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Re: Moises Henriques Well that is a step they are uwilling to take. Wonder who he will play with in 11-12?

Re: Victoria doesn't deserve to have any Australian representatives. Blizzard has gone to South Australia. So that is three of the most promising cricketers of the last decade who have all left Victoria now. You guys want to start admitting that there is a problem? I will take my cues...

Re: Victoria doesn't deserve to have any Australian representatives. It is simply "player development" at every level and in what ever form it occurs. It is not about being parochial for the sake of being parochial. The argument was changing into being about whether Victoria can develop...

Re: Victoria doesn't deserve to have any Australian representatives. Just reading the last page, the point is being missed a fair bit. Victoria can produce players, that wasn't in question, it is the selection of these players in the state side that is the issue. Victorian selectors...

Re: Victoria doesn't deserve to have any Australian representatives. It is all about the environment that people like Klinger and Crosthwaite are brought up in. It is a point that eddie himself makes. Klinger is virtually suffocated by the environment here and leaves to become the dominant...

Re: Victoria doesn't deserve to have any Australian representatives. :rolleyes: :D It is so bigoted and illogical that the emoticons are the only substantial response I can give.

Re: Victoria doesn't deserve to have any Australian representatives. So yeah, Klinger just isn't up to it. State player of the year in the two years since being given a go. To those who insisted that he wasn't any good: what crap are you going to come up with now to justify the handling of...

Re: Australian Test Team Of The Decade Just wanted a team with the best balance I could think of, a team that could deal with any issues presented. 1. Hayden: picks himself 2. Katich: prefer him as a player to Langer. Had he been able to bat through the 90s this summer his record would...

Re: Moises Henriques I saw that last night as well and it was ugly. When we are talking about allrounders there should really only be talk of potential until they are about 24. All cricketers take time to understand their game and an allrounder has twice the work load/game to understand and...

Re: Ricky Ponting Gut tells me that Ponting is out of his depth as a captain. Has selected with his heart rather than his head pretty much every time (yes I know he doesn't pick the team but he gets what he wants and he generally wants his mates - Symonds?). Gets a team to rally behind him...

Re: Watson - Love him or hate him? Fell in love with Watson during the Ashes. He was opening the batting and was it numerous times by Flintoff (and Harmison as well I think) and he didn't flinch once. The worst thing Watson ever did was get injured before the start of the first series after...

Re: WACA test should be Hussey's last. Good suggestion. Our approach to cricket refuses to accept our new position as middle of the range test side. We are still arrogant pricks on the field (led by Ponting) and our selectors are still not turning over the side when performances are poor...

Re: Victoria doesn't deserve to have any Australian representatives. Finch to number 3 to replace Hodge. He is in form (80 at ODD level, a century and another 50 at premier level).

Re: Brad Hodge to retire from First Class cricket Realistically he was born a few years too late. With only 5 spots up for grabs you really need a certain amount of luck. The last few years have been a farce and Hodgey is hardly on his own when it comes to people ****** over by Australian...

Re: Victoria doesn't deserve to have any Australian representatives. He certainly isn't now. There is absolutely no doubt about that. His style of bowling would need to be built on guile and subtle deviation (much in the same way Kumble got his wickets - this is not to say that he would have...

Re: Victoria doesn't deserve to have any Australian representatives. The Cam White situation itself is just another example of very poor long term planning. Who gives the captaincy of a state to a budding young spinner? How they hell is he supposed to bowl himself during cricual times in...

Re: Victoria doesn't deserve to have any Australian representatives. Clarke is a protected species. Somehow the same guy that scores a century (batting at 5 or 6) when Australia averages more than 500; a guy that angered the 'most respected state captain' enough to be physically confonted...

Re: Phil Hughes and Reselection Biggest mistake Australia could make is re-selecting Hughes before he has completed his game (i.e. corrected his technicial deficiencies). He will face better bowling attacks playing for NSW than what he will playing for Australia this summer so it is at NSW that...

Re: Victoria doesn't deserve to have any Australian representatives. Remember, it is not just one sook. It is 4 sooks. That four people would (including Crosthwaite's younger brother - I can't remember if that makes it 5 sooks) all packed up to leave screams complete discontent with the...

Re: Victoria doesn't deserve to have any Australian representatives. More food for thought. The important thing to remember when reading this article is to keep it in context. Berry is describing an environment where selctors frequently contradict themselves and do not show faith in Victorian...