Clash Of Titans

The Johnnie Walker Super Series between an International Cricket Council World XI and Australia, where the two teams will clash each other in three one-dayers and a five-dayer, should be an interesting watch. Australia has proved to be just a shade short of being tagged 'invincible' over the past few years in both the longer forms of international cricket. They continue to amaze one and all with their spectacular consistency and admirable tenacity, boosted by an awesome bench-strength. Let us keep our fingers crossed as the teams lead up to the potentially fascinating series. It will take a colossal effort from the rest-of-the-world heavyweights to gel together as a cohesive unit to overpower the Aussie arsenal. It is a good thing that no players from Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have been included in the World XI preliminary squad. There is no scope for tokenisms in such prospective epic clashes.