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Loading ...Must admit, I thought Australia were struggling for new quality but it would appear not – they just keep turning out great cricketers.
Probably the best backup in the world…
By Rich Abbott last year, mid-November Add your comment below
Australia’s victorious ODI series against India ended in washout yesterday, but you have to admire their post-Ashes salvage job. In the space of a few months they’ve proved they have both the best one-day side in the world, and – crucially in today’s game – an unmatchable squad strength.
Their results in 19 post-Ashes ODIs have been impressive enough – 15 wins, 3 losses – but more so when you consider they’ve used 22 players, including 17 in September’s 6-1 demolition of England alone.
A stream of players, such as the could-only-be-Aussie Clint McKay, have been thrust into the international limelight in India, and carried on exactly where they left off in State cricket. Do England have a similar strength stream?
They’ll need one. International cricket’s packed calendar is starting to stretch squads more and more. Injury to key players is less a valid excuse for failure, more a common occurrence.
Typical Australia. Just when my days of envying them seem to be on the wane - with England finally cobbling together a first team of comparable quality – Ponting and co unveil a cast of backups capable of resurrecting my green tinge.
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November 13th, 2009 at 7.52 am
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