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Anderson to end Test career this summer
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Chin Music
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It was going to happen some day, but still a shock now that we know it is happening very soon. 15 wickets in his last 8 tests is a figure that was bounded around. We did see that he wasn't the same force but it is still a firm decision to move him on.
Burgey
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Zip it, ****
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Really don't think it does. Warne will always be a cult figure in England anyway, we loved to hate him but loved his genius too and the way he played his cricket.
700 is an astonishing feat for a seamer and will probably never be beaten. Happy with that, and to be honest, I don't have as much issue as others seem to about moving him on.
This is the perfect Summer to blood new fast bowlers and get them ready for bigger series to come.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
I think there's now a fair respect for both Ponting and McGrath who do some decent media work. Ponting's analysis is top notch whilst McGrath comes across as a decent bloke on TMS. Not sure I've ever heard anyone say anything good about Waugh though (and that probably includes half the Aussies who played with him).
chris.hinton
International Captain
Fine Bowler. Should have gone before Broad did, Hasn't really been effective for a while but obviously he deserves his swansong and he will be missed and it will be weird has he been in the team for the best part of 20 years.
HeathDavisSpeed
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Still feel he's in England's best seam attack. Probably still England's best seamer. If you're still fit and able to go, you should still be picked. I don't like this whole "quiet word" bullshit.
Hopefully he'll be like England's version of Glenn McGrath in retirement and predict 5 - 0 England wins every series.
Hopefully he'll be like England's version of Glenn McGrath in retirement and predict 5 - 0 England wins every series.
Spark
Global Moderator
Waugh hasn't done a lot of media work and he's still immensely popular amongst casual fans here (and a lot of people are well aware of his charity work in India) but it's fair to say the shine has come off his all-encompassing cult of personality a fair bit. A lot of people are increasingly willing to state the obvious and point out that many of the cultural issues that Australian cricket developed in the 2000s and 2010s trace their lineage to his door.
"Mental disintegration" is one of those concepts which is almost too embarrassing to talk about publicly in the media now, it's just so obviously not appropriate in a game of cricket or any other sport.
Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
I reckon we English loved Warne more than the Aussies tbh.....total respect for McGrath, less so for Waugh.......hated Ponting in his playing days but full respect for him now.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Same about Ponting, but you could never begrudge his grittiness. That innings at OT in 2005 one of the very best I've seen. It's interesting comparing to some of the current players and how those we disliked in their playing careers have become popular. Smith is just a bit meh, we've never really hated him (the pantomime boos were just a bit of fun), but I can't see us ever really liking him either. Warner is just never going to be popular. Cummins could probably marry into the Royal Family if he wanted to (why would you?). Lyon seems like a decent bloke but with the ability to say something stupid and annoying (see last week).
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
ashley bach
Cricketer Of The Year
Steve Waugh always was a bit of a ****, unlike his brother who's a pretty cool and chilled out dude.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
I think he's largely been forgotten about already, we've moved on. Broad's probably not too far wrong with his assertion at the time that it's all he'll be remembered for (in this country anyway).
Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
Genuine cricket fans all know that was fair game......those ***** in the longroom...total embarrassment. But that said I ****ing loved Broads performance after it......made something out of it but only in the contest. Was just brilliant cricket.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
I'll remember him for costing us a very rare test win against us a couple of months although I blame our selectors more.
BazBall21
International Captain
The English cricket media adored Warne, and I think the supporters couldn't help but like him too. I tend to experience quite a lot of England fans not liking Murali very much and I suspect some of that is because of the natural Warne comparison.
With McGrath, he wasn't as warm and captivating as Warne, but you couldn't not respect him. I was born in 2001 - I'd have hated him if I was born 10 years earlier!
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Wow..... I don't why but I always got the impression of your age to be closer to the likes of L&L and JBmac than me