Slick Moved to Tears

Slick has admitted Sav's agony has reduced him to tears but insists he and past captain Arjuna are getting along just fine.

The Sav captain yesterday spoke candidly of his inner pain of a summer gone wrong but also released some anger at the critics.

"I was so upset," Slick said of the defeat in 2 weeks ago.

"I have never experienced such a sense of loss after a cricket match and I hope I never feel that bad ever again. I wasn't boo-hooing or anything like that but the tears were there.
"We've taken huge stick and I can't argue with that but don't accuse this Sav team of not caring.
"That upsets me even more. I give everything when I am on the cricket field and always have done.

"I was in shock for hours after the game. It wasn't until I woke up the next morning that the real horror began to sink in.
"When I woke up, my first thought was that it had all been a bad dream."
It's understood Arjuna and Slick were at loggerheads over the selection of spinner Tempter ahead of Bananannanannanan.

Arjuna wanted to recall Bananannanannanan but Slick was adamant Tempter was the right man.

"Selection wasn't an issue for four days and wasn't the reason we lost," Slick said.
"It seems some people must have somebody or something to blame. Things go wrong on the cricket field, as they do in life.

"Of course, selection meetings are all about discussion and different points of view, but whatever side goes out there has the full support of everyone.
"Arjuna and I have a good relationship. I have a big say in selecting the team. It seems daft to have to say it but we always pick a side to win.
"Why would you try to do anything else?"

The fallout from the debacle continues.

Hollywood, the man Sav had hoped would play a key role this summer, is facing the axe for this week's game, while the Bananannanannanan-Tempter debate continues.
Tempter has cut a morbid figure at the team hotel in recent days after his terrible efforts with the bat, ball and in the field.

Arjuna and Tempter received abusive phone calls in their hotel rooms in, although Tempter' tormentor rang back the next day to apologise.

"Does it hurt more because I am captain? No, it was the same for everyone," Slick said in the News Of The World.

"It was universal suffering.
"Of course Sav cricket supporters are upset. I don't blame them."