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Yes i know the "Doorstop" Interview and the Press conference very well, it's a shame that Hilditch & co do not. Yep i have had it in for the Part Time Chairman of selectors for quite a while, because i think he is not accountable. I want a full time passionate CoS please. Clarke out for 15 yesterday....3 more games to go....

Well said HT. Rick Charlesworth would be a great addition to Australian Cricket. I too have heard him speak a few times, if he has the passion for it. 2011 shall be interesting after the world cup-behind the scenes.

So given you and i have very limited inside info on the runnings of cricket apart from Media outlets, when the Chaiman of selectors (We know who he is..just) makes a statement after the Ashes loss (insert the Word Thrashing Here...) the "The Selectors had done a fine job" that doesn't bother you at all?? Responsibility was deflected. It bothered me, particularly because i saw it coming a long way back. No i am not saying i had all the answers, but i would expect the C.o.S. to show a little humility to the Australian Public, & then for him to not even know that M Hussey had undergome surgery when picking the team....Does he actually want the job or does he just like the title?

Self Promote?? No i just stand up to some one who is quite often bordering on "Out right Rude" which you often are Rhino, you attack the man -Line by line...Anyway, who said Tait and Hodge are competing for the same spot?? Gimme a Break. One should be in & one should not have even been considered-thats the closest that Tait & Hodge should be. You see by breaking down everybody's posts on here line by line you often read them far too literally, you do miss some of the finer points at times (awaits Barrage here....) My Validity is no better than anyone else on this site, that's whats great about it, so if you think i am trying to increase my Validity-Wrong, i mean who would care anyway?? I see things i hear things i read things and i form opinions, just like your good self & i shall continue to do it. The interesting point regarding the Australian XI and you RR, is that concerning Footballers you will quite often tear them down as finished, or washed up etc as all of us do at times, Fair enough, But when it comes to Cricket and Cricket Australia you are far more precious in so many areas. I find that very interesting. ND had favorites at Melbourne which worked for a while, but ultimately bought him & the club crashing down. I see that Happening at CA particularly under Ponting's captaincy, that is my main concern since our last Ashes win.

Yawn...You know nothing about my past Rhino or what i have been through, so tread carefully when you say things like that, and if you think your acid Keyboard wit is altering my opinions on the current state of cricket, it isn't. But feel free to keep typing, at least i know i am keeping you busy.... "Don't extend the Stupidity" i like that one. Well thought up. Is your verbal attack inspired to break my spirit regarding my thoughts on cricket??? Hodge's disposition as you put it just makes the selection policy more Mirky....Shaun Tait in the 15 squad Brad Hodge not in the 15 man squad...Astounding in my eyes.. Carry on & Remember "Don't Panic...."

And who actually says that you are so right RR. I disagree, Michael Clarke has always walked the red carpet, and as i said if he had come from Victoria would he have been given the same treatment?? Hussey did Clog the list during 2010 for about 20 innings, he was horribly out of form-Nobody should be finished if they are dropped, it is one of my strong gripes (Brad Hodge come to mind??) If a player regains form-then on goes the Baggy Green IMO I know a little about Mental Strength RR i can tell you, and there are many ways to deal with it. M Clarke has got to do it now, what's your problem?

