I had my “Windies can only lose it from here†post all ready in my head.
The pitch is in their favour.
Two form batsmen at the crease.
Smackdown Bravo was lifting Casson into the stand like Mark Taylor was bowling.
The Chrab Chanderpaul was going nowhere fast.
Lee couldn’t shake them.
Clark couldn’t probe through them.
Clarke and Casson were just not that threatening.
But Beau Casson took the wicket.
Really Dwayne Bravo gave it to him.
Beau tossed a full and delightful ball on off stump, as it got to Bravo it was a half volley, somehow Bravo managed to scoop it to Jacques at silly mid off.
But that is all pointless, because the man who got Bravo out was Brett Lee.
Lee had hit Bravo, scared Bravo, questioned his manhood, and made Bravo look ridiculous to the point where Bravo knocked back a single so he didn’t have to face him.
That is where he sealed his fate.
He went out the next over, game over.
Next over, new ball taken, Clark finally removes the Chrab, who is probably sick and tired of carrying soft team mates.
The crowd deflate quickly.
Bravo, went from hero to villain quicker than the pilot episode of the Shield.
He now must be thought of as soft.
Midway through a Lee over he stopped to have a drink and get a chest guard.
You do not show Australia weakness.
You tough it out.
You survive.
You grit your teeth.
You do not let the dog know you are scared of it.
Especially when you have the dog scared.
Tomorrow Dwayne, you can expect a well documented reason why you are on the players we don’t like or think are meh list.
You were one of my favourites, but test cricket is a test of character, and you just failed.www.cricketwithballs.com
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