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Australia, they’re f****** finished
By Will 2 months ago, 31 Comments »
Those words came from a colleague today. Not just today, in fact, but through West Indies’ series against Australia. “The Ashes are coming home.”
I am significantly less convinced - though he has good form in picking these things - but heartened, from an English perspective, at the cracks which are widening. With Stuart MacGill’s shove (err, retirement? - ed), Michael Clarke has suddenly been elevated to their principle spinner. Beau Casson, who at certain angles looks well into his 80s, is MacGill’s unofficial replacement - so says Stuart himself - but with 107 wickets @ over 40 apiece, he’s hardly set the domestic scene alight.
Australia have just looked sloppy and off their game this series. Granted, Brett Lee eventually woke up today and blitzed West Indies, but not before a fairly mediocre opening burst, while Mitchell Johnson is accurate but lacks variation, at his own admission. Matthew Hayden, meanwhile, is clearly over the hill…or he would be if his knees would carry him. Their fielding is led by Ponting and Symonds, but the rest are fallible and were outfielded by West Indies in the first Test.
So, Aussies - where are you heading? Are you concerned about the number of star-quality players to have jumped ship in the past 12 months? What of Casson, Johnson and other rising up-and-comers? Defend your Baggy Green!
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