Whats in a name...
Australia and Sri Lanka will be playing for the "Warne-Murali Trophy", as it has recently been named. Both the boards have paid their tributes to the greatest spinners ever to play cricket.
Australia has a knack of naming their test series - They play the Windies for the "Frank-Worrell Trophy", India for the "Border-Gavasker Trophy", and England for the "Ashes". I think these names give a sense of belonging to the players, i.e. give them that extra inch of motivation probably to win the games and hence the series. Surely one would want to say "Hey, i won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for my country" rather than saying "We won the pepsi cup".
I think all test playing nations should do this and name their test series to honour some of the great cricketers they have produced.
I just thought of some names - let me know what you think.
1) Imran-Kapil Trophy. Or maybe Miandad-Gavaskar. Why a Pak-Ind test series doesn't have a name already is anyone's guess. Maybe "Imran-Kapil" for the ODI series, and "Miandad-Gavaskar" for the tests.
2) The McGrath-Pollock trophy or rather The Keppler Wessels Trophy - he played for both!
3) The Lara-Sachin Trophy. That would be the ultimate.
4) A Botham-Imran Trophy and Botham-Kapil trophy would be killers!
5) The Sobers-Hanif Trophy.
I'm sure you guys can think of many more.
Australia has a knack of naming their test series - They play the Windies for the "Frank-Worrell Trophy", India for the "Border-Gavasker Trophy", and England for the "Ashes". I think these names give a sense of belonging to the players, i.e. give them that extra inch of motivation probably to win the games and hence the series. Surely one would want to say "Hey, i won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for my country" rather than saying "We won the pepsi cup".
I think all test playing nations should do this and name their test series to honour some of the great cricketers they have produced.
I just thought of some names - let me know what you think.
1) Imran-Kapil Trophy. Or maybe Miandad-Gavaskar. Why a Pak-Ind test series doesn't have a name already is anyone's guess. Maybe "Imran-Kapil" for the ODI series, and "Miandad-Gavaskar" for the tests.
2) The McGrath-Pollock trophy or rather The Keppler Wessels Trophy - he played for both!
3) The Lara-Sachin Trophy. That would be the ultimate.
4) A Botham-Imran Trophy and Botham-Kapil trophy would be killers!
5) The Sobers-Hanif Trophy.
I'm sure you guys can think of many more.
Labels: Australia vs Sri Lanka, Gavaskar, Imran, Kapil, Lara, Mcgrath, Miandad, Pollock, Q, Sachin, test cricket, warne-murali
3 Comments:
"I think all test playing nations should do this and name their test series to honour some of the great cricketers they have produced."
Good suggestion Q.
I think the cricket boards should take notice of your suggestion.
Thank Ottayan - I dont know abt the others but an Indo-Pak Series definitely deserves a name.
Good point Q, all the best sporting trophies in the world have a name. If you look at NFL football in the US, it is given out every year. However, "Lombardi" trophy resonates powerfully. Its and its shape are powerful symbols
I think it should be the same in cricket as you point out. Special rivalries should have special trophies (same shape) with names that honor legends. I also think that the players of the tournament should have their names inscribed on the trophy as an added honor
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