Pls don't kill the sport!

Dear Mausam Kaur,

It has happened in other sports and it is happening in cricket too.
Do you remember the days of Andre Agassi & Jim Courier rivalry? Or do you remember the early days of marathon matches between Agassi and Sampras? Those were the kind of encounters that I always used to look forward to. And then Agassi's career started dwindling and Sampras started dominating. Such was Sampras's domination over world tennis that I started losing interest in tennis. It was always Sampras who used to win everything. Such was Sampras's flawless control that he seemed too clinical, too mechanical in his approach and I felt he made the game boring. The only tournament which used to revive my interest was French Open where Thomas Musters and Sergi Brugueras of the world provided the necessary entertainment.
As Agassi improved his ranking, his duels with Sampras again became the focus. Tennis slowly regained itz charm as the contests became more evenly matched. It was no longer a match between a man and machine. Tennis revived.
But this phase did'nt stay too long as Roger Federer quickly took control of world tennis and since the last 5 years he has done what sampras did in 90s.Infact Federer's reign has been even more dominant coz there seems to be a void in the quality of opposition to challenge his position. Since few years now I have stopped following the game now.
Michael Schumacher did the same to Auto Racing by winning everything under the sun and Schumi's win was usually taken for granted in almost every race. Only change in rules and his eventual retirement revived the interest in the sport for people again.
Lance Amstrong used to win Tour de France so comfortably year after year that I stopped watching it completely as the result was never in doubt.
Tragically, Australia is doing the same to world cricket with itz sheer dominance of the game since 1999. Australians have ruined so many cricket games over the past few years that itz tough to recall a game where they didnt thrash the opposition thoroughly! A flash South african chase and an exciting English ashes win were only a few instances among numerous demolarising defeats that australians handed to their oppositions. Australia is killing the world of cricket by giving opposition no chance to compete. I hope that some team stands up to this Australian dominance and help revive the joy of cricket!
While thinking about the world of tennis i remembered the days of Stephan Edberg, Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Goran Ivansevic, Jim Courier, Michael Stich and Patrick Rafter etc. those were the days...

Brian Lara retires tomorrow, bringing an end to an illustrating career. The highlight for me remains the unbeaten 153 he scored against Australia; Singlehandedly helping West Indies win a test match at Barbados by chasing down 308 runs in the company of Walsh!
Itz well past midnight, time to doze off.
Regards,
Ajj Kaim Singh