***Official*** Super Series

[greg]

Wow I thought Katich would be used as the scape goat with Martyn's past tours of SL and India saving him, but instead Martyn has been axed from the test squad.

Interesting.

Seeing as Martyn has been replaced with a 30 year old, they couldn't justify replacing Katich and class it under "building for the future".

 

[age_master]

John Wright, coach of World XI on Sky interview with Murray Deaker said in more or less uncertain terms -he didn't expect the World Xi to match the Aussies !! This coming from the coach of World XI .

playing for underdog status, with Australia losing the ashes, it wont work.

 

[howardj]

Seeing as Martyn has been replaced with a 30 year old, they couldn't justify replacing Katich and class it under "building for the future".

I think, if Watson does well in the SuperTest, then he is more likely to be Marto's replacement, both in the short and the long term. I dont think Hodge - or Tait - will play in the SuperTest.

 

[tassietiger]

Idiots. I've been calling for Martyn to be dropped for about 5 years now, and I'll admit he did prove me wrong a bit last year, but he still doesn't do enough for me. But dropping Gillespie is a big mistake. I don't care how crap he has been in ONE SOLITARY SERIES, he is still the second-best pace bowler Australia has. Picking Brett Lee over him is ridiculous. Tait's alright, he's young, he needs to be in there ASAP. But Lee has had one of the best series of his life in the Ashes, and he finishes with a bowling average of 40 odd. That's poo. And he WILL be crap in the super series because traditionally, good batsmen love facing Brett Lee. Just edge him and he goes for four. Brian Lara will be licking his lips at the prospect of facing Brett Lee instead of a genuinely good pace bowler.

Considering the easy deal the other players have got with the selectors, surely Gillespie, for all of his hard work and results over the years, deserves to stay. I don't think that their team is better, but England's selectors **** all over the Australian selectors. Sticking with their team after the first Test showed great courage while in the middle of intense pressure from the media and the public.

Also, the selectors want to persist with Watson despite him not being up to scratch. Wow, he does the same thing as Flintoff. Isn't he something special. Once again, idiots. Do all world teams pick a leg-spinner because he does the same thing as Shane Warne? No. Didn't think so. I don't care how young Watson is, he hasn't done enough to justify the fact that he will ever be a useful player. Ponting's mediums are better than Watto's pace, which interestingly enough resemble Brett Lee's, as fast as possible but far too inaccurate.

In summary,
England Selectors > Australian Selectors
Jason Gillespie out of form > Brett Lee in form
Anyone in Australia (dead or alive) > Shane Watson

 

[greg]

Idiots. I've been calling for Martyn to be dropped for about 5 years now, and I'll admit he did prove me wrong a bit last year, but he still doesn't do enough for me. But dropping Gillespie is a big mistake. I don't care how crap he has been in ONE SOLITARY SERIES, he is still the second-best pace bowler Australia has. Picking Brett Lee over him is ridiculous. Tait's alright, he's young, he needs to be in there ASAP. But Lee has had one of the best series of his life in the Ashes, and he finishes with a bowling average of 40 odd. That's poo. And he WILL be crap in the super series because traditionally, good batsmen love facing Brett Lee. Just edge him and he goes for four. Brian Lara will be licking his lips at the prospect of facing Brett Lee instead of a genuinely good pace bowler.

Considering the easy deal the other players have got with the selectors, surely Gillespie, for all of his hard work and results over the years, deserves to stay. I don't think that their team is better, but England's selectors **** all over the Australian selectors. Sticking with their team after the first Test showed great courage while in the middle of intense pressure from the media and the public.

Also, the selectors want to persist with Watson despite him not being up to scratch. Wow, he does the same thing as Flintoff. Isn't he something special. Once again, idiots. Do all world teams pick a leg-spinner because he does the same thing as Shane Warne? No. Didn't think so. I don't care how young Watson is, he hasn't done enough to justify the fact that he will ever be a useful player. Ponting's mediums are better than Watto's pace, which interestingly enough resemble Brett Lee's, as fast as possible but far too inaccurate.