Clarke should be given a chance to find form away from the spotlight. That is my problem with him at the moment. I have no dislike for Michael Clarke personally, I think he is a good solid cricketer, I do not think he is in the elite category, as many people do. And i will be very happy if and when he finds some form, i just think he has had a dream run over the years with the Baggy Green, compared to some other players. If Clarke was from Victoria i wonder if he would have been treated the same way?? His Batting last sunday was truly painful to watch & i don't want to be watching that in the world Cup, Greg Chappell may be thinking of his own bad trott when he says Clarke will keep captaining Australia-Fair Enough & Noble, but my problem with that is that in GS Chappell's time the media was there, but the Spotlight is far more intense today. There is no way Clarke can be sleeping well at the moment, and that just makes it worse. I am suggesting 4 day club Cricket only so he can go out & enjoy a good bat. I do get it AoB & it has nothing to do with Alan Border!!! (where did he come from??) You and i look at it from different angles Thanks for all your Mathematics btw Very interesting. Hussey in his own words said he was lucky to survive in the team last year, I would have dropped him, but that does not mean he could not have batted his way back into the side. For a time last year he was Clogging the List, but he got his shite back together, Good Luck to him. Does M Clarke have that same Mental strength with the added weight of the Captaincy on his shoulders to do the same as M Hussey??? I am not sure because its hard to guage how hard the Poms are playing at the moment. Last Sunday looked pretty close to rock bottom so he has got 4 games.

Sure i want M Hussey to earn his spot for the world cup. He has just ripped his Hammy of the bone. He is getting older, and i would want to be dead sure that he can bolt flat out from a standing start for a single. If he ticks all those boxes then he gets a game, if in fact somebody in the side deserves to be dropped.. Concerning your figures above, i would consider 5 innings from a batsmen of less than 20 to be a failure 40 is too high, So you can readjust all that work. M Clarke could do well to play club cricket for a while (I know he won't, but i disagree) he needs some 4 day games in him, but the marketeers would never allow it.

AoB i am not trying to convert anyone to my ideas, i am just stating my views on Cricket Australia & how i think the whole organization needs to be re vamped on many levels. If no one on here agrees i am not losing any sleep i assure you, although i have received the odd PM in support. If Mike Hussey recovers in time for the WC fine, but lets see him earn that spot back as he will not be match hardened-Michael Clarke should be playing for NSW right now to help regain his confidence, by making him ODI captain it just puts more pressure on him. His whole persona on the pitch yesterday batting was just sad, i felt sorry for him, he was trying too hard. Let him go back to State level or even club level & Bat again-A long innings. Recapture some footwork, at the moment it has all deserted him. I said it pages back and i stand by it. If any player fails in 5 consecutive matches i would drop them back to state level. For any newbie coming in i would give them 5 games to find form. Standard for anybody regardless of Cricket Australia Contract or Advertising/Marketing Contracts.

ok RR if you think all is sweet and nice with CA fine have your opinions, i shall keep mine. I would be more than happy to buy a cricket membership just as i do for the MFC. Maybe you need to widen your horizons a little....

Hilditch is just the start of the problem RR, i have always said that. Cricket Australia needs a full revamp I would like to see memberships sold to the public, so the entire organization is made more accountable, but i am tipping you will not agree to that.

Sorry RR i don't buy any of that. I have actually followed Nannes for a while and he deserves a bowl IMO. Tait bowls one over and then needs long service leave, i find it Comedic. Andrew Hilditch not a media performer, tell me something i do not know. The Chairman of selectors should be very Media Savvy thankyou. What is out of context with hilditch except himself?? Sorry if Rouge also mentioned Siddle as well, it's a fair call that he could be bowling, although today the Bowling was pretty good-Clarke is still continuing to impress us all, but i forgot he is the annointed captain....Carry on.

Siddle & Dirk Nannes maybe?? Hiditch's comments post ashes were far worse than "ill timed" (you a spin writer by trade at all?) His comments smacked off arrogance and disregard..."The selectors have done a fine job"....how can you ill time that? Clarke out for 9 (again) The limited over game is not for him...i wish certain people could see that.

Part time has got a lot to do with it, His comments post ashes have been quite Bizarre. Unaware that M Hussey was going in for surgery, did he watch the game where Hussey did the Hammy-i doubt it. Selecting Shaun Tait is another piece of comedy There are 2 reasons the Bloke is a liability-Stick to the court rooms Andrew, Cricket shall not miss you.

Well you are in the Hilditch Camp RR, his comments Post Test series have been rivetting. Hilditch is more interested in Legal work than as a selector, but his ego won't let him step down. He doesn't even read Press releases.

