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Lol, just a few points because this thread comes up every time Australia doesn't clean sweep a series and even a few times when they do.
First, Australia's ODI side is looking as good as ever. The batting seems to make 300 scores at will and has just come off a clean sweep WC win which was one of the most flawless exercises in sport I've seen (bar a little bit of Smith and AB and KP). Granted Australia have lost McGrath but there were even calls for McGrath not to be playing in the WC before it and some in the media were saying Australia had better options.
After the SA 434 debacle there were serious questions being asked over Australia's bowling, but now with the emergence of Johnson and Tait together with Bracken and Lee, two of the best in the world in the format, they have the potential to field an all time great ODI attack.
And granted 4-2 isn't a thrashing, but it is in India in tough conditions and even the games Australia lost, they were always in it and always had the chance of winning them, it's not like they were thrashed or even soundly beaten.
Wrt to Tests, the last Test series Australia played had a scoreline of 5-0. Come back to me when they're not in the middle of a 12 match winning streak. Granted Australia have lost their two best players and that's always going to be a massive blow, but after watching alot of cricket over the past year, I can safely say that nearly every other side has seemed to drop off as well and the supposed second best side, England, have spectacularly self-destructed. I'd be worried if any other sides were making leaps and bounds and rapidly improving at the same time as Australia were losing two champions but they're not and things are only going to get worse with the retirements of Murali, Vaas, Tendulkar, Ganguly, Dravid, Kumble, Pollock and others in the next few years.
Wrt to Twenty20s, Australia have never been dominant in the format and it is really no proof here or there. It also seems like they haven't figured out some of the tactics involved and I'd expect them to improve as times go on. As a side point, Cam White should be in every Twenty20 Australia side, although obviously not for one off matches overseas. His lower order big hitting ability is exactly what Australia need and have been lacking in that format. I wont lose sleep over it though.
First, Australia's ODI side is looking as good as ever. The batting seems to make 300 scores at will and has just come off a clean sweep WC win which was one of the most flawless exercises in sport I've seen (bar a little bit of Smith and AB and KP). Granted Australia have lost McGrath but there were even calls for McGrath not to be playing in the WC before it and some in the media were saying Australia had better options.
After the SA 434 debacle there were serious questions being asked over Australia's bowling, but now with the emergence of Johnson and Tait together with Bracken and Lee, two of the best in the world in the format, they have the potential to field an all time great ODI attack.
And granted 4-2 isn't a thrashing, but it is in India in tough conditions and even the games Australia lost, they were always in it and always had the chance of winning them, it's not like they were thrashed or even soundly beaten.
Wrt to Tests, the last Test series Australia played had a scoreline of 5-0. Come back to me when they're not in the middle of a 12 match winning streak. Granted Australia have lost their two best players and that's always going to be a massive blow, but after watching alot of cricket over the past year, I can safely say that nearly every other side has seemed to drop off as well and the supposed second best side, England, have spectacularly self-destructed. I'd be worried if any other sides were making leaps and bounds and rapidly improving at the same time as Australia were losing two champions but they're not and things are only going to get worse with the retirements of Murali, Vaas, Tendulkar, Ganguly, Dravid, Kumble, Pollock and others in the next few years.
Wrt to Twenty20s, Australia have never been dominant in the format and it is really no proof here or there. It also seems like they haven't figured out some of the tactics involved and I'd expect them to improve as times go on. As a side point, Cam White should be in every Twenty20 Australia side, although obviously not for one off matches overseas. His lower order big hitting ability is exactly what Australia need and have been lacking in that format. I wont lose sleep over it though.
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