In summary,
England Selectors > Australian Selectors
Jason Gillespie out of form > Brett Lee in form
Anyone in Australia (dead or alive) > Shane Watson

All fair points, but

a) hasn't Gillespie's form slump lasted a bit longer than one series?
b) you don't know how lucky England are that we don't have a legspinner of any description in county cricket (Ian Salisbury apart). We'd probably pick him

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Idiots. I've been calling for Martyn to be dropped for about 5 years now, and I'll admit he did prove me wrong a bit last year, but he still doesn't do enough for me. But dropping Gillespie is a big mistake. I don't care how crap he has been in ONE SOLITARY SERIES, he is still the second-best pace bowler Australia has. Picking Brett Lee over him is ridiculous. Tait's alright, he's young, he needs to be in there ASAP. But Lee has had one of the best series of his life in the Ashes, and he finishes with a bowling average of 40 odd. That's poo. And he WILL be crap in the super series because traditionally, good batsmen love facing Brett Lee. Just edge him and he goes for four. Brian Lara will be licking his lips at the prospect of facing Brett Lee instead of a genuinely good pace bowler.

Considering the easy deal the other players have got with the selectors, surely Gillespie, for all of his hard work and results over the years, deserves to stay. I don't think that their team is better, but England's selectors **** all over the Australian selectors. Sticking with their team after the first Test showed great courage while in the middle of intense pressure from the media and the public.

Also, the selectors want to persist with Watson despite him not being up to scratch. Wow, he does the same thing as Flintoff. Isn't he something special. Once again, idiots. Do all world teams pick a leg-spinner because he does the same thing as Shane Warne? No. Didn't think so. I don't care how young Watson is, he hasn't done enough to justify the fact that he will ever be a useful player. Ponting's mediums are better than Watto's pace, which interestingly enough resemble Brett Lee's, as fast as possible but far too inaccurate.

In summary,
England Selectors > Australian Selectors
Jason Gillespie out of form > Brett Lee in form
Anyone in Australia (dead or alive) > Shane Watson

Honestly, what are you on? You think Gillespie bowled better than Lee in the Ashes? Despite the fact that Lee ran through the England top order on several occasions while Ponting was too scared to bowl Gillespie because he was averaging 100 and couldn't keep the runs down? Watson is crap even though he averages 50 odd in first class cricket and has only played one test in which he did nothing wrong? Martyn is crap and should ahve been dropped 5 years ago even though in the 5 years you mentioned he averaged over 50 in test cricket?

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

John Wright, coach of World XI on Sky interview with Murray Deaker said in more or less uncertain terms -he didn't expect the World Xi to match the Aussies !! This coming from the coach of World XI .

The host Nation has always had the advantage in Rest of the World Matches of the past !!

This series is intended to be a Gimme for the Aussies and its an absolute waste of time .

The nature of the selections for the World XI shows just that and the World XI coach's interview confirms this if anything !!

Err, what? A gimme for the aussies? Yeah, a middle order ot Dravid, Kallis and Lara will be totally weak, and that opening pair of Sehwag and Smith is hopeless.

What selections indicate that the series is intended to be easy for Australia? Boucher over Sangakkara is a questionable one, as is Tendulkar over Inzamam, but it hardly means that the team is going to be weak! I'd expect Australia to get smashed in the test unless someone puts in an incredible individual performance. They could have picked Geraint Jones behind the stumps and it wouldn't have made any difference.

 

[shaka]

Great to see MacGill make the test side, I reckon if that did not happen he would have retired, and thus being a huge loss imo for Australian cricket.

 

[Mister Wright]

Great to see MacGill make the test side, I reckon if that did not happen he would have retired, and thus being a huge loss imo for Australian cricket.

I doubt very much he would have retired. He has said he will play even after Warne retires. I Hope he plays with Warne in the super test...I really do.

 

[Barney Rubble]

I doubt very much he would have retired. He has said he will play even after Warne retires. I Hope he plays with Warne in the super test...I really do.

Well they'd be very brave to play Tait - never mind how many runs he'll give away with the ball, it's daring enough even allowing him to field.

The moment Tait's named on the team sheet is the moment Brian Lara will turn to Freddie Flintoff and Virender Sehwag and say "this should be fun".

 

[Linda]

But dropping Gillespie is a big mistake. I don't care how crap he has been in ONE SOLITARY SERIES, he is still the second-best pace bowler Australia has.

