My Cricket Diary

It was pleasently surprising to see India clean up the tail in 30 minutes, and clinch a 2-0 win. Its one more case of a home team winning.., and I keep thinking what factors help the home team win. The pitches in SL, Pakistan, India behave almost the same.., and given the amount of cricket played these days, there is never really a factor that someone is more comfortable on a "Home pitch". Take Sachin for example, I'm sure to him the Ahmedabad wicket would be as alien as SCG or Rawalpindi or Port of Spain.

Does the home team win because:

• the team is always surrounded by their family/friends or people whom they know
• have their native food
• local crowd support
• the power of "thought".., I mean there are so many around you who want you to win at any cost..

I wish I had an answer. The rate at which home teams wins these days, there seems to be something terribly wrong with the way cricket is played!! Hmm., I'll wait to see if India can defeat Pakistan once again