Australian cricket in crisis

Only smith and kallis were losses.

horace wrote:Only smith  and kallis were losses.

value to conversation zero. Next.

Not sure ... I was merely saying that Australia had turned its entire team over since 2010-2011, which I'm quite sure is the fastest turnover since the mid-80s. We have no 6 year Test veterans ...

Since then the discussion seems to have degenerated into 'All Test teams currently going around have a core group who've been playing for less than 2 years' (Trev) and turning about half the squad over in 5 years (which I would regard as normal Test cricket turnover) is the same as turning the whole team over in the same time ...

lardbucket wrote:Not sure ... I was merely saying that Australia had turned its entire team over since 2010-2011, which I'm quite sure is the fastest turnover since the mid-80s. We have no 6 year Test veterans ...

Since then the discussion seems to have degenerated into 'All Test teams currently going around have a core group who've been playing for less than 2 years' (Trev) and turning about half the squad over in 5 years (which I would regard as normal Test cricket turnover) is the same as turning the whole team over in the same time ...

Thought you were asking if SA had lost core players well

I responded to Trev's assertion that no Test team still had core players from 2010-11 playing, and probably not even from 2013 ...

I thought both SA and NZ had a few significant core players from that period still playing ... not a whole side, but 3-4 (eg Steyn, ABDV, Duminy, Taylor, McCullum, Southee)

lardbucket wrote:I responded to Trev's assertion that no Test team still had core players from 2010-11 playing, and probably not even from 2013 ...

I thought both SA and NZ had a few significant core players from that period still playing ... not a whole side, but 3-4 (eg Steyn, ABDV, Duminy, Taylor, McCullum, Southee)

Then at slightly cross purposes. Anyway Duminy wasn't part of the core then, and judging by his latest performances he isn't now.

Where's Morkel in the pecking order now?

lardbucket wrote:Where's Morkel in the pecking order now?

Still top 2/3