Funny... sounds a little bit like the situation a certain batsman is in.

England Selectors > Australian Selectors

But... agreed

 

[Jono]

The moment Tait's named on the team sheet is the moment Brian Lara will turn to Freddie Flintoff and Virender Sehwag and say "this should be fun".

Lol.

And Jason you are the king of overexaggerations.

 

[Mister Wright]

Well they'd be very brave to play Tait - never mind how many runs he'll give away with the ball, it's daring enough even allowing him to field.

The moment Tait's named on the team sheet is the moment Brian Lara will turn to Freddie Flintoff and Virender Sehwag and say "this should be fun".

I think most of the batsman will be looking at the bowling attack and think, "if we can keep McGrath and Warne out (no easy task, especially at home) there's plenty of runs available."

 

[marc71178]

Idiots. I've been calling for Martyn to be dropped for about 5 years now, and I'll admit he did prove me wrong a bit last year, but he still doesn't do enough for me.

Hmm, so this run isn't enough for you?

Australia in Sri Lanka, 2003/04 [Series]
Aus 3 6 0 333 161 110 42 55.50 2 0 0
Sri Lanka in Australia, 2004 [Series]
Aus 2 4 0 203 97 52 47 50.75 0 2 0
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Aus/Ind) in India, 2004/05 [Series]
Aus 4 8 0 444 114 104 97 55.50 2 2 1
Trans-Tasman Trophy (Aus/NZ) in Australia, 2004/05 [Series]
Aus 2 3 1 83 70 7 6* 41.50 0 1 0
Pakistan in Australia, 2004/05 [Series]
Aus 3 4 1 310 142 100* 67 103.33 2 1 0
Trans-Tasman Trophy (Aus/NZ) in New Zealand, 2004/05 [Series]
Aus 3 3 0 235 165 38 32 78.33 1 0 0
The Ashes (Aus/Eng) in England, 2005 [Series]
Eng 5 9 0 178 65 28 20 19.77 0 1 0

But dropping Gillespie is a big mistake. I don't care how crap he has been in ONE SOLITARY SERIES

3 is more than 1:

Pakistan in Australia, 2004/05 [Series]
Aus 3 91.2 258 7 3/77 5/92 36.85 2.82 78.2 0 0
Trans-Tasman Trophy (Aus/NZ) in New Zealand, 2004/05 [Series]
Aus 3 107 320 7 3/38 3/125 45.71 2.99 91.7 0 0
The Ashes (Aus/Eng) in England, 2005 [Series]
Eng 3 67 300 3 2/91 2/115 100.00 4.47 134.0 0 0

 

[Langeveldt]

Good to see Malcolm Speed is confidant of achieving his revenue targets.. I really feel happy for him..

Second most pointless series ever after Asia v Africa..

 

[honestbharani]

Why woould they stagger the CT?

The World Cup is every four years... 2003, 2007, 2011
The CT is every two years... 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012
The SS is also every four years... 2005, 2009, 2013

yeah, that looks more right than what I said, didn't it? Sorry.

 

[honestbharani]

Dropping Martyn while keeping Hayden is just so stupid that I actually thought some of the INdian selectors were picking the Aussie side.

 

[Jono]

Good to see Malcolm Speed is confidant of achieving his revenue targets.. I really feel happy for him..

Second most pointless series ever after Asia v Africa..

Yeah, somehow I think many people here in Australia (and around the world obviously) disagree with the excitement for this series extremely high (possibly dropped a bit after Australia lost to England and they realised they're not invincible ).

Why should the ICC not be happy about earning high revenue? I'm not only going to see the ODIs here in Melbourne, I'm going up to Sydney for the 6 day test. Pointless series? Think what you like, one can't get enough of your pessimistic thoughts.

Next you'll come out and claim the Tsunami match was pointless too.

 

[greg]

Tendulkar's been ruled out. That's a few billion off the revenue. Presumably Marcus must be a big candidate to replace Gibbs (in both squads).

 

[age_master]

I think most of the batsman will be looking at the bowling attack and think, "if we can keep McGrath and Warne out (no easy task, especially at home) there's plenty of runs available."

ofcourse is Kaspa was playing it would be different wouldn't it