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*Official* VB Series - Australia, India & Zimbabwe
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MiniNeil.halsey said:Tut tut, Neil will be on to you for that one.
Should have been "there".
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Rik said:
Clearly he's feeling left out Marc.Rik said:
Tom Halsey
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Ahh!!Mr Mxyzptlk said:
My hair is going orange!!!
Salamuddin
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Both Australia and India have injury problems going into the finals.
Sehwag, Tendulkar and Yuvraj are all fit again. However Kumble hasn't recovered from his shoulder injury and is likely to miss the Perth leg.
If Kumble is not 100% for the finals, I don't think India should risk him, not with crucial test series coming up against Pakistan, Australia and South Africa.
This shoulder injury is reminiscent of the one he sustained during the 2000 county championship and which kept him out of international cricket for a year.
Sehwag, Tendulkar and Yuvraj are all fit again. However Kumble hasn't recovered from his shoulder injury and is likely to miss the Perth leg.
If Kumble is not 100% for the finals, I don't think India should risk him, not with crucial test series coming up against Pakistan, Australia and South Africa.
This shoulder injury is reminiscent of the one he sustained during the 2000 county championship and which kept him out of international cricket for a year.
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Andre said:
yeah, though you would think its the perfrect time to give a younger guy a go - than again Katich hasn't played many ODI's at all and Maher is in pretty useful form
age_master
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hahaha im sooo happy that M Hussey got in the team 
Gaijin-san
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It's awesome news. Hussey is Bevan's replacement, meaning that Katich only gets one game as Ponting's replacement 
Mike Hussey has gotta be one of the most genuine down to earth cricketers in the country. I can't believe it's taken him so long to be named in the Australian team. It couldn't go to a better guy. He'll show up Mr Katich with his extreme consistency.
Mike Hussey has gotta be one of the most genuine down to earth cricketers in the country. I can't believe it's taken him so long to be named in the Australian team. It couldn't go to a better guy. He'll show up Mr Katich with his extreme consistency.
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Linda
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Well I was going to edit it (really!!halsey said:Tut tut, Neil will be on to you for that one.
Should have been "there".
) but I thought no one would care...:rolleyes: As for Mike Hussey, this is excellent. He is so consistant and has shown himself to be all talent time and time again. He's a damn good feildsman too.
age_master
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apparently he hasn't bowled as much before this tourCraig said:
Gaijin-san
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So he was a batsman who came here as a bowler? He started off at number 9.
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This is the ZCU, rememberfurious_ged said:
It's such a shame about Bevan, he was Australia's best in India and the difference between Australia and the rest in the close games. He deserved a chance to show the Australian public what a great big game player and superb asset he still is, when general media emphasis recently has been on the power play of Gilchrist and Hayden.
As for his replacement, I think Katich will be playing in the final series. Hussey is just there to make up the numbers with Ponting rested. Perhaps their performances will be a determining factor, but Katich deserves it.
On another note, does anyone else feel this resting of players is bad for the game and a result of too much cricket. I know it's not entirely new, but I haven't seen it done on this kind of scale before. When a teams best chance of winning a final series is to rest its players in the lead up matches, that says to me they are being asked to play too much cricket. If for no other reason, the Perth public pay the same amount as everyone else for their tickets, they deserve to see Australia led by the Australian Captain.
As for his replacement, I think Katich will be playing in the final series. Hussey is just there to make up the numbers with Ponting rested. Perhaps their performances will be a determining factor, but Katich deserves it.
On another note, does anyone else feel this resting of players is bad for the game and a result of too much cricket. I know it's not entirely new, but I haven't seen it done on this kind of scale before. When a teams best chance of winning a final series is to rest its players in the lead up matches, that says to me they are being asked to play too much cricket. If for no other reason, the Perth public pay the same amount as everyone else for their tickets, they deserve to see Australia led by the Australian Captain.