Breaking news for next test

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2013/content/story/624494.html

Pattinson and Watson axed. Indiscretions are the order of the day.

Red wrote:http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2013/content/story/624494.html

Pattinson and Watson axed. Indiscretions are the order of the day.

Beat ya...almost

Must have been typing when I checked because was going to put it in the match thread and nothing was there so decided the news was big enough for its own.

Australian cricket in crisis.

At least I beat Trev.

Don't think it's the worst thing for Pattinson to be missing.

Why could'nt it have been Hughes & Smith

Big Dog wrote:Why could'nt it have been Hughes & Smith

The latter will surely get a gig now and even before this news broke there was talk from some of his teammates that Hughes should be retained.

Big Dog wrote:Why could'nt it have been Hughes & Smith

Why couldn't it have been Clarke.

Red wrote:

Big Dog wrote:Why could'nt it have been Hughes & Smith

The latter will surely get a gig now and even before this news broke there was talk from some of his teammates that Hughes should be retained.

Its the end of humanity as we know it.

They took the easy way out of the debacle..

From Nein

BREAKING NEWS: Australian cricketers - Shane Watson, James Pattinson, Usman Khawaja & Mitchell Johnson have been dumped from the 3rd test for disciplinary reasons.

Shane Watson, James Pattinson , Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Johnson...

Watto's in a lot of trouble then? He's VC, Pattinson and Khawaja are the young 'uns easily led (in theory), and Johnson's newly returned (FWIW) I think.

what a shambles. they should just go home. there's no fun in this

Big Dog wrote:Why could'nt it have been Hughes & Smith

They reported the others.

From smh.com.au.

Not as 'exciting' then

Arthur said Watson and Pattinson, as well as Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Johnson, had failed to deliver a presentation which management asked all players to complete following the embarrassing innings defeat in Hyderabad last week.
Players were asked to outline three points on what they bring to the team by email or in person, and given five days to complete the task. The four players did not complete the assignment by the given deadline.

Linky

Big Dog wrote:Why could'nt it have been Hughes & Smith

Sage. Australia - the Cronulla Sharks of the cricketing world.

What's the largest ever defeat in Test history? Could be on the card. India to make 1000 and Aus to be rolled twice for 100.

furriner wrote:From smh.com.au.

Not as 'exciting' then

Arthur said Watson and Pattinson, as well as Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Johnson, had failed to deliver a presentation which management asked all players to complete following the embarrassing innings defeat in Hyderabad last week.
Players were asked to outline three points on what they bring to the team by email or in person, and given five days to complete the task. The four players did not complete the assignment by the given deadline.

Linky

FFS, that's right out the Ned Flanders school of "you're kidding me???"

Seeing the headlines I thought Punter was being flown in and he was returning to shore up the middle order....wait a sec. This is India Aus is playing in!

Why couldn't Eng have been so considerate in returning us the favor when they toured us but not allowing us to win easily? Have gentlemen stopped playing for Poms?

furriner wrote:From smh.com.au.

Not as 'exciting' then

Arthur said Watson and Pattinson, as well as Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Johnson, had failed to deliver a presentation which management asked all players to complete following the embarrassing innings defeat in Hyderabad last week.
Players were asked to outline three points on what they bring to the team by email or in person, and given five days to complete the task. The four players did not complete the assignment by the given deadline.

Linky

surely this cannot be true.

They didn't do their homework. Just cane them and move on.

furriner wrote:From smh.com.au.

Not as 'exciting' then

Arthur said Watson and Pattinson, as well as Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Johnson, had failed to deliver a presentation which management asked all players to complete following the embarrassing innings defeat in Hyderabad last week.
Players were asked to outline three points on what they bring to the team by email or in person, and given five days to complete the task. The four players did not complete the assignment by the given deadline.

Linky

Axed for not doing a self assessment.
To be fair it probably took more than 5 days to narrow it down to Three points.

FFS!!!!!!! Khawaja & Johnson hav'nt even played a farking test yet. How were they supposed to answer. This team is being lead by morons.

I don't know what is more crazy, that they have axed these 4 and opened the doors for another test defeat or that they ere axed over s stupid school boy homework assignment reportedly? Surely this 'breach of protocol' could have waited punishment till they returned home after finishing the tour? Or do they want Clarke in a mental asylum by end of tour or better still, dead by suicide?

And...

They didn't drop Phil Hughes for plain being shit for so long! Might as well make him team captain while the selectors are still smoking pot....

Blackadder wrote:

furriner wrote:From smh.com.au.

Not as 'exciting' then

Arthur said Watson and Pattinson, as well as Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Johnson, had failed to deliver a presentation which management asked all players to complete following the embarrassing innings defeat in Hyderabad last week.
Players were asked to outline three points on what they bring to the team by email or in person, and given five days to complete the task. The four players did not complete the assignment by the given deadline.

Linky

Axed for not doing a self assessment.
To be fair it probably took more than 5 days to narrow it down to Three points.

Two of them didn't even play in the test. Maybe they were tardy carrying the drinks on.

In India no bastard in BCCI can make players do a 'self assessment'. No action is ever taken till team comes back and manager submits report or complain.

taipan wrote:

Blackadder wrote:

furriner wrote:From smh.com.au.

Not as 'exciting' then

Arthur said Watson and Pattinson, as well as Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Johnson, had failed to deliver a presentation which management asked all players to complete following the embarrassing innings defeat in Hyderabad last week.
Players were asked to outline three points on what they bring to the team by email or in person, and given five days to complete the task. The four players did not complete the assignment by the given deadline.

Linky

Axed for not doing a self assessment.
To be fair it probably took more than 5 days to narrow it down to Three points.

Two of them didn't even play in the test. Maybe they were tardy carrying the drinks on.

50 lashes of the whip will fix that.

Pattinson could just have written -
1. Wickets.
2. Wickets.
3. Wickets.

Hilarious if they really were dropped for not sending a stoopid email.