Andy Moles makes a mountain of it again.

Kiwi coach Andy Moles is an eternal optimist. Heaven knows maybe he is the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Here’s what he said after his team’s consecutive defeats to Sri Lanka and India in the Compaq Cup tri series:

‘Of course the Indians and Lankans will say they have won the one-dayers. That’s fine. Our answer is there have been two games of cricket and hookie each, they have won two and we have won two. They outplayed us in the cricket but we are looking forward to the flight back home’