tl;drHere it is
May have a few grammar errors - done it in bits and pieces over many weeks
Be gentle, lol
Send it via hard copy to some of the names on the Panel. Emails can be deleted too easily.Howardj, have you considered sending this essay to Cricket Australia or any other websites?
So you really are Andrew Hilditch!In a bid to out to-do howardj's efforts, I guess I'll release mine aswell. A bit shorter mind you.
I'd like to think mine is a little more in-depth.So you really are Andrew Hilditch!
More seriously, whilst it's difficult to argue with this the fact that for the most part we've heard it before, it does represent a fairly outstanding compilation of the various arguments and proposals put forth here as well as howardj's (whether deliberate or not I don't know). Definitely worth getting a proper edit and sending to the CA panel, the CA board, Clarke himself, whoever important in CA you can contact.This isn't intended to be a criticism - if anything it's testament to the quality of debate you get on here - but, as well written as the piece is, there's nothing in it that hasn't really been said on here since the Ashes, and a lot of your essay states the bleeding obvious.
Although maybe that in itself is a thinly veiled criticism of Cricket Australia.
Still and all, it's good to have it all in one place; very handy for someone like me.This isn't intended to be a criticism - if anything it's testament to the quality of debate you get on here - but, as well written as the piece is, there's nothing in it that hasn't really been said on here since the Ashes, and a lot of your essay states the bleeding obvious.