Australia v India v Sri Lanka

[PowerBug]

The reason India can afford to keep Dravid Laxman and Tendulkar is because they are the best team in the world

we are not and we have been going downhill for nearly 3 years

How is that relevant to the arguement??

[Cicjose]

because that is why Langer Hayden Ponting Martyn Gilchrist Warne Mcgrath survived for so long

That is the reason those three can continue to survive

[Hawka]

The reason India can afford to keep Dravid Laxman and Tendulkar is because they are the best team in the world

we are not and we have been going downhill for nearly 3 years

so your delusions of grandeur should be thrown out just like our middle order

England beat them 4-0..there not the best u should get ur facts right and u should just stop freaking talking cricket

[Hawka]

because that is why Langer Hayden Ponting Martyn Gilchrist Warne Mcgrath survived for so long

That is the reason those three can continue to survive

None of them went through serious form slumps except maybe marytn
Just give up on cricket plz be4 u suggest Afghanistan will b the number 1 team in 5 yrs

[PowerBug]

Afghanistan will be one of the main contenders for the world title by about 2017.

You heard it here first.

[Cicjose]

The fall of Australian cricket started a long time ago and until you can accept it then you shouldnt be making ridiculous claims

January 2009: Australia fall 2-1 to South Africa, dropping their first Test series on home soil since a defeat by the West Indies 16 years before. Led by Dale Steyn, the Proteas wrap it up at the MCG despite Ricky Ponting making 101 and 99. Another of the golden generation, Matthew Hayden, plays his final Test in the dead rubber in Sydney.

July-August 2009: First-innings batting collapses on both sides of London seal the fate of Ricky Ponting's side in the Ashes. At Lord's Australia lose 6-139 to be rolled for 215, with England going on to win the second Test by 115 runs. Then, in the fifth Test at the Oval, Australia's middle order crumbles again. After an enterprising start by Shane Watson and Simon Katch they are out for 160. England win the series 2-1

January 2011: A sorry summer is completed at the SCG when England put the finishing touches on a 3-1 Ashes triumph in the fifth Test. In a historic low point, Ponting's team falls to a record three innings defeats during the series. The forgettable campaign ultimately brings about the end of his captaincy and prompts an independent review, and as a result reconstruction, of the Australian team structure.

March 2011: Australia's dominance of the one-day international game is also undermined when they lose their first World Cup game in 12 years. Pakistan?s four-wicket win in Colombo comes despite a brilliant bowling performance from Brett Lee and gives them top spot in group A. Ponting stars in the quarter-final against India with a century but they fail to make the semi-finals.

November 2011: Nathan Lyon, with 14, and Peter Siddle (12 not out) top score for Australia, who incredibly fall to 9-21 before being bowled out for 47 in the second innings of the first Test against South Africa in Cape Town. The hosts had earlier been bundled out for 96 but Michael Clarke's team pay for their astonishing capitulation as Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla make hundreds to lift the Proteas to victory.

how quickly you forget about how poor we have become

[PowerBug]

What happened between the two Ashes series??

[Maca24]

The fall of Australian cricket started a long time ago and until you can accept it then you shouldnt be making ridiculous claims

January 2009: Australia fall 2-1 to South Africa, dropping their first Test series on home soil since a defeat by the West Indies 16 years before. Led by Dale Steyn, the Proteas wrap it up at the MCG despite Ricky Ponting making 101 and 99. Another of the golden generation, Matthew Hayden, plays his final Test in the dead rubber in Sydney.

July-August 2009: First-innings batting collapses on both sides of London seal the fate of Ricky Ponting's side in the Ashes. At Lord's Australia lose 6-139 to be rolled for 215, with England going on to win the second Test by 115 runs. Then, in the fifth Test at the Oval, Australia's middle order crumbles again. After an enterprising start by Shane Watson and Simon Katch they are out for 160. England win the series 2-1

January 2011: A sorry summer is completed at the SCG when England put the finishing touches on a 3-1 Ashes triumph in the fifth Test. In a historic low point, Ponting's team falls to a record three innings defeats during the series. The forgettable campaign ultimately brings about the end of his captaincy and prompts an independent review, and as a result reconstruction, of the Australian team structure.

March 2011: Australia's dominance of the one-day international game is also undermined when they lose their first World Cup game in 12 years. Pakistan?s four-wicket win in Colombo comes despite a brilliant bowling performance from Brett Lee and gives them top spot in group A. Ponting stars in the quarter-final against India with a century but they fail to make the semi-finals.

November 2011: Nathan Lyon, with 14, and Peter Siddle (12 not out) top score for Australia, who incredibly fall to 9-21 before being bowled out for 47 in the second innings of the first Test against South Africa in Cape Town. The hosts had earlier been bundled out for 96 but Michael Clarke's team pay for their astonishing capitulation as Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla make hundreds to lift the Proteas to victory.

how quickly you forget about how poor we have become

all of that is copy and paste.... lolza

[upthemaidens]

The fall of Australian cricket

how quickly you forget about how poor we have become

cicjose , the sky is not falling, its not all doom and gloom.  aussies have gone from dominating to just coming back to the pack and quite right as well, you cant lose the GREAT players that we had and expect to stay at that high level.  also the fact is SA,IND and ENG have all become better sides .
     theres a saying" dont throw the baby out with the bath water"   you cant just make 7 changes to a team in one faul swoop...

  also there was a comment about playing Haddin has a batsmen only...  ummmmmm...... can i buy a half oz of what they're smoking

[upthemaidens]

now a serious post not just a cic "aussie are crap" post

  i doubt the selectors would do this, but just a slightly different approach;
IF Watson is fine to bowl, would they name dan christian as a second all-rounder and only select 3 speicalist bowlers
  so for example  siddle,pattison,lyon, watson and christian would be our bowling atack,, it does seem our batting has been alittle under the pump of late and this structure would give us another bat.

just an idea,,,   figured it was more constuctive then just saying" dump the whole team we are shower"

[BratPack]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/coach-mickey-arthur-says-too-early-to-speculate-on-top-seven/story-fn67w6pa-1226221133891


Sack this cow NOW

[Maca24]

Mickey Arthur FTW!!!  :D

Marsh out hurts though..


Looks like Cowan will replace Khawaja?

[upthemaidens]

John Reid Posted at 8:28 PM Today
I don't get either hussey or Ponting should go bring in another young player put marsh as opener with Watson down order! Why procrastinate??? Haddin gets replaced as well!! These players have lost the passion to win a game of crivket. Clarkes shot in 2nd innings was not a captains shot for the stage of the game - dump him as well

that was a post in the heraldsun article,, cic are u moonlighting?  ;)

[Cicjose]

i actually know someone with that name and no its not me regardless of what you think

and i agree with him wholeheartedly

[PowerBug]

@utm: i thought that's what was going to happen with christian for hobart. It's a good idea, except for the part where christians batting talent is being wasted at 8. :-\