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Old 07-03-2007, 07:21 AM in reply to Tendlya's post starting "One thing though....if all of these..."
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Originally Posted by Tendlya
One thing though....if all of these warm up matches are played on different new grounds.where pitches have had inconsistent bounce and grounds on which WC matches are actually played are different..we got to wait and see..which teams come out good
Well said. The 'Multipurpose' Ground on which India played Holland yesterday looked like it really had a lot of purposes! The bounce was very inconsistent.

Also, the mindset of the players from big teams playing minnows in these unofficial matches is not easy to fathom. Most individual players will probably to trying to get used to the local conditions and get their eyes in; the minnows on the other hand, might be going all out to seize their moment of glory, knowing that there might not be another later when things get serious. To that extent, these results are irrlelevant.
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