Today 9th January 2022, James Webb telescope was successfully deployed in space. Deployed in the context of peeling layers of solar resistance material and unfolding the telescope overcoming all point of setting up failures. There is still more to be done before it can work. When it start to work, it will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.
England Cricket saw some relief today with a nail biting one wicket draw in the ongoing Ashes. It took three test matches for the team to peel the layer of resistance and fighting spirit. Unfolding the right team selection was a challenge. Unlike James Webb, there were several point of failures recorded. The heat in the dressing room was equivalent to the solar side of the Webb telescope and cold 🥶 on the other side with regards to the future of the England Cricket.
Crawl to walk of Crawley, Bairstow’s brilliance (the body language and celebration reflected the overcome of desperateness) and Stokes’s top strokes helped England to be in the fray of regaining some decency and avoid embarrassment.
I reflected in my writing after the fist test that England should counter attack with calculated risk when quick wickets fall (Viv Richards approach). This was the approach that saved the Sydney test for England.
There is no point in blaming the players participation in franchise tournaments. If that is the case “The Hundred” is no exception. ECB need a telescope equivalent to James Webb which can take back to few years to scrutinise to understand the systemic failures of county championship and other areas especially team selection for red and white ball formats.
This can help to turn every stone to understand the point of failures. This probably would help overcome the point of no return state of England Cricket which is in the mind of every England cricket fan today.
Source of the image : NASA
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