australian cricket has lost the plot, page-34

When South Africe beat Australia, the players were silent.

When they beat Sri Lanka, all we kept hearing from the players was how they were focusing on the Ashes. The Indian tour wasn't mentioned. I had no idea there was a tour to India until 2 days before the first test. They treated the Inidan tour and team with discontent and have now paid a heavy price.

Siddle, Pattinson, Maxwell, Watson, Warner and Clarke remind me of James Magnussen before the Olympics. They talk the talk but fail to walk the walk. Remember the 'Missile'??? All he kept telling us was how fast he was going to swim. Well we are still waiting. I thought it was funny how the bowlers were saying their number one aim was to send Sachin Tendulkar into retirement. Maybe when our bowlers get of their high pedestals and realise cricket is about playing the game and not about press conferences where you threaten to belt the opposition, then we might be able to turn this around.

The other issue is lately our bowlers are better batsmen than the batsmen themselves.