Recent content by Bennycoff

Re: West Indies in Australia Will be a hard fought series, especially the ODI's. WIndies are unpredictable. We could easily win the test series or it could be very close throughout. We have a few question marks over spots in the line-up, refering to opening position (Watson, Hughes, Rogers...

Re: Australia in India Ricky Ponting's captaincy has been impressive post Ashes. However, I think he's always been a good ODI captain as he makes more changes and goes with his gut feeling.

Re: Australia in India Remarkable performance by Australia, considering we were 2-1 down in the series and losing players by the day. Something special this is and it is very scary for the rest of the world. 2009 has been an interesting ODI year for Australia, horrible at home, we've since...

Re: What has everyone thought of the Chmpions League Trophy Tournamant I think it is far more interesting when it is not an international side for some reason. The IPL and Champions League have been interesting, however I think the International T20's haven't been as interesting. Its great to...

Re: australia should adopt a specialist T20 side for it's international games Agree, how Clarke is getting a game is a joke. Selfish player and can't produce the big shots. Sure you need a couple of solid bats but he has never performed in T20's and has had plenty of oppurtunities. My 20-20...

Australian talent Is anyone else concerned about the lack of genuine talent in the state sides? I know we've been blessed for the last 15 odd years but the talent pool appears to be drying up and the state sides are now finally starting to resemble county teams in England. Having a look at...

Re: Australia in India I'd rather D Hussey in the squad ahead of Holland as our batting is suspect without Clarke and Ferguson especially on Indian pitches.

Re: Australian Squad for 2011 World Cup Can't see Bracken playing much longer due to his degenerative knee injury, poor bloke. Has been a gun ODI bowler for a long period of time now. I think Ponting would be 50-50 for the World Cup, next year will tell us if he goes on. Ferguson's latest...

Re: If you were an Australian Selector, what would you do if... Hauritz is the best spinner by a mile. Don't know why they chose Holland who has shown very little.

Re: Ricky Ponting's Australia - 2009 Champions Trophy Winners. Offical Praise Thread. South Africa are chokers, have never won a tournament when they needed to or it meant something. Win pointless series. India are a lazy team, have all the talent in the world. Perhaps poorly coached or the...

Re: ICC Player of the Tournament? I was correct, Ponting won the player of the tournament. Made runs in nearly every match. Watson bowled well throughout but his first three innings yielded 24 runs and two ducks.

Re: Groups for 2011 Cricket World Cup Announced Australia will win this again! South Africa are the biggest chokers, India are lazy and the rest simply not consistent or talented enough.

Re: Peter Siddle named emerging player of the year! Plus other award winners Hard to say, Hilfenhaus was average against South Africa, lacked wicket taking balls. Siddle has been consistently taking wickets since the MCG test match.

Re: Test play-off mooted Yeah didn't give it too much thought mate. That was based on rankings more so than anything. I meant a one off test championship where teams play each other once. We still have our separate series on the side like the Ashes.

re: Australian Test XI - Selection Thread It's pretty obvious that we can't afford to lose guys like Ponting, Hussey, Katich, Lee or Clark any time soon. The depth isn't as strong as it once used to be. There are no Bichel's or Kasprowicz's waiting in the wings, no Lehmann's or Martyn's...