Pakis sent Packing

After the T20 match last night, where Pakistan fell three runs short of victory, Australia completes a clean sweep of their visit, winning ALL the tests, ALL the 50-over matches and the one T20 match.

It must be so disappointing for the Pakistanis in that not one victory was possible for them.  I suppose it really points to the fact that they really haven't been playing enough cricket lately, given all the security scares in Pakistan, and the fact that opposing teams just don't want to tour their country.

As if that wasn't enough Shahid Afridi's weird nibbling of the ball in Melbourne last week and consequent two-match suspension casts another gloom over proceedings.

And what with the West Indies dispute between the Cricket Administration and the Players' Association reducing the strength of this nation, it is looking to be a pretty one-sided summer for cricket in Australia this year.

Let's hope the Aussie DO get beaten once or twice by the Windies in the One Day series starting on Sunday.  These one-sided matches are no good at all for the spectators.  When we went to the SCG for the One-Day match a few weeks ago, the game was fairly obviously going to be won by Australia, the crownd got bored, and there was a hell of a lot of anti-social behaviour going on as a result.  At least last night's T20 match did keep the interest up until the last over.

We can also hope that things improve in future series.  One-sided matches are boring, and that's not what we want.