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Old 04-03-2007, 09:34 PM in reply to PaceHitta's post starting "Geez...a lot of people don't like the..."
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Originally Posted by PaceHitta
Though we had two solid ODI series wins against two of the 'favourites'...I'm sceptical about looking at these series as indication of anything...since with Pakistan and to a lesser degree, India...you never know what team will pitch up...unfortunatley it seemed that in both ODI series, the match-winning Indian and Pakistani teams did not pitch up.
Agreed. If the "good" Pakistan team turn up in the Windies, they could beat anyone. If the "bad" team turn up expect a great shock.

Regarding Smith, you kind of get the feeling that he annoys the opposition that much that they get spurred on to play better against SA.
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