Some of you may think Ricky Ponting is the worst Australian cricket captain you can think of.
Would it fuck with your mind if i said he may not even be the worst Australian captain at the moment.
Karen Rolton played such an important part in Australia’s loss today it is hard overlook it.
Her field placings were, wait for it, Pontingesque.
She seemed to lose faith in some bowlers after one over.
Her complete lack of imagination or will to make drastic changes took Australia to an amazing loss.
Sure Claire Taylor helped, her innings in partnership with Beth Morgan was super mega good, but it would have nice to have seen her tested once or twice.
The poms were taking twos at will, yet Australia never moved in any closer from the boundary.
They scored off every ball that didn’t go to the bowler or to the keeper.
And Beth Morgan had one get out shot, the lap sweep, which see played about 9 times, mostly for boundaries, expect for the odd miss and the one she hit into her jaw.
Yet Rolton never put the fine leg back, or put her finer where the ball kept going.
She just looked lost and confused, and she made me give women’s cricket the ultimate compliment.
I got so angry I forgot it was a women’s match and that I shouldn’t have cared, and upon completion I was so fucken pissed off I yelled ‘useless bitches’.
Had it been the men’s side who had preformed such a mind fuckingly poor effort in the field I would have called them fucken useless pricks.
So the women’s game is definitely gaining importance in my anger and care factor.
