When the going gets tough the tough get going

Right after the sydney test where almost 11 umpiring decisions were given wrong against India, where bucknor was australia's 12th man , where clarke claimed the dropped catch of ganguly and was given out,Ponting & co became the men most hated by the Indian cricket fans.So it is no wonder if Aussies lose a test or odi the most happiest of the lot would ne the Indian fans, and am no exception when it comes to this,though i have a soft corner for cricket Australia and I dont want aus to lose badly,respecting their dominance over cricket for more than 3 world cups.

So when i learnt that australia had been bowled out by pakistan for 127 in the first innings of the 2nd match in the ongoing aus-pak test series,was happy,and pakistan after having taken a lead of 204 in the first innings were the likely candidates to win this match.

The aussie second innings also further added to my joy when the aussies had a lead of only 87 and were 6 wickets down on the third day. I stopped following this match, for i knew the result ,Australia was heading for a defeat.

2 days later..... i search for updates in cric info

result Australia won the match by 37 runs. i was flabbergasted, how come did it happen? was this a repetition of the sydney test were umpires helped the aussies a lot. the answer is: no

It was their fighting spirit that had earned them their victory.Mike hussey who was under the scanner for his poor performance in a string of tests, had scored a century,and was unbeaten on 134 , he together with 9th down peter siddle had added 123 runs to the score taking australia's overall lead to 180 , which in terms of modern day cricket is a paltry score.

pak could have chased this score easily , for they had almost a day to bat ,still they lost.This is where the aussies showed their fighting spirit. I am almost sure, if india was in this situation , they would have surely settled for a draw.
The reason for this victory "Hussey's 134 n.o".
This is what hussey said to cric info :
"It's hard when someone of the ilk of Shane Warne is criticising you, because he's obviously played a lot of cricket and he knows his stuff pretty well," Hussey said in the Sunday Herald Sun. "So it was pretty motivating to try to prove him wrong."
Warne has since downgraded his stance and Hussey said it was great to show up the critics. "Just to prove to him and to everyone that I still can play at Test match level, it's the most satisfying feeling you can get, especially after you copped a lot of criticism over the course of the summer," he said.

The same goes with paul collingwood of england who batted for almost four hours and thus saved the test match for engalnd.

Who can forget rahul dravid and vvs laxman who have been great match winners for india.
It all lies in test of mental strength and character.These are just cricketing examples .There are many examples in real life,who ahve braved all the odds and have turned up successful.

the true test of man's character lies in adversity and now he faces problem rather than circumventing that or running away from that.