Australia: Player of the year..>

[bevo]

but in one of my threads , i put mark cosgrove in my australia A side , so he was not unknown to me , lehmann of the future.he won bradman award.

[Seamer]

Originally Posted by Paoli69

Clarke deserved it but not sure about Roy in the ODI arena. That is why the Brownlow/Allan Border medals are dubious.

I think you are focusing on Symonds recent form too much. He saved Australias asses constantly throughout the year. All three thouroughly deserved their awards as have all previous medalists. The lack of controversy since the induction of the Allan Border medal is testament to it,s accuracy and fairness

[redback]

My favorite quote from the night was when Mark Taylor said that the day Glenn mcgrath made his 61 was the day that test cricket died

[Paoli]

I understand Seamer he had a good time out of the country, eg NatWest International which i wasn't aware if that game was even played before Border Medal night....And my point is that 5 very good games won Symonds the award whilst Kasper had 8 good games and didnt. That is where i see the fault.

[vvvrulz]

Jumping back on topic for one second, I think Martyn was unlucky not to get the Allan Border medal. While Clarke is good, one golden year shouldn't really take him straight to the top.

[Paoli]

Exactly. That is why the 3-2-1 system doesn't always identify the best cricketer.

[Seamer]

Originally Posted by Paoli69

I understand Seamer he had a good time out of the country, eg NatWest International which i wasn't aware if that game was even played before Border Medal night....And my point is that 5 very good games won Symonds the award whilst Kasper had 8 good games and didnt. That is where i see the fault.

Fair point Paoili69. Maybe they need to modify the countback rules to who had the most good games