The last 2 weeks of Demonland have evaporated into the ether...thus my scathing essays on Andrew Hilditch and his band of yes men have gone-But he will not escape my wrath. Good to see that PILLOW Clarke failed again....I cannot wait for Cricket Australia to be exposed...

Prior may never play as well again on any tour, but on this one he nailed it. 6 catches on Boxing Day in front of 85,000 he won't forget that in a while. That is the best effort from an English keeper i have seen since A.P.E. Knott was there. That's all i was saying....

Well i didn't go to the MCG test at all so i did my bit!!! One Day Internationals have been on the nose for a while now...

I don't think this is all over yet, how many people will go to the one day games?? C.A. will have to take notice if the people don't come to watch...Interesting times over the next Month or so...

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/news/article/-/8612175/australia-cricket-review/ Better Late than never i suppose, i only wish this had been done some time before the Ashes Series. Maybe then the team could have been in australia last november playing 4 day matches.....Enough said. Maybe C.A. needs to sell membership packages to the Australian public, like the MFC does. Thus making itself that little more accessible and a little less aloof from the people who go to the games. Just a thought....

Prior Kept Beautifully to a moving Ball, Yes i am glad somebody bought that up...And please not once have i bagged Haddin, but he did go out to some pretty ordinary shots, when we really needed someone to dig in, yes he did come in at some dire times i admit. But we needed more half centuries converted and it did not happen. Thus our Bowlers regularly had bugger all to defend, making their jobs even more futile. Bottom Line is 3-1 out of 5 flattered Australia. We were thrashed... and yes the Mystery of the swinging ball in both Hemisphere's we Aussies must sort out and quickly.

45 i am not going to question your stats- i believe them don't worry!! Haddin did well, but i think you are under selling Prior (maybe that is a better way of putting it) It's like discounting a Gilchrist century in his prime, when earlier Batsmen had already laid a foundation. Does that lessen the effort from Gilchrist?? Not in my eyes-it just continued the strength of the win to me. The English fielding in all 5 tests was outstanding & that includes Prior. Haddin & Siddle stood up pretty well for australia. Maybe i am too harsh, but i believe those 2 half centuries Haddin made he should have converted to 3 figures, he had done the hard work. So often the Australians went out slogging or nicking. Shots that should not have ocured. (Maybe that is good bowling as well) And i do concede with our 3 & 4 Batsmen sadly out of form Haddin was thrown to the wolves far too often. But Haddin lacked just a little patience, like Watson at times when the Baggy Green really needed a big score. That said he did far more than a few of the Top Order, and Brad Haddin did earn his pay.

Yes i read that Lawson article-spot on i thought. I know it isn't all Saker, but you could see plans with the English bowlers that obviously Saker & Flower had worked out, and the Bowlers followed through. The whole team was pulling in the one direction. The English have beaten us 3 out of 4 times now though with swing bowling high on their list, with either the english or australian ball. The aussies to me looked like they were just hoping things would happen, sometimes they did-but we never looked in control throughout the series. Will the Australian Test side & Cricket Australia learn from all this, or do we still have to hit rock bottom?? It is a shame this stupid world cup is coming up now-we really need more test fixtures soon. 8 months doesn't help us a great deal.

Tto be fair, i did say Haddin has had a pretty fair series under the circumstances-There is not a lot between the 2 keepers. Although i do think Prior made more of his opportunities. Particularly with the bat, he put his head down and a high price on his wicket. I don't think any of our batsmen did that. Even Hussey's big innings were streaky at times. Preparation and fixturing before the series from australia was very poor, and it showed very quickly. Application to the Fundamentals of 5 day cricket seemed to be forgotten by our entire team, that is a major worry. The English did their Homework and once again swung the ball, regularly-We didn't. How did Cricket Australia let David Saker slip away. he is a very good coach looking at this series. Well done to the Poms. We got Done in every department of the game, which may be a blessing in the long run.

You think so??