The World of Sport is Quite Simply Bizarre!

There have been some bizarre occurrences in the world of sport this week so far.

Take the recent One Day Cricket Series played between India and England in India.  A few months ago when the Indian cricket team came to English shores, their cricketers appeared to be absolutely clueless on how to win a cricket match. I mean lets face it, they would of had more chance of catching a cold than a cricket ball during the summer. As far England goes, well everything they touched turned to cricketing gold. Two months on the cricketing pyjama party between the two nations has been transported to Indian shores for the past two weeks and there appears to have been a bizarre reversal in fortune. Indian players are knocking balls out of stadiums, bowling players around their legs, and produce 10.0 dives to take phenomenal catches.  England meanwhile, appear to have mastered the art of collapsing in a heap.  Losing 10 wickets for 47 runs yesterday was mightily impressive by any one's standards.  Anyway, this culminated in England losing the series 5-0. So how has this come about?  Well as far as i can see there is only one explanation.  Quite clearly to anyone born outside of the Asian Subcontinent, playing cricket in this part of the world in an alien concept.  Conversely, whenever an Asian Subcontient player travels outside this territory, cricket grounds and stadiums clearly baffle them.  Joking aside, England has been taken down a peg or two in the past few weeks and possibly realise now world domination is not proved by simply playing well in England and Australia. To conquer the cricketing world, you also have conquer every cricketing environment you play in.  Not just a cold day in Cardiff.

The other sports related topic that is slightly puzzling to me this week is that UEFA have apparently delayed their written response to the FA as to why they imposed a three match ban on Wayne Rooney for his red card mister meanour against Montenegro.  I mean seriously do UEFA need an extra week to write a 10 page report basically saying Rooney was an idiot.  Or did they draw straws to see what length of ban Rooney got.  Maybe it's because UEFA are employing cost cutting exercises throughout the organisation and the one secretary they have has gone on holiday till next week.  In all seriousness, what the hell is complicated about this.  He kicked the fella end of.  Maybe the FA will appeal the three match ban, but you can't help feeling UEFA will probably ban Rooney from all of Euro 2012.

Bizarre!