Hi there :
I wanted to add the following for people to know :
--- John Wright said in his book (click on the link below)
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1044380
Wright also says he was frustrated during selection committee meetings which were nothing short of a farce.
"The first six or seven selections were straight forward. But when it got down to the marginal selections, those last three or four spots that determine the balance of the team and your ability to develop new players, the zonal factor kicked in and things would get interesting," he said.
"It was easy to tell when selectors had come to a meeting with an agenda... If their boys weren't picked, they tended to cross their arms, clam up and take no further part in the meeting," he writes.
Wright said VVS Laxman and Mohd Kaif bore the brunt of the selectors' whims.
"VVS Laxman and Kaif are examples of outstanding performers who always seemed to be only one or two failures away from having their places questioned."
PEOPLE --- SO NOW YOU KNOW. ANY DOUBST ON WHY VVS LAXMAN GETS THE TREATMENT HE GETS FROM 'JOHH WRIGHT DAYS / YEARS' ????
For the record --- I DON'T HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR GANGULY / DRAVID --- as great Captains support great player all the way. These captains don't know whom to support & whom not to.
Pathetic 'Vengarkar / Chappell / BCCI ' --- DON'T GIVE THE Bull Shit REASONS CALLED FIELDING/RUNNING . Vengsarkar --- your pathetic way of giving chance to Wasim Jaaffer (against SA) in ODI's proved to world how politics play a big role.
--- Gilchrist on VVS LAXMAN
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/01/04/stories/2004010400811700.htm
V.V.S. Laxman's stroke-play during his classic 178 left Gilchrist completely stumped for its sheer beauty and timing.
"Everytime he plays against us he comes up with something special and the next thing we read after the series is he is dropped! It leaves me completely bewildered."
