's outstanding late captaincy, his ability to run against the grain and put in unorthodox bowling attacks and his brilliant stands with Bhajji really unnerved the Aussie's. A well deserved victory.

Now why do I take India's side over the Australians? I, after all, live and pretty much grew up in Oz. Firstly, I'm part Indian myself, and munch curry like there's no tomorrow. Secondly, I just don't like the Australian team. Their world wide reputation of being arrogant, smarmy, smug and pretty much against everything cricket stands for is a pretty accurate description of the current Australian team. I think Lee is magnificent and a real decent bloke, same goes for Johnson and it's too early to tell with Krejza, but the rest of them can get fucked. I used to have a bit of respect for Gilchrist, due to him being the only Aussie that would walk, but even he showed his true colours towards the end of his career. And now with the stupid book he is flogging, filling it up with undeserved slurs and attacks on cricketers of the highest caliber, he has finally revealed his true character. Ponting should be ashamed of his conduct, as should Symonds and Hayden. They just don't play in the way that my favourite cricketers play; with character.

It's going to be tricky when India plays England; the country of my heritage versus my country of birth. But for some reason I'm leaning towards India. Why? I like the Indian team! I think they put out entertaining, highly talented players who show enormous potential and great character. Bhajji is a star, Sharma will be the next top notch paceman, Mishra can only get better, Dhoni has shown what it takes to be a great captain and Sehwag is in a class of his own. But aside from that, I think it's Englands attitude that annoys me the most. I really do like to watch England win, and I really do want to support them, but it's difficult to have respect for a team that is so unbelievably inconsistant and who's confidence is shattered whenever they lose a few early wickets. It's depressing to watch the infamous England collapse.

Anyway I'll have to decide that when they play each other. What I'm more interested in now is watching Ricky try and squirm his way out of the media's backlash against his decision to bowl part-timers in order to speed up the over rate. Should be fun!