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Originally Posted by flanflinger Clark has been a good find, but he is not in the same leagus as McGrath. There is nobody in the world like Gilchrist..!! |
I must beg to differ. If you asked any of the current English batsmen who they feel more comfortable facing between Clark and McGrath, they would all say the former. 21 wickets @ 16 is awesome and truly reflects Clark's mastery over the mesmerised English batsmen. Simply put, we have a superior option to McGrath.
As to Gilchrist, he did get that 102* when the pressure was off and England were already on the mat. But what about his feeble 65 runs from his other four innings?? We have 3 or 4 wicketkeepers right now who would be a superior option to Gilchrist both with gloves
and bat. England can count themselves lucky we have'nt selected them yet.
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Originally Posted by flanflinger The fact is that in a years time the team could be in serious strife. |
Yes i tend to agree with your sentiments to the extent that we could have replaced McGrath, Langer and Martyn and Gilchrist earlier. But look at world cricket right now and be brutally honest. Apart from maybe Pakistan, the rest of the world is and will remain weak in comparison to our new look team. Just as Australia has continued to dominate with the exit of past great players, so to will Australia continue to do so.
There are many reasons for this, superior talent, superior depth, superior technical support, superior facilities, superior first class system, superior training and coaching doctrins, a wider range of environmental conditions resulting in better preparation for playing in the different conditions offered around the world. these are just a few reasons off the top of my head, why Australia will always be very strong on the sporting fields - not just cricket.
Australia will miss Warne for sure but life will go on. He stopped playing ODI's 4 years ago, but did that stop us firstly winning the world cup, and then staying way on top of the rankings? He has been out injured and banned in the past but did that stop Australia winning 80% of those games where he was absent?
No, just as many thought the "dad's army" would be whipped by the "dud's army" this summer, and were found sadly mistaken, so to will it be with the predicted demise of Australia with the changing of the guard.