Australianism!

Pakistan were lucky to be in the semi-finals and were making the most of their luck to reach finals by playing a great game of cricket. They were almost in the finals of World T20 for the 3rd time in a row, which speaks great deal about the team. But the presence of Mr.Cricket - Michael Hussey denied Pakistan this rare distinction by hitting 18 of the last over despite having only 3 wickets. Awesome Australian performance, I bet if any other team would have done that. Amazing Australian cricket team.

Australian cricket team has been dominant in the international cricket and has earned lot of critics not because they perform poor but because they are the best in the business. They never say die attitude, the way that they crush their opponents without any consideration and the killer instinct. All these characteristics which no other cricket team has shown in this last decade. Being the best in the field has earned them lot of criticism. Isn't this something you will be proud of ? Absolutely.

Here is an extract from Cricinfo.com after the amazing win of Australia over Pakistan in the semi-final of the 3rd World T20 tournament -----

'It has been said before but it's worth repeating here. John Arlott had written about it in 1948 at the end of a successful tour of England by Don Bradman's men. ""Australianism," wrote Arlott, "means single-minded determination to win - to win within the laws but, if necessary, to the last limit within them. It means where the 'impossible' is within the realm of what the human body can do, there are Australians who believe that they can do it - and who have succeeded often enough to make us wonder if anything is impossible to them. It means they have never lost a match - particularly a Test match - until the last run is scored or their last wicket down." '

This very Australianism makes me a big fan of this team of course after my mother country.