Warne and Mcgrath retiring after the 5th Ashes test!!!

[Slats4ever]

Gadzooks... I always thought Warne would leave as soon as there was someone who had proven themselves at state level to replace him. No spinner really has. Gadzooks.

I really couldn't care about McGrath though and think it will have a positive impact on the Aussie team as in his case Stu Clarke has proved he's the man for the job.

 

[pasag]

This is a sad day. Channel 9 had the story on Warney and also mentioned McGrath in the same piece.
What a couple of players - >1300 test wickets between them.
Still, will make my day 4 tickets to Sydney pretty valuable.
Can't believe how heavy-hearted I am about it, despite knowing it was coming sooner than later.

Beat me to the front page update there, deleted mine, yours was much better anyways

 

[Dravid]

I just wanted Warne to carry on forever. This is just to hard to handle.

Agreed. Along with McGrath.. This is heartbreaking.

 

[pasag]

Stuart MacGill cracking open the champaign.

 

[Laurrz]

its true
Pigeons gone
on ch 10

im in tears

 

[Laurrz]

I really couldn't care about McGrath though and think it will have a positive impact on the Aussie team as in his case Stu Clarke has proved he's the man for the job.

i disagree

anyways i have a feeling McGrath will be retiring from TEST cricket

he'll still be in the World Cup which makes sense fingers crossed

can u imagine.. Lee and Clark opening... what if they get smashed? ive seen Clark get smashed numerous times in ODI's [NZ, South Africa, KL] and Pigeon rarely rarely gets hit out of an attack... and see what Flintoff did to em both... then Ponting put McGrath and Warne in and things looked a heap better.....

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Stuart MacGill cracking open the champaign.

Nice spelling, Gelman.

 

[NZTailender]

Damn Such a surprise and a shame. You knew it would happen but you would hope not for a while yet McGrath and Warne are two of the best ever, and will leave a massive gap in the Aussie side.


Thanks for the memories, guys.

 

[Buddhmaster]

****KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

I was havin a good day too.

 

[andyc]

CW news== much faster than Cricinfo. Still not up there.

 

[Butterteeth]

Oh dear....

I'm having 'Lillee - Marsh - Chappell, G.S' flashbacks......

I hope the proceeding years are not the same as then....

 

[pasag]

Nice spelling, Gelman.

Tears in my eyes tbh.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Just caught confirmation on Sky too. Press conference shortly.

It's just Warne though, not McGrath.

 

[Robertinho]

Wow. We're really unprepared for Warne's retirement, too, with no real decent spinners coming through the ranks, although I hear there's another Victorian spinner on the rise, left-armer.

 

[Slow Love™]

Weird, I'm still not seeing a thing on McGrath on either Sky News or the Fairfax/Murdoch press.

In what context was it on Channel 10? I flicked over and they were in the middle of some Laguna Beach crap.

 

[Laurrz]

Wow. We're really unprepared for Warne's retirement, too, with no real decent spinners coming through the ranks, although I hear there's another Victorian spinner on the rise, left-armer.

i think u mean Western Aussie

Heal?

 

[Burgey]

I'm having 'Lillee - Marsh - Chappell, G.S' flashbacks......

I hope the proceeding years are not the same as then....

Hmmm.

The 84 side didn't have a Stuart Clark, a Ponting, a Hussey to steer it through.

The point sure is a valid one though.

Let's hope the structures are in place to make it less painful. Another big factor in that era was that the Windies were still far & away the dominat team, and shortly after those three left the side sufered greatly through a rebel SA tour, losing experienced players like Hughes and Alderman and up and comers like McCurdy, Haysman, Rackemann.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Still can't find anything on McGrath. Anyone got a link?

The decision to retire now has a lot to do with the fact that there's no test cricket for 11 months, I'd say. Not such an issue for McGrath, but Warne would be looking at a year off and then a fair amount of test cricket before next Ashes. It was either now or 2009.

 

[Jamee999]

THANK GOD

WE FINALLY GOT RID OF THEM!

 

[telsor]

Until it's official, I'm praying it isn't true.

The sick feeling in my stomach tells me it probably is true though.