When will Shane Warne retire?

dream on, Saurabh. As long as Warnie can still walk and has his fingers near a mobile phone, he will remain dangerous. I fear we will not be bidding him farewell in the near future.

ooops, so sorry, Saurahb! Actually hope both of them retire as quickly as possible at best before they play England again!

Just joking, really. They are both spectacular players and will be around as long as fitness allows.

i as well think 2008 and will. Lets face it, he’s never been the fittest of blokes and as a spinner fitness isn’t as important, so it’s easier for him than the likes of Glenny boy. So as long as his fingers/arm/should hold up he’ll be around to 2008. The hunger will be there still.

Harry,

While I agree McGrath is still good (and will continue to have his moments of brilliance), and probably commands a position in this Aussie side ahead of Tait and others, but remember a guy called Martyn!

Also, I can think of a few bowlers out there in world cricket who are currently better then McGrath, Lee included…

And if I am permitted to think like an Aussie selector, my argument would be that its better to replace him while Warne is still going great guns. Finding replacements for both at the same time will be disasterous for the Aussies.

As far as I am concerned, the jury is still out on McGrath. And in my opinion, if he is still opening the attack for the Aussies in a years time (and Gilchrist is still keeping wickets) then they should forget about regaining the urn…

thats all well and good wahi… but did you see our bowling attack when we rested McGrath from New Zealand? They chased down a world record score! I’m going to tell you all a secret. Over two years ago i had an arguement with my mate David Tucker. I said Mcgrath is not good enough to open the bowling. I said he’s getting too old and that he lacked sharpness with the new ball and it was getting wasted. And how ignorant i was. He said i was full of crap, and i was. He was simply not quite at his best for a period of about a month. When an older bowler is not at his best for a short period straight away people will go to the reason that he’s too old (and it’s understandable). I will not make that mistake this time. Old bowlers go through periods where they are not at their best just like the younger bowlers, and you will see he will be back to awesomeness in no time (and he is still bowling good!)

we’ll agree to disagree then. When it is Mcgrath’s time to go, the likes of Bracken and Tait will be able to take over fine with or without warne. No point dropping one of the best bowlers of all time just So warney can give a little bit of coaching to the next tim dick or Harry. You under estimate our depth (which is better than any other country). Mcgrath’s figures are still very decent and he has bowled very very well this test match, beating the edge consistantly. Can you remember before the Ashes series? Mcgrath wasn’t at his best then either, in the one dayers and what have you, but he soon turned it on. This is probably the 4th or 5th time through out his career that he’s supposedly passed it.
I respect your opinion and can see where your coming from and would even use the same logic to argue my case for having Clarke in the team, but i do disagree.