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Re: Oh, no doubt snoopcester Send a noteboard - 08/12/2010 11:34:47 PM
That team did win 16 tests in a row though, equaling the record held by the Australia team of the late 90s.


True but it was a side nearing the end and I think there it also had an element of the reputation carrying over - it was a very good team, if not as great as the team of the 90s but most teams playing against it were full of players who had been getting beaten by that team or grown up watching their nation getting beaten by that team. Having been so dominant at the top for so long, I think, gave Australia a pretty big edge that covered over the start of the drop off.

The problem that made was that when 5 of them retired within 2 years of each other, there was no one with any real test experience who could replace them.


Well yeah, that never helps:P
I think from what I've seen of selection, the retirements haven't been well handled but dealt with in a fire fighting way instead of planning for the long haul. Being English I'm used to seeing the fire-fighting approach to team building quite a lot, sadly.
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You are right, it could well be 24 years before the aussies win again *NM* Mark - 07/12/2010 11:47:38 AM 531 Views
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No? snoopcester - 07/12/2010 01:07:30 PM 1156 Views
I reckon the 06/07 Aussie team could give them a run for their money Colonel Logain - 08/12/2010 04:21:06 AM 1049 Views
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Oh, no doubt Colonel Logain - 08/12/2010 11:16:10 PM 964 Views
Re: Oh, no doubt snoopcester - 08/12/2010 11:34:47 PM 1267 Views
Re: Oh, no doubt Colonel Logain - 08/12/2010 11:54:20 PM 937 Views
True, Swann is much better than Warne snoopcester - 09/12/2010 12:12:26 AM 1007 Views
Re: True, Swann is much better than Warne Colonel Logain - 09/12/2010 12:31:31 AM 1015 Views
Is this Ashes-related? *NM* Camilla - 07/12/2010 02:06:08 PM 522 Views
Yup. We played like a bunch of poms. *NM* tehanu - 07/12/2010 02:12:11 PM 521 Views
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You admit to cheating then tehanu - 07/12/2010 02:53:48 PM 916 Views
Fair cop, we got some good players and developed self belief snoopcester - 07/12/2010 02:59:03 PM 951 Views
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I see no reason to mention our feeder team *NM* snoopcester - 08/12/2010 12:10:14 PM 431 Views
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Indeed it was in impressive win but snoopcester - 08/12/2010 05:04:23 PM 996 Views
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