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A bit out of their hands, no? Not everyone is inclined to pull a Wessels.
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TheJediBrah
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huh? You think the only reason someone chooses which country they represent is that they have the best chance to get a game for them? Of course he would have got a lot more game time if he decided to stay in England but he's Australian and he wanted to play for Australia. Weird from you.Is this why he chose Aus over WI (or England? -surely you don't mean them but undefeated in Ashes since 2001 at home - so maybe)
Lol they were still the best team in the world. They beat SA on the return leg in 2009 comfortably. It wasn't until 2010 they dropped below no. 1. Of course they weren't as good as they were pre-2007, but no one was.
Anyway as I said, career probably ended a few years earlier than it needed to. He spent his best years (2003-2007) barely in the frame for selection. He wasn't the only one.
ok? Isn't that the point?\
edit: also he was clearly more suited to One-Day cricket. Even if he spent all his best years as a regular in the Test side his ODI career will probably have looked better. His Test stats (read: average) would probably have been the same anyway, just over a longer period.
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I think India got No. 1 when they beat SL 2-0 at home in 2009. I distinctly remember that because I'd just joined here, and everyone was shitting on India for holding the ranking undeservedly (not much has changed LOL).
Anyway, their aura of invincibility was well and truly pricked when they lost to India in the 2008 tour, and then SA beat them in Australia, and that was officially the end of the era of dominance. Even in the series before and after that, like WI/NZ etc. they did not look very convincing. They did play outstanding cricket in that 2009 SA tour though. Then they probably played better than England in the Ashes in 2009 and lost again.
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Dude, Australia last won in England in 2001. They lost at home in 2010/11. What are you smoking mon? England has the better history in Ashes contest since the test career of Symonds. Seriously...
You're clearly a proud Australian cricket fan, and that's great, they were a fabulous team but lets not pretend like Clive Lloyd's/Viv's teams or previous Aussie teams couldn't win games in England or India or in the WI - let alone see off SA at home a year or so later.
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SillyCowCorner1
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Has anyone tried kombucha?
Bijed
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Tbf Slippy's recent threads have provided plenty of food for thought
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Not the biggest wasteman ever, but definitely one of the bigger waist men going
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TheJediBrah
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how is this relevant to anything we've been discussing? I just can't figure you out sometimes
Again, how is this relevant? Come on man, why does every discussion with you veer off into some irrelevant way to dis Australia?
As far as I'm concerned, the latter. My theory is its not really a health drink, more a less-unhealthy option when I'd otherwise buy a coke or something.