Global Warming in Cricket!!

Its funny what global warming is doing to cricket - we just witnessed an Indian Summer after an English Spring in England. It surely was a team performance, something that should make Rahul Dravid and the Indian cricket fans really proud. They can finally start believing in themselves and start winning more games/series and not just the odd game (as has happened in the past 4-5 years). I am hoping this win spurs more youngsters to play the game and secure a bright future for India in cricket in the years to come, just like 1983, when Kapil's devils won the World Cup and spurred a certain Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.

A lot will be said about Rahul Dravid's decision to not enforce the follow on yesterday. My take on it was completely different at the time when I first read that India had not enforced the follow-on. I was of the opinion that it was a stupid decision (not defensive - that would be different, but stupid). I never considered the decision to be defensive - Rahul was out there to win the series, and the scoreline rarely matters in a series win. From that perspective, Rahul's decision was spot on. My only concern was that after not enforcing the follow-on, he should have batted on and not even declared. He should have gone the full distance, letting England prise out 10 wickets rather than declaring at 6 down. God knows what might have happened had KP got into the act and smashed our bowlers all over the Oval. That, was my problem with Rahul's decision making process yesterday.