What can they do(-worma)

I mean the WI in Australia...what's it going to be? Holding is already clear on a 3-0 whitewash. No..not of the Collingwood 3-0 Eng against Pak variety :-). And Holding's rants are along the same lines we've been reading quite often recently. Attitude problems.

"People don't like to hear the truth but this group does not possess the right attitude to win Test matches," Holding said. "I'm concerned about their general focus. They aren't focused on their game enough, they aren't focused on representing the Windies enough."

I'm sure most of you would have read WI batsmen did pretty well against Queensland attack that had Kasper, Watson(16 ovrs for 84, no wkts) and Symond in it. Samuels, on his way to 257, broke few records...and a car. He's definitely exciting to watch, impressive right from his early days. Lara batted at number 8 because of a finger injury. He's terribly short of match practice as we saw in super series, and apparently not in good shape either.

His form after a lengthy lay-off, that had seen his 36-year-old frame pad out to the point former Test quick Jeff Thomson labeled him "fatter than Fat Albert", will be a major concern for the Windies.

But then, as we all know, this is Brian Lara we are talking about. Didn't he make a recent 'comeback' against Pak with a few runs right away ;-)

Talking of injuries, Justin Langer has a cracked rib, playing against Victoria. But no problem, he's up for the first test. Just a minor matter of handling this pain thing

"I'll definitely be playing on Thursday," he said. "I have a cracked rib, which will worry me. The thing I will have to get used to is the pain. "There's nothing I can do about it, but it won't keep me out of the team."

To me, frankly, Langer with his fighter (literally) approach and all sounds really scary! Thankfully he's not terribly gifted with the bat ;-)

In passing, Lara has a 'bat problem'...is getting more from India (yeah, as a confirmation of that story which Prem posted few days back.