Virat Kohli and the Cricket selection from India partiedduring Sri Lanka's tour of their fair country like it was wicket 1999. Now, they are apparently paying theprice. Our fair boys are currently ontheir Tour of South Africa, and something is rotten, apparently, in the stateof Denmark. Like Hamlet, perhaps, Kohliis lamenting "Alas poor Monga, I knew him Ngidi." Young princes, in both situations, lamentinglosses. Indeed, India is considerednumber 1 in the World, but has now lost their first two test matches to hostsSouth Africa. As Prince Kohli stated ata fiery press conferences, "that's just cricket." Mr. Kohli also repeated the same bromides andaphorisms that are heard from professional baseball players, thing like theimportance of working as a team, and that it is very hard to win away fromhome.
Bromides aside, the South Africans, already recognizabletough competitors, are surging with the great play expected, and delivered,from Faf du Plessis, and their current phenom, (Lungi) Ngidi, who is just outof school, but appears unruffled by the astronomically higher level ofplay. Only one Test match remains between the two countries, as itseems that other formats, One Day Internationals, and Twenty20, are trulybecoming the preferred fan format for Cricket, outside of England, atleast. Through the month of February,the teams will play 6 ODIs and 3 T20I matches to round out the Tour. It remains to be seen whether India willretain their top in the world status, or slip behind South Africa. The third and last Test, which begins thisweek at the New Wanderers Stadium, in Johannesburg, might go a fair piece in determiningthat status. Meanwhile, in Australia, Cycling's Tour Down Under leader is now South African DarylImpey after Australian Richie Porte won today's stage 5. Cyclist Daryl Impey has snatched the leader'sochre jersey after finishing second in stage 5 of the Tour Down Under in SouthAustralia. He rides for Mitchelton-Scott(formerly Orica Green Edge), RichiePorte, who rides for BMC, won theMcLaren Vale-Willunga stage in a hill finish on another day of hightemperatures and at times in strong crosswinds. He now is second in the overall standings, with the sixth and final stage to be raced on an Adelaide citystreet circuit on Sunday. Impey said hewas amazed to now have the overall lead. "I put in a lot of work for this race but never thought I'd be inthe leader's jersey. That's fantastic," he said. The Tour Down Under is a unique event,falling as it does between the end of the international cycling season inSeptember, and the start of the new season, with the European one day classicsin March. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 1/20/2018 01:01:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
