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With the second edition of the BBL now complete, time to take a look at the teams who stepped up and the teams who…
Perhaps one of the most roundly cheered outcomes from the Argus Review was the removal of Andrew Hilditch and his crew of merry men…
When Brett Lee made those fateful comments that got him in hot water the other week, he was merely stating what many of us…
As I watched the Aussies push hard for an unlikely victory in the last two sessions of the first Test, I did as many…
16 months ago I wrote an article for The Roar after the naming of the squad to tour Sri Lanka, and in particular focused…
If you listened to many AFL coaches or commentators, the pending introduction of free agency was going to create a monster in the game…
At the end of the Ashes series in 2010/11, there were all sorts of concerns around Australian cricket, with feelings that had not been…
Forget the loss of the Ashes last summer, forget 47 all out at Cape Town, I think yesterday marks the bottom of the barrel…
In everything that has been highlighted as being wrong with Australian cricket at the moment, one thing has to been seen as being done…
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It is funny for me to sit back and look at all the comments flying around, and see that everyone apart from Quality has missed one obvious point – the massive about face done by Katich with his comments here. When he was unloading on anyone and everyone back in June, why would you not make mention of the incident being an influence then?? At the time he categorically denied that it had any impact, and that he and Clarke had moved on from it. Why then is he coming out 4 months later and all of a sudden saying that it was the reason he is not being picked? Whilst I was massively behind Katich after his speech in June, I now have to admit that I have lost a little bit of respect and think that he seriously needs to move on. The incident happened nearly 3 years ago – Kat, please move on and get on with your career!! Let your bat do the talking!! Please do not turn into another Brad Hodge!!
Katich sacking a disgrace
Adam, agree 100% with what was written in the article – although I dont think P Siddy will be on the chopping block yet. Was one of our best bowlers in the Ashes, did well in his one test in Sri Lanka and hardly got a bowl on day 2 with Harris and Watto on fire.
It brought a tear to my eye to see Punter in this test – you dont want a legend of the game to keep on going when he is clearly past it. His 6 to get in the mark was the only glimpse of hope, but it is time to draw the curtain on a great career and give Khawaja his chance. Warner has shown a tremendous degree of improvement in the last year and is crying out for a shot at opening – as mentioned he cant do any worse than Hughes.
Brad Haddin must be paying someone to keep breaking Tim Paine’s fingers – that is the only thing that is keeping him in the side at the moment. Time for the Tassie boy to come in and Wade to be the understudy.
Then we come to Mitch…again, a cricketer I love, but sadly he has gone downhill steadily since his last visit to the southern cape. His confidence with the ball is basically non existant, and the bowling department is the one area where we have the greatest depth of all. Copeland, Cummins, Pattinson, Bollinger, Starc, Hazlewood, McDermott, Richardson, George, Faulkner, Coulter-Nile – take your pick!
This is going to present the new selection panel with a chance to really assert themselves as being distant from the shambles of recent years.
Disgraced Aussies in need of a cleanout