I tell ye what! If McGrath gets back to his form he had from Perth to Lords, Warne bowls like we know he can, and Clark can remain the way he is now - Australia wont look much weaker than when they had Gillespie in their team. Clark looks amazing... I don't expect him to get five a lot, but I expect him to be probing. Even Lee has improved and actually has performed better in his last six tests than his last eight ODI's.
The bowling looks very solid right now with Clark. I sometimes talk to a bloke from Auckland about cricket and we both agreed Australia's problems recently came from Gillespie's drop in form. What I asked him what they should be doing, he felt they needed to find another seamer. I don't think many saw that seamer to be Clark. Don't misunderstand me, Clark wont be the main wicket taker. All Australia need is somebody who can keep the pressure on, insted of going for plenty of runs in trying to get a wicket.
In the batting no batsman on earth comes close to Ponting right now. Hayden is back in form and I dig the way he bats these days. He used to be such a fast run scorer and a bully... somehow it all backfired on him. Lately he's been more patient and more in control. Very watchful as well. Hussey is amazing.
There are some doubts about Martyn but they should keep him for a while I believe. Gilly isn't in form but he's of the champion mold so no great worries. Symonds needs to earn his keep as a batsman. A centurty from him would seal the deal for a while. If I were an Aussie selecter, I would keep these three guys but keep my options open.
It's been ages since Langer's made a century, not since the 5th test in the Ashes... and before that he made plenty of starts but couldn't go on. It's a trend with Justin. I admire his guts and determination. He's known as the hardest worker in his team and he's actually a likeable Aussie. But it's been a while. I suppose he's earnt plenty of slack since he has over 20 centuries. So he should be safe for a little while, but I've heard stuff about Phil Jaques and there's probably some Aussies here who could fill me in on him.
But yeah they look a more solid than the one that went to the Oval last year with one in-form strike bowler (Warne) and one Aussie who made a century in the series (Ponting).
The bowling looks very solid right now with Clark. I sometimes talk to a bloke from Auckland about cricket and we both agreed Australia's problems recently came from Gillespie's drop in form. What I asked him what they should be doing, he felt they needed to find another seamer. I don't think many saw that seamer to be Clark. Don't misunderstand me, Clark wont be the main wicket taker. All Australia need is somebody who can keep the pressure on, insted of going for plenty of runs in trying to get a wicket.
In the batting no batsman on earth comes close to Ponting right now. Hayden is back in form and I dig the way he bats these days. He used to be such a fast run scorer and a bully... somehow it all backfired on him. Lately he's been more patient and more in control. Very watchful as well. Hussey is amazing.
There are some doubts about Martyn but they should keep him for a while I believe. Gilly isn't in form but he's of the champion mold so no great worries. Symonds needs to earn his keep as a batsman. A centurty from him would seal the deal for a while. If I were an Aussie selecter, I would keep these three guys but keep my options open.
It's been ages since Langer's made a century, not since the 5th test in the Ashes... and before that he made plenty of starts but couldn't go on. It's a trend with Justin. I admire his guts and determination. He's known as the hardest worker in his team and he's actually a likeable Aussie. But it's been a while. I suppose he's earnt plenty of slack since he has over 20 centuries. So he should be safe for a little while, but I've heard stuff about Phil Jaques and there's probably some Aussies here who could fill me in on him.
But yeah they look a more solid than the one that went to the Oval last year with one in-form strike bowler (Warne) and one Aussie who made a century in the series (Ponting).
