BLACK CAPS CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT
August 30, 2010 in SPORTS
The World's most inconsistent player
Mark Greatbatch, the Black Caps coach, has come out in praise for his team following their inconsistent tour of Sri Lanka.
The team got off to a superb start scoring 280 in the first match and then lost the next two games being dismissed for 120 and 118. Greatbatch was encouraged by the consistent form the Black caps showed.
“When I took over the team I wanted to install the same consistency I had as a batsman. Finally, I think we are getting there and we are now one of the most consistently inconsistent teams around. Scoring 280 in the first game put as in a good position to be inconsistent. My only concern is that we followed up our dismal second game effort with another poor effort. True inconsistency requires us to go from troughs of form to peaks of performance within days. We are still working hard towards that goal.
Thankfully it seems that most of the players are starting to get the idea of Greatbatch’s philosophy. In particular the bowlers have been consistently inconsistent in almost every over they have bowled. It seems that most of them have spent the entire off season perfecting 7 different balls in one over, including the mandatory leg side wide. Disappointingly, Daniel Vittori will be back into the fold soon and he will no doubt disrupt Greatbatch’s plan with a collection of straight bowls outside off stump.
Thankfully the return of Vittori will be balanced by the 3 time winner of the Wisden Inconsistent player of the Year, Brendon McCullum.