It does make me wonder if part of Warne's legacy will be that Australia will take years to develop a good spinner, having left such a huge standard to live up to. The selectors and media do need to face up to the fact that anyone is going to fall short - they need to forget about Warne and instead of trying to find a young Warne just work out if there is a spinner good enough to be picked or if they are better off getting a decent non-spinner instead until there is.
Of course, it's very hard to forget about him as he's one of the commentators for the series.
There's one spinner in Australia I'd pick - Jason Krezja. He got 12 wickets on debut in India, but followed it up with a very poor return in Perth, and hasn't been considered again.
Of course, Warne averaged nearly 50 in Perth (that's with the ball, by the way
)I think the selectors realise it takes time, but seeing as we dominated cricket for the last 20 years, losing 2 tests in a row is an absolute disaster, and losing the Ashes in Australia is near unthinkable, so the selectors are under immense pressure to keep changing the team and hoping something works.
And don't even get me started on how our quicks are going at the moment...
*MySmiley*
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Dear Australia
- 07/12/2010 12:52:55 AM
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24 years dude, *NM*
- 07/12/2010 01:34:52 AM
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And all the sweeter for the wait
- 07/12/2010 11:46:19 AM
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- 07/12/2010 11:46:19 AM
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every Englishman dreams to feel like an Aussie, and in Australia we make dreams come true. *NM*
- 07/12/2010 11:52:48 AM
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You have it backwards
- 07/12/2010 11:56:31 AM
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So all someone has to do to know 'how it feels to be English' is loose. *NM*
- 07/12/2010 12:05:45 PM
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It is to be left praying for rain to avoid an innings defeat at home
- 07/12/2010 12:14:53 PM
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You are right, it could well be 24 years before the aussies win again *NM*
- 07/12/2010 11:47:38 AM
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That's funny because...
- 07/12/2010 12:02:27 PM
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No?
- 07/12/2010 01:07:30 PM
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I reckon the 06/07 Aussie team could give them a run for their money
- 08/12/2010 04:21:06 AM
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Perhaps
- 08/12/2010 12:09:51 PM
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Oh, no doubt
- 08/12/2010 11:16:10 PM
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Re: Oh, no doubt
- 08/12/2010 11:34:47 PM
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Re: Oh, no doubt
- 08/12/2010 11:54:20 PM
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True, Swann is much better than Warne
- 09/12/2010 12:12:26 AM
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- 09/12/2010 12:12:26 AM
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Re: True, Swann is much better than Warne
- 09/12/2010 12:31:31 AM
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- 09/12/2010 12:31:31 AM
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Is this Ashes-related? *NM*
- 07/12/2010 02:06:08 PM
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Yup. We played like a bunch of poms.
*NM*
- 07/12/2010 02:12:11 PM
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*NM*
- 07/12/2010 02:12:11 PM
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On the brightside, we played like a bunch of convicts
- 07/12/2010 02:29:48 PM
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- 07/12/2010 02:29:48 PM
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You admit to cheating then
- 07/12/2010 02:53:48 PM
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It's quite impressive.
- 07/12/2010 06:42:54 PM
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What is that sound I hear?
- 19/12/2010 04:58:43 AM
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