Does Cricket need a strong Australia?

[S.Kennedy]

Do you ever need any dominant teams? Is cricket inherently better when one team is dominant?

 

[Burgey]

Dominant teams set a standard for others to emulate. West Indirs did it in the 80s and Australia did it after them.

 

[mr_mister]

Look at the awesome quicks that followed worldwide the decade after the windies dominant pace quartet of the 80s

Look at the awesome batsmen we have got worldwide after Australia's dominant batting order of the 90s/early naughties

 

[stephen]

This is the worst active thread on this site.

But what do you expect from a bunch of unwashed poms.

 

[cnerd123]

Look at the awesome quicks that followed worldwide the decade after the windies dominant pace quartet of the 80s

Look at the awesome batsmen we have got worldwide after Australia's dominant batting order of the 90s/early naughties

You really think the Aussie batsman in the 90s and 00s were the ones who inspired the generation of batsmen after them?

Were you not aware of Sachin, Lara, Dravid, Kallis, Sanga, MoYo, Younis, Sehwag, Smith, etc etc

This is the Shane Warne reviving legspin nonsense again

 

[mr_mister]

Honestly I just post things that enter my head. Im not pushing this as truth just a possible interesting thing to look at. I'm wrong here


Really don't understand you blokes who put so much thought and scrutiny into your posts here

 

[S.Kennedy]

Who produced who? The chicken or the egg? Although I will say that Lillee made fast bowling more popular.

Right now we are in a situation with three or four semi-good teams who have all cancelled each other out in some ways. India are the pick but hardly dominant. Australia are on the dole. England struggle with spinners and selection. South Africa look a bit dodgy judging by today. Pakistan are as mercurial as ever. It seems as a decent time as many really to get a good series

 

[TheJediBrah]

Honestly I just post things that enter my head. Im not pushing this as truth just a possible interesting thing to look at. I'm wrong here


Really don't understand you blokes who put so much thought and scrutiny into your posts here

People really take this place seriously. Likewise I'm not sure why, but just live and let live

You really think the Aussie batsman in the 90s and 00s were the ones who inspired the generation of batsmen after them?

Were you not aware of Sachin, Lara, Dravid, Kallis, Sanga, MoYo, Younis, Sehwag, Smith, etc etc

This is the Shane Warne reviving legspin nonsense again

Is he the same guy as YouYoh

 

[cnerd123]

I mean being a pedantic asshole who likes pointing out when people are wrong comes quite naturally to me. If I put thought and effort into a post you'll get that wall of text I made about Blocky

Its all good we all make mistakes.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I mean being a pedantic assholewho likes pointing out when people are wrong comes quite naturally to me. If I put thought and effort into a post you'll get that wall of text I made about Blocky

Its all good we all make mistakes.

damn you stole my next post

 

[honestbharani]

Honestly I just post things that enter my head. Im not pushing this as truth just a possible interesting thing to look at. I'm wrong here


Really don't understand you blokes who put so much thought and scrutiny into your posts here

Two different things really.

 

[Gob]

You really think the Aussie batsman in the 90s and 00s were the ones who inspired the generation of batsmen after them?

Were you not aware of Sachin, Lara, Dravid, Kallis, Sanga, MoYo, Younis, Sehwag, Smith, etc etc

This is the Shane Warne reviving legspin nonsense again

Those are more of individuals. Think Aust started going around 4 rpo in in Waugh era as a whole lineup which sort of rubbed on to other teams to be more aggressive.

 

[mr_mister]

Two different things really.

Cool

 

[Burgey]

I mean being a pedantic asshole who likes pointing out when people are wrong comes quite naturally to me. If I put thought and effort into a post you'll get that wall of text I made about Blocky

Its all good we all make mistakes.

I'm pleasantly surprised to see you're self-aware enough to realise you're a massive flog. That's progress. Good for you.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Those are more of individuals. Think Aust started going around 4 rpo in in Waugh era as a whole lineup which sort of rubbed on to other teams to be more aggressive.

That's a good point

 

[honestbharani]

Any successful team will get other teams to go looking for certain things that those teams had. I mean, the same great Aussie side went on a 10 year hunt to find "their" Flintoff post the 2005 Ashes. And that was just one series. I think that Aussie team's real legacy was Gilchrist and the way they forever reinvented what a wicket keeper is expected to do in a test side. Everything else were things that others teams were doing as well and none of them have become basically a necessity as the keeper batsman at 7 today has become.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Any successful team will get other teams to go looking for certain things that those teams had. I mean, the same great Aussie side went on a 10 year hunt to find "their" Flintoff post the 2005 Ashes. And that was just one series. I think that Aussie team's real legacy was Gilchrist and the way they forever reinvented what a wicket keeper is expected to do in a test side. Everything else were things that others teams were doing as well and none of them have become basically a necessity as the keeper batsman at 7 today has become.

nah

 

[Spark]

Any successful team will get other teams to go looking for certain things that those teams had. I mean, the same great Aussie side went on a 10 year hunt to find "their" Flintoff post the 2005 Ashes. And that was just one series. I think that Aussie team's real legacy was Gilchrist and the way they forever reinvented what a wicket keeper is expected to do in a test side. Everything else were things that others teams were doing as well and none of them have become basically a necessity as the keeper batsman at 7 today has become.

Uh, Hayden?

 

[cnerd123]

Uh, Hayden?

Sehwag?

 

[honestbharani]

nah

Wrong.