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Bowling In 2005 Australia made a decision that hurt Australian cricket for many years and that was poaching Troy Cooley from England and appointing him as Bowling coach after we lost the ashes. For some reason we though it was his coaching that lost us that series when all it was was poor...

Well we are now two games behind in the Ashes and have nothing to lose. We're losing with an old side and when that's happening the only way to go is down. We must refresh the team. Here's a list of good young players in Australian Cricket: Best Young Batsmen (2011 Average, Career Average...

Johnson - Got wickets early on from his pace and a hell of a lot of luck because batsmen would have a got at his wide shit and nick it. Now the luck's gone and batsmen have him worked out. He can't stand the seam up which means he can't swing it or seeam it off the wicket. He's slowed his...

Is the problem with the Australian Bowling Coach. Is this where the problem lies? I think it was 2005 when we poached England's bowling coach after we lost the Ashes there. This was the wrong move because A England used sugar lollies to assist in reverse swing which is illegal; we lost...

The Australian Test Time Needs A Good Audit. The finger pointing is all in the wrong direction. We keep picking losing test sides. We have lost the past two series comfortably and we struggled to get over Pakistan in Australia. We have slipped to 5 in test rankings. Is it crisis time in...

Playing straight are the aussie batsmen not playing straight enough? You think of the greats like Hayden and how straight they played and watching a struggling ponting try to hit one through mid wicket when it's doing a bit and beating him after facing about his 3rd ball you begin to wonder...

We would be a rabble without Watson With all the criticism Watson gets, truth is we would be a joke of a side without Watson. He's the only bowler we have who bowls stump to stump, varies his deliveries, bowls full and straight and moves the ball. In a sence he is the new Glenn McGrath. The...

If you were Australia's bowling coach... If you were Australia's bowling coach, what would you like to see change from our bowlers? What deliveries would you like to see them bowl and would you change their mentality? What other things would you do/work on? I believe our bowlers lack a...

Hopes or McDonald? Who should be first in line for the Australian ODI side. I have never really rated Hopes and I think McDonald has improved a lot as a cricketer and is a more talented bowler and now a better bat and bigger hitter than Hopes. Thoughts?

Where have all the yorkers gone? Watching the Aussies play Pakistan the other night and pakistan smashing boundries at the end there were no yorkers bowled. You would think with all the limited over cricket played these days that bowlers would have becomed more skilled. It really shows how...

Australian Swing Bowlers Watching both the test and ODI teams latly there is really only one thing we miss in the team now that Hilfenhaus is out injured is a genuine quality swing bowler. Shane Watson has improved his his bowling latly where he used to bowl with a gun barrel straight seam and...

One Day Leg Side Wides [Discuss] What do you all think of the leg side wide rule in OD cricket? I think stuff down leg side should be called wide unless the ball would hit the batsman if he doesn't move or it only is a few inches wide. It most annoys me when a ball is bowled at a batsmen...

World ODI team of the decade Who is in your World One Day International team of the decade? This is mine, what's yours? 1. Hayden 2. Gilchrist 3. Tendulka 4. Ponting 5. Lara 6. Flintoff 7. Symonds 8. Kallis 9. Warne 10. Aktar 11. McGrath

ODI Australian Team Of The Decade Who is in your One Day International team of the decade? This is mine, what's yours? 1. Hayden 2. Gilchrist 3. Ponting 4. M. Waugh 5. M. Hussey 6. Bevan 7. Symonds 8. Lee 9. Warne 10. Bracken 11. McGrath 12. Lehmann Unlucky: S. Waugh...

World Test Team Of The Decade Pick your world test team of the decade. Mine, off the top of my head is: 1. Hayden 2. Langer 3. Tendulkar 4. Ponting 5. Lara 6. Kallis 7. Gilchrist 8. Flintoff 9. Warne 10. Akhtar 11. McGrath 12. Muralitharin

Australian Test Team Of The Decade Who is your Australian Test team of the decade? Here's mine: 1. Hayden 2. Langer 3. Ponting 4. S. Waugh 5. M. Waugh 6. Clarke 7. Gilchrist 8. Lee 9. Warne 10. Gillespie 11. McGrath 12. McGill Unlucky: Hussey McGill Lehmann Katich...

Australia over restricting crowds What happened to the days where you could bring your own booze to the cricket, use your slab as a seat, never have a shortage of beach balls overhead and mexican waves ruled? As for the whistle when a bowler was running in? That's right, the whistle and other...

Benalla & District Cricket Association This is to discuss the great and wonderful BDCA! P.S. Go St. Joeys!

Can openers become middle order batsmen? Can openers become middle order batsmen? Seems Australia have been able to turn middle order batsmen into openers successfully with Katich and Watson, can it work the other way around? I suppose Hussey was an opener turned Middle order at. It just...

Hussey Must Be Dropped for Ferguson If Hussey is not dropped and Ferguson is not brought into the test team then this surely this spells the end for our disgraceful selection panel? For me this decision is a no-brainer, but this is the sort of thing the selectors get wrong. It's a real...