Anonymous
Years ago
Cricket: wrong guys gone?
Followed the test team for a while through thick and thin and have wondered over the past 2 or 3 years if the selectors and coach are not the real reason we are in decline.
The selectors include one who hooked his way to test oblivion, a lion hearted bowler but whose major claim to fame was tonguing his captain's ear and a coach who looks afraid of the dark and doesn't cast a shadow in test company.
They have overseen the exclusion of a bowlers like Nofke who ripped it year in year out and couldnt crack the test team. They have protected the country's best spinner from turning tracks in India and no one knows his whereabouts to this day (Casson). They have dumped the big turning 'Crazy' for the, 'can't get a game at state level in NSW', Hauritz!The list of their faux pas is endless.
They ignore present form, in favour of last years efforts and reward guys a season too late. They have become obsessed with batting left handers and can't explain their decisions in any rational way.
To top it off they reward Nielsen with a further two year contract as coach despite him overseeing such a mess.
Not since Kim Hughes cried his way out of test cricket has Australian cricket been such a headless mess. A captain under performing in all aspects of his game and responsible to a large part for the revolving door selection policy.
I don't mind regeneration and average performances but for ^%&&* sake, stick with some players long enough for us to learn their first names and introduce some selectors who were solid players and thinkers of the game not those whose collective IQ is unlikely to exceed double figures.
