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Has anybody been watching the so called Super Series one dayers and the Test match currently taking place.

It's been a major disappointment to me and so far the World XI have not put up much of a show and it seems to have the feel of an exhibition or festival match.

For me the difference between the sides is that one is playing for their country and the pride that comes with that and the other is just playing for a representative side and doesn't seem to bothered about the result.

The one dayers were a joke and the Test has been fairly one sided so far.

been very disappointing, there seems to be no interest at all from the world side, apart from flintoff and harmison! can't see the benefit either of the use of technology in umpiring decisions, there were still bad decisions made due to the umpire not wanting to refer to the third umpire ( inzamam's lbw for example). very disappointing all round !

iv got to agree what a waste of time, flintoff and harmison tried but the others did nt care, this made australia look like a good side again we all know the truth.

Simply a stupid format

I totally forgot about the last days play whihc shows just how much interest it really raised

Too expect a world eleven of which most were not playing at the time to suddenly step up and take on a team that had just battle hardened
was dopey in the extreme but what do the governing bodies care,their only in it to milk the public money

Nobody thought of the idea when the West Indies were decimating all & sundry 5-0 home & away so why now?MONEY MONEY MONEY

No suprise that the most consistent players were the Aussies & The English given that they were the only ones who had just come off playing in a real contest

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B....OZ

Justin Langer wrote a good article about it and his point about it being like an exhibition game was very relevant.

I know some of the World XI had been short of cricket but anytime you get a team playing for their country then it is bound to mean more to you than if you playing for a representative side.

One other point on it. It's been a while since I've seen Murali bowl and myself like most cricket fans always thought his action to be illegal but to me it has got alot worse not better.

If his arm straightens less than the supposed 15 degree limit then I am dutchman.

......and Harmison had Matty Hayden plumb lbw just after lunch on the first day but the umpire and tv umpire still managed to give it not out.

Leave the decisions to the umpires on the field. Sure they make the odd mistake but for the most part do an excellent job.

Not so much a super test as a super bore... and did they honestly think it would last anywhere near 6 days?

I first got interested in cricket as a result of the England v RotW 5 test series in 1971 (to replace the cancelled tour by South Africa)... now *that* was a series!! Barry Richards, Pollock, Mushtaq, Clive Lloyd, Kanhai, Sobers, Gibbs, Procter and others, all ultra competitive.

Other than money, was there a reason for this test? Australian Cricket Board centenary? 100 years since cricket was first played at the SCG? Nope? Didn't think so!!

Spot on, an ICC spokesman admitted the existence of this series was to fill a gap in the calendar. Well, I don't think the Aussies and the English lads involved needed this particular gap filling in their calendar.

The fact that the combatants are to be picked on April the 1st each year sort of sums up everything for me

Add that in with the fact that its the prize money & match payments that are the major attraction to the players and not the desire to knock the best team of its perch(which had already happened) and its just another silly concept in an already over saturated schedule

cheers
B....OZ