is the australian team imploding ?

[locky801]

Exactly Rod, if we are going to drop anyone it's gotta be White or Watson.

Anyone remember when Ponting was out of form last summer, then he cracked that big hundred in Adelaide? You wait and see, Hayden will do very much the same here in India.

Bet he dont

[hearts on fire]

Exactly Rod, if we are going to drop anyone it's gotta be White or Watson.

Anyone remember when Ponting was out of form last summer, then he cracked that big hundred in Adelaide? You wait and see, Hayden will do very much the same here in India.

Bet he dont

he will now, you just gave him the locky jinx.

next test he will make a hundred.

[Lightning McQueen]

You guys crack me up

Drop Lee, drop Hayden hey Ponting hasn't made a hundred for a couple of innings lets drop him too. FFS how fickle people can be and how quickly people forget the achievements of some truly wonderful cricketers. How many times does it have to be pointed out that even when Australia were at their peak they still struggled in India. It is a very tough place to win and to perform in. Just go back and have a look at some of the teams and players who struggled in India and then tell me if they should have been cast aside after a poor tour. You don't write players off because of a couple of poor Tests particularly those guys who are proven performers over many many years and at an extrodinarily high level.

Where did anyone on here suggest dropping Lee or Hayden, IMO, these two players opitimise what it takes to become a test cricketer the hard way, Haydos was good enough about 5 years before he actually got a berth and Lee was twelfth man about 13 tests in a row or something stupid like that, I was never a Lee fan early on but I admire his persistance, both deserve to be given every opportunity and to exit the test stage when they feel they are ready.

[rod_rooster]

Where did anyone on here suggest dropping Lee or Hayden

Here's a couple of examples:

And expect big changes in the first test in australia. Like hayden may play his last test at home

Changes for next test may be lee for clark if available and why not play bollinger, see if he has got it. I think it is waste of time playing lee at the moment because he is not ready to play test and it is the same to hayden. May be they should be playind SS to get a bit of form for the start of the summer, not getting there mental state getting kicked out of them.

That is well said

May be they need to force hayden out after the first home test at the gabba and bring in a marsh and maybe we need to use the 20-20's to blood new players like india have done then put them through on to one dayers then test so the have expirence.

I was a bit surprised Hayden was picked for this tour after that time off with injury.
Would've been the perfect time to set up a base for Katich/Jacques to develop a partnership that will hold for next few years.
But I definitely believe, with Hayden struggling and Jacques injured, it's time for Marsh to come in.

[Lightning McQueen]

Where did anyone on here suggest dropping Lee or Hayden

Here's a couple of examples:

And expect big changes in the first test in australia. Like hayden may play his last test at home

Changes for next test may be lee for clark if available and why not play bollinger, see if he has got it. I think it is waste of time playing lee at the moment because he is not ready to play test and it is the same to hayden. May be they should be playind SS to get a bit of form for the start of the summer, not getting there mental state getting kicked out of them.

That is well said

May be they need to force hayden out after the first home test at the gabba and bring in a marsh and maybe we need to use the 20-20's to blood new players like india have done then put them through on to one dayers then test so the have expirence.

I was a bit surprised Hayden was picked for this tour after that time off with injury.
Would've been the perfect time to set up a base for Katich/Jacques to develop a partnership that will hold for next few years.
But I definitely believe, with Hayden struggling and Jacques injured, it's time for Marsh to come in.

Ok 1-nil, I didn't see all of them on this topic

[Adelaide Hawk]

Where did anyone on here suggest dropping Lee or Hayden, IMO, these two players opitimise what it takes to become a test cricketer the hard way

Well said.