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So sad to hear and it was such a shock too. Life can be so cruel to the nicest of people 23 years of age, the same age as myself. These things make you think and put things into perspective, make the most of your time, value your friends and family and don't take it for granted, because it can...

Maxwell is a decent young batsman who I would consider as one of those guys waiting in the queue for a chance in the future alongside Joe Burns, Chris Lynn, Usman Khawaja and Alex Doolan. And when I see it that way, I see Usman Khawaja as the man that should play in Sydney. I don't consider...

RIP Greigy. The game has lost a great character. I was already thinking how the commentary box seems different without him, and unfortunately now it'll never be the same.

This match feels like Adelaide all over again. With the pitch playing slow and low, plus with their two best batsman out their and Mathews who has scored 4th innings runs against us before, I wouldnt be overly surprised if Sri Lanka sneak away with a draw.

Agree, what changed my opinion on him was in a Ryobi Cup game a couple of weeks beak where I saw him play a few pull shots. I'd never seen him play that before, he used to back away so he could cut those deliveries.

My understanding was also that for a result to happen, the minimum amount of overs needed to be bowled to constitute a result. There have been many instances where teams have been ahead of the D/L par score before the required amount of overs have been bowled and when the rain has come, its has...

**** I think that would weaken our batting too much, but if we were to bring someone like that in, I'd prefer Faulkner. He's probably not quite as talented as a batsman but in saying that, Henriques really hasn't stepped up batting wise throughout his career despite the chances NSW have given...

If you win, you deserve to win, if you lose, you deserve to lose. SA are going to win, so they deserve it.

Compare the two series, in 1992/3, Windies were the number 1 team, Australia were challenging. Australia dominated the first test in Brisbane but couldn't force a result on day 5, we won in Melbourne and were on top in Sydney until Brian Lara came along, we then lost a very winnable game in...

I know its going back a fair way but this series reminds me of the 1992/93 series vs West Indies where the winner of that series was basically the unofficial world champion. We dominated large parts of that series yet couldnt finish them off in a couple of tests, after then losing in Adelaide...

He's simply too old to be given a baggygreen, the reason why our transitional period has taken so long is because we have selected so many 30+ debutants in recent years. Barring a major injury crisis I don't think he'll ever play a test for us.

I think he should look at some footage of Tim May and Colin Miller. Tim May's major strength was his flight and drop, Collin Miller's was his drift and spin, both were very good off spinners who had success in Australia and overseas. Lyon I think can be successful at this level but if he isn't...

Although unlikely, hopefully we can bat until tea tomorrow and set them about 450 to win in 4 sessions. With Pattinson injured, Clarke will probably need to do a fair bit of bowling on day 5\. Maybe Hussey with his stump to stump medium pacers could snare the odd wicket with the bounce becoming...

I got some old one day cricket matches on DVD, Australia was playing the West Indies in 1989 with the coloured clothing, white ball, etc. Carl Hooper smashes a boundary off Simon O'Donnell. Ian Chappell: 'He's got that one out of the middle' Tony Greig: 'Hasn't he what? He's just having a...

One of my favourite athletes. She's up there with our all time greats. London was a bit of a downer but she was in decline. For a swimmer to have a 12 year career is almost unheard of when you consider Thorpe burst onto the scene at the same age around the same time and yet he retired when he...

I think that policy of selecting older players to debut is what has resulted in a longer transitional period that what could of been. Just as an example, when Mark Waugh retired, Lehmann who was already 30+ took his spot, when Lehmann retired, it was Katich who took his spot. If a young 20...

I think our best chance of winning now is if we bat until just before lunch tomorrow, it'll be an extended session so 35 or so overs. If we can get a lead of 150 odd, it'll give us about 60 overs to have a real dig at the South Africans, remember there is no Duminy as well.

SA were bowled out for 450 (9/450 with Duminy absent hurt), at stumps the Aussies are 3/111 off 26 overs. I think there is still a chance for us to win the game, if the Aussies can score about 250-300 runs by around tea tomorrow (Its possible considering the extra time being made up, plus the...

I don't think stats quite tell the full story. Pitches in Australia do a lot more then they did 10-15 years ago. In fact probably the only batting pitch in Australia at the moment at Shield level is Adelaide. All the other pitches in Australia except for probably Melbourne provide a lot of...

I thought Maxwell should of been the one to go, I didnt think Lyons was all that bad. Looks to me he has been made to look like the scapegoat.