Aussies are so average now!

[King Tendulkar]

I started a thread saying it was an end of an aussie era. But to be honest the aussies have plummeted faster then even I could have predicted. They have lost to India, SA and England all in 12 months. Then run reasonably close by a pathetic Windies team. Now they are also about to lose a test at home to a very average pak side(some would say poor). They rapid demise of the aussies has been unbeiavble, even worse then even I called it. They have no fear factor at all now. It also makes a mockery of previuos theories about how much strngh in depth they had and the conveyor belt of talent many percieved. I mean during their dominant year many felt even an Aussie D team would be best in world. Just shows what nonsense that was! And unbelivably things will get even worse as Pointing is running on empty and Hussey can only have year or two left in him. The class replacements are not there! They really are so average now.

[Sachinism]

Its nice to see this amazing captain Ponting without his top players

[King Tendulkar]

I am actually shocked at how bad they have become. I still thought they would just about be best in world but frankly not even in best 4 now. I mean an opening partnership of Watson and Hughes sums up thier decline

[PotterManiac]

I think they are in their transition period..in the making of good players.. And soon, India will undergo the same, but thankfully, India got the passion for the game and we're rich in talent.

[rainy day]

Hmm well they have still shown they have a great setup with wins in Champions Trophy, CLT20 and ODI series in India. They are struggling in Test cricket though, maybe due to lack of experienced players, an out of form middle order and a very one dimensional bowling attack. I mean you look at their new players like Bollinger, Johnson, Watson ( new to Test ) and they are all doing pretty well, why it isn't translating into a great test team is a bit of a mystery.

[Show_stopper]

I think the main reason for the slump..Ricky Ponting's decline as a batsman. His average has fallen by about 5 points appx within the last 20 months or so.

[King Tendulkar]

Rainy day, its not that they don't have a great team in test. Its that they are not even good. In fact they are average. Your points on ODI and T20 are irrelevant. I am talking about the real deal form of the game. Test Cricket! Do not confuse the two.

[bhanu]

i am sure that ponting will come back strong both as a player and as a captain :finger:

[rainy day]

Rainy day, its not that they don't have a great team in test. Its that they are not even good. In fact they are average.

Well honestly other then India every team's batting has become **** to medicore in the last 6 months of so for some reason. Every team seems to be struggling and that's Australia main problem as well and while their domestic cricket has a lot of good fast bowlers i don't see any great Test batting prospects in their first class ranks as well.

[King Tendulkar]

Well honestly other then India every team's batting has become **** to medicore in the last 6 months of so for some reason. Every team seems to be struggling and that's Australia main problem as well and while their domestic cricket has a lot of good fast bowlers i don't see any great Test batting prospects in their first class ranks as well.

Good point. Batting does seem to have slumped world widwide. Maybe all the fears of bat dominating ball too much were over hyped?

[DomainK]

i am sure that ponting will come back strong both as a player and as a captain :finger:

Watch what you say. Ypur wish may be granted and he may come back strong just tomorrow.

[THX_1138]

so i guess at the end of the dar, hussey, hudges and north are nothing special? and why is brad haddin in the side?

[Sachinism]

so i guess at the end of the dar, hussey, hudges and north are nothing special? and why is brad haddin in the side?

because other options are manou and ronchi

[Anakin]

so i guess at the end of the dar, hussey, hudges and north are nothing special? and why is brad haddin in the side?

Hey don't say that to Mr. Cricket

[Don Sharma]

Their middle order is very subtle. Clarke, North and Haddin are all out of form at the same time hence they are finding it difficult to build on partnerships. You don't often see the Aussies losing wickets in pairs but that seems to happen frequently nowadays. Anyway, they have a good pool of players - Callum Ferguson(injured), C White, Klinger, Khawaja, Cosgrove - have all done well in the Shield over the two years. Klinger/ Cosgrove most prolly will get a call for NZ if North fails again in the final test. I did expect the Aussies to come back strong. They may not retain the top spot by next year but certainly be there in the top three or so.

[Clarke]

When u got Hauritz to replace Warne, what else could one expect :giggle: It just indicates the massive change in line up there is. After Mcgrath's retirement, it was expected that Lee would be the spearhead of the attack and groom the youngsters .. what u have now is an erratic Johnson saving their team time and again. And then the batting suddenly goes kaput .. massive disaster sure to occur. I really dont see how captaincy is going to cover all of that.

[cowboysfan]

i cant imagine the state of this forum if we somehow manage a draw against bangbros.

[yoda]

Ever since Bucknor has retired things have been difficult for them. He is hard to replace.

[Indianfan_Hyd]

i cant imagine the state of this forum if we somehow manage a draw against bangbros.

With the kind of bowling we have.... Draw seems to be a possiility

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