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No matter what anyone says, Krejza will be able to say he took 5 on debut. Anyone want to back him 8? Been the only guy looking like taking wickets this morning.
 
SirBloody Idiot

SirBloody Idiot

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pasag said:
Baha, 5 on debut. Will play for at least the whole NZ series based on that.
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Will probably still run through that batting lineup anyway. :p

Pity Ganguly couldn't get a ton in his final Test, but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter, it was a knock that's kept Aus out of the game and that's all that counts. Well played.
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Nah - couldn't be happier. Well I could - him bowing out of test cricket with a duck would be fitting IMO.
 
G.I.Joe

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Haha, Krejza trying to plug the breach all by himself :laugh: Ponting going through numerous 'D'OH' moments everytime Krejza picks up a wicket.
 
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tooextracool

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Harsh. The players obviously did the work but, with a few exceptions, the selection of the side has been pretty good. Been a pretty easy job, though.....

But things like picking Warne in the first place, re-selecting both Hayden and Langer, having the guts to pick Gilchrist, picking McGrath after 8 FC matches, etc. were all good picks. They've certainly made their fair share of mistakes but incompetant? If they're incompetant, so is just about every other selection panel.
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I think there have been several threads about many of their selection failures in the past so Im not going to go into too much detail about that.

I dont think however, the same selection panel goes from being good to clueless overnight. This is the same bunch that were involved in picking the Clark's, Symonds, Hussey's etc. The point however, is that when you have a flood of quality players in the system, it makes it hard to go wrong. Even some of the stupidest decisions appear to be right because well sometimes we never know how well things might have been had the more deserving player been given a chance. Its hard to sometimes imagine how a player like Lehmann (who might well have gone down as one of the greatest players of the 90s) was left out throughout his prime and usurped by players clearly inferior like Katich (in the 2001 Ashes) or how Brad Williams/Bracken usurped Kasprowicz who should really have always been next in line after the big 3.

The Australia selection committee could be compared to a poor investor in a stock market IMO, because when things are going well (as they were during the tech bubble of the 90s) its always fairly easy to look a million bucks because every stock you pick hits jackpot. And yet when theres a recession, the same investor can barely decide what to pick because well theres so much rubbish to choose from that you just stick to the policies that worked for you during the bubble and end up making a huge loss.
 
IndGunner

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So what is the bigger mistake?> not playing clarke here or not playing krejza in delhi? we saw what katich and sehwag did in delhi...comments?
 
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