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It's time for the Aussie board to start treating Katich with some sort of decency and impartialty ... my heat goes out to him .... Time for Symonds to be sent back .
What a load of crap.Mingster said:Yes.
Symonds is only in the Test team because of his best mate Ricky Ponting.
Conspiracy.
I tend to agree here, I know Symo hasn't set the world on fire but he has earnt a place on his recent One Day form and it's not like the Australian team as a whole have been a huge succes with the bat so it's not like it has just been Symo failing.Craig said:Give him this Test to prove himslef, if not go back to SM.
Katich however when he gets his chance again will have to show he is more then a one series wonder.
Oh yes, because his averaging over 40 for the past so many consecutive series and his overall record just cried out for him to be dropped.mavric41 said:In reality Damien Martyn should have been dropped for Katich before the tests started
The funny thing is, they were dying to get him back into the Test team after he was injured last year (ie dropping Love after his 100), and then 6 Tests later that was supposed to have all changed and they should'nt have wanted him?marc71178 said:Oh yes, because his averaging over 40 for the past so many consecutive series and his overall record just cried out for him to be dropped.
so katich doesnt provide any versatility?he is a much better bowler than symonds and IMO a better batsman who has actually proved himself at the test level...yet he doesnt get to keep his place.mavric41 said:What a load of crap.
Symonds is in the team for the versatility that he provides. Before the Test series, noone knew how Warne would perform, MacGill had been bowling rubbish and there was every likelyhood that one of the pace bowlers would breakdown (going on the past tests)
IMO there was always class in martyn...we saw that he can score in the sub continent as he did in the ODI series in india.the problem with martyn is that hes the sorta player who relies completely on form. if hes in form he'll score and if he isnt, u wont see him hanging around there.symonds is decent...katich is bettermavric41 said:The selectors always said that they are picking the team for the conditions. In reality Damien Martyn should have been dropped for Katich before the tests started, but he has performed very well. Just because Symonds is not an automatic world beater you want to drop him. [/B]
I never asked for him to be an 'automatc world beater'. He could have at least scored some runs, and shown us his overrated medium pacers. Which he hasn't bowled this series.mavric41 said:Just because Symonds is not an automatic world beater you want to drop him.
He has so bowled his medium pacers. In the second test he had a short two over spell in which he almost bowled Jayawardne twice and had a good LBW shout turned down. He had the ball moving both ways and was quite sharp too. His medium pacers are anything but over-rated, infact they are under-rated.Mingster said:I never asked for him to be an 'automatc world beater'. He could have at least scored some runs, and shown us his overrated medium pacers. Which he hasn't bowled this series.
Why does he very rarely set the world alight with his bowling then. He hardly ever takes more than a couple of wickets anywhere and that if he's lucky.Mister Wright said:He has so bowled his medium pacers. In the second test he had a short two over spell in which he almost bowled Jayawardne twice and had a good LBW shout turned down. He had the ball moving both ways and was quite sharp too. His medium pacers are anything but over-rated, infact they are under-rated.