My impression is that the Asia cup will attract a far, far greater audience.. and be accorded far greater prestige by far, far more people.. than anything the ICC might rate as more important: I hope I'm wrong.. and that the forthcoming Test Series between Eng and SA, for instance, will quite eclipse what is, at the end of the day, just a big pyjama party - but somehow I doubt it.

There are many of us who would love to see Tendulkar, Dravid, Inzi, Akhtar, Murali, Vaas and the like "rested" for the Asia cup so that they can come back bright eyed and bushy tailed for the real cricket.. but it would, I guess, be a brave selector that took THAT decision!!!!