Imagine this happenning to the once mighty Aussies. But there are a number of reasons for the fall
1. When they were in their pomp, from say 2000 to 2005, they did not give chances to fresh blood. From Hayden to Gilchrist, all were in their mid to late thirties. Even Ponting, their best bat, was past 30. They did not do enough to blend the new with the old. People like Bevan and Symonds and Lehmann, who used to fill in when any of the regulars did not play, were themselves in their mid thirties. By the time the regulars left, they too were gone, or at least going.
2. Match winning players are always characters. Unfortunately the Aussie system refused to recognise this. Players who did not conform to the disciplinary standards of the team were ruthlessly weeded out. So performers like Symonds and Katich had to leave the game when they still had some good cricket left in them.
3. The newcomers have just not deivered. In fact, over the past three years only a handful of their players have contributed meaningfully to the team. Leave out Watson and Micheal Hussey, no player has been contributing on a regular basis to the team. Ponting and Clarke have failed more often than not. No one else has contributed even once with the bat.
4. The state of the Aussie bowling has been worse. After McGrath and Warne, they have not been able to produce a single bowler even remotely as capable. Much was expected of Mitchell Johnson, but he seems to have totally lost it.
when Aus lose everyone criticises them, Remember Aus won test series in SL recently in Aug-Sept .One match they were dominating was marred by rain and it could have been better in SL for aus. India or Eng have not won in SL for last 2 series
Reason 1: SA will be ahead of us by more points on the Test table
Reason 2: Aus will lose more points, so even if we draw the series in Aus against Aus, we will end up losing points on the ICC test table and our ranking will fall further.
Reason 3: They will now sack all the useless guys when they play India and pick guys like Tim Paine, Cummins which will make it harder for us.
Imagine this happenning to the once mighty Aussies. But there are a number of reasons for the fall
1. When they were in their pomp, from say 2000 to 2005, they did not give chances to fresh blood. From Hayden to Gilchrist, all were in their mid to late thirties. Even Ponting, their best bat, was past 30. They did not do enough to blend the new with the old. People like Bevan and Symonds and Lehmann, who used to fill in when any of the regulars did not play, were themselves in their mid thirties. By the time the regulars left, they too were gone, or at least going.
2. Match winning players are always characters. Unfortunately the Aussie system refused to recognise this. Players who did not conform to the disciplinary standards of the team were ruthlessly weeded out. So performers like Symonds and Katich had to leave the game when they still had some good cricket left in them.
3. The newcomers have just not deivered. In fact, over the past three years only a handful of their players have contributed meaningfully to the team. Leave out Watson and Micheal Hussey, no player has been contributing on a regular basis to the team. Ponting and Clarke have failed more often than not. No one else has contributed even once with the bat.
4. The state of the Aussie bowling has been worse. After McGrath and Warne, they have not been able to produce a single bowler even remotely as capable. Much was expected of Mitchell Johnson, but he seems to have totally lost it.
