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Should Australia be Excluded from the World Cup?

Should Australia be Excluded from the World Cup?


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Flem274*

123/5
Why would you get rid of Symonds? Mick Lewis is well down on the pecking order by the way. Hilfenhaus, Noffke and others are definately ahead of him.
I thought Symonds was well into his thirties? In that case he would probably come in for Hodge then. Though Hodge deserves a place as well.

Oh yes I forgot about Hiffenhaus, sorry about that. Good to see they've got some better options than Lewis. I don't know much about the two you mentioned though. What are they like compared to the other outside (IMO) contender, Johnson?
 
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Perm

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
He didn't want to post here anymore and being banned takes away the lure of posting. His reasons are irrelevant anyway, he wanted to not post here anymore, who are you to judge him for it.
I wasn't judging him, just didn't understand why he would go to such measures. Respect to him for his decision, perhaps not the way he went about it though.
 

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
I thought Symonds was well into his thirties? In that case he would probably come in for Hodge then. Though Hodge deserves a place as well.

Oh yes I forgot about Hiffenhaus, sorry about that. Good to see they've got some better options than Lewis. I don't know much about the two you mentioned though. What are they like compared to the other outside (IMO) contender, Johnson?
Noffke and Johnson both play for QLD, but are completely different bowlers, for starters Noffke is right handed, Johnson is left handed. Ashely Noffke would be close to 30, but after a few lean seasons he really picked up his game a lot last season. He reminds me a bit of Paul Reiffel. He may not get a game though unless there is an injury or two.

Johnson looks a good prospect, he hasn't played much this year though, always being 12th man. I see him more as a Test Bowler then ODI bowler at this stage, but he's yet to play a Test so we'll see what happens.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Blaze wanted to be banned, so he posted porn then basically emailed James asking for a ban.
But why? That's the part that I don't get.
He didn't want to post here anymore and being banned takes away the lure of posting. His reasons are irrelevant anyway, he wanted to not post here anymore, who are you to judge him for it.
I wasn't judging him, just didn't understand why he would go to such measures. Respect to him for his decision, perhaps not the way he went about it though.
Couldn't he just stop posting though?
It's not really as simple as that - requesting a ban is a perfectly good idea I think, if you want to stop posting and feel you won't be able to resist. I thought about it the first time I left here, though I found it unexpectedly easy when I tried just stopping posting. I've discussed the matter with more than one of the younger members of the forum who will have exams in due course and the thought has crossed other minds too.

I'm just disappointed that a) he felt he had to post the porn and b) that he wants to leave us, as I think he's a top guy and a top poster. And he didn't even say goodbye! :down:
 

Poker Boy

State Vice-Captain
No - but I've got a masterplan to stop them winning the WC - play every tournamnet in Australia!! :laugh: (think about it, the only WC since 1983 they did not reach the Final in was the one they hosted!!) Roll on 2015!!:laugh:
 

Langeveldt

Soutie
Why do Australia play so much better in the world cup? They certainly step up to the plate, I mean they have just been beaten by New Zealand, SA and England in recent ODI series.. Then they go mental during the WC
 

viktor

State Vice-Captain
Probably still find a way of mucking that up.
Here's an idea. Why don't we let the BCCI run Australian cricket for 2-3 years and let ACB run Indian or any other country's cricket. THat should even things up a bit.
 

nightprowler10

Global Moderator
Here's an idea. Why don't we let the BCCI run Australian cricket for 2-3 years and let ACB run Indian or any other country's cricket. THat should even things up a bit.
Or better yet, let PCB, BCCI, ZCB, WICB take turns running CA and cricket will be gone forever from the country.
 

Raghav

International Vice-Captain
Australian's can be beaten and I think SRL can do it in the finals IF, they can bat well and make atleast a score of 230...SRL can restrict them with their powerful Bowling attack. And moresover, AUS didnt play SRL against all their three guns in the game in the recent times.. Lets not ban them... Lets encourage all other teams to improve their competency levels and also their Mental attitude. To beat AUS, you need Mental strength more than anything.. These Aussie blokes are really fantastic and only Superb performance can beat them...
 

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