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IMO, Matthew Elliott was the unluckiest of the lost generation of Australian batsmen from the 90s/00s
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Moss
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Have only seen this implied rather than confirmed (Aussie posters would have a better idea), but Elliott was apparently an introverted sort and really didn't buy into the baggy green-worshipping team bonding thing which was the culture cemented by Steve Waugh. Recall reading (don't remember where) that he was pretty much a loner during that 1999 West Indies tour and that plus his lack of runs pretty much sealed the deal as far as Waugh was concerned.
Interestingly when Elliott was brought in to replace Slater in 1996-97, you could have made a case that it was Slater who was extremely unfortunate. He had scored a double century some 2-3 tests prior to that and was widely accepted as one of the best opening bats in the business. He gave his wicket away to David Johnson in the Delhi test and it looked like he was being punished for that.
Interestingly when Elliott was brought in to replace Slater in 1996-97, you could have made a case that it was Slater who was extremely unfortunate. He had scored a double century some 2-3 tests prior to that and was widely accepted as one of the best opening bats in the business. He gave his wicket away to David Johnson in the Delhi test and it looked like he was being punished for that.
Aritro
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There were about 10 of those I reckon
Moss
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Just did a quick check, and yeah from the 1995 series in the West Indies till the end of the home season his output wasn't great apart from the 219 against Sri Lanka (though I don't know if it qualifies as "terrible form"). But I do recall that the decision to drop him was greeted with a lot of surprise.
Daemon
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That's Grant Elliot, known mainly for just the 2015 WC semi final
Cox should have gone on the 1997 Ashes Tour after scoring 1349@67.45 during the 1996/97 home season, compared to Slater who scored 703@37.00 who went as the third opener, behind Taylor & Elliott. Might have got an Australian cap if he had.
Slater only played 5 matches on Tour.
I'm a Tasmanian, and I'm not bitter at all.
mr_mister
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Yeah, pretty bored during lockdown
mr_mister
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...one of my threads was example you used for the perfect thread title
honestbharani
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He made 90 odd in the 3rd test which they won. Have no idea why that meant he had to be dropped though.
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Dene Hills lol we really stretching now
cnerd123
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it's a shame how your standards have fallen then
Gob
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more like why he dropped
Firstclass runs, 7894@40.07 with 21 hundreds, better than most of the recent lot of openers. As a Tasmanian, I say we were hard done by.
As I said, not bitter at all.
Gob
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That's a good record as per current standards but there were so many with better records at the time