Magoo Retires! At the end of this Test apparently

Just announced on Sky's WI v Aus coverage.

Aye, bit late BBB old son

Pity - wanted to see him get muntered next year!

So, I wonder who will be taking the field as Australia's Ashes spinner then? Could they even consider playing an all-pace attack next summer?

Very good player. Suffered unfair comparisons to Warne. Finishes with an excellent record.

Played.

Aye, though on the evidence of these 2 tests is rapidly declining.

He looked incredibly poor in these two tests.

Probably jumped before he was puched to be fair. We would have given our left testicles for a spinner of his quality to be fair!!

I find it funny that the Aussies used to criticise him for conceding a boundary an over. Before (and after) Warne, that was the standard for leggies. Even the great ones like Qadir.

But he's certainly come to the end. Credit to him for recognising his declining standards. He has just had a wrist operation after all.

"As I said many times last summer, there is no way I will ever walk onto a cricket field unless I can guarantee that I can dismiss top order batsmen consistently. The prospect of letting myself and the team down is simply not an option. I have worked way too hard for too long to sabotage my achievements by playing Test cricket for the wrong reasons."

holcs wrote:He looked incredibly poor in these two tests.

Probably jumped before he was puched to be fair. We would have given our left testicles for a spinner of his quality to be fair!!

I'd do most things for an England win, but.............................................................

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Very good player. Suffered unfair comparisons to Warne. Finishes with an excellent record.

Played.

Exactly - any other non-Asian country would have had him as an automatic choice for the last decade, he might have got 400 or 500 wickets if it wasn't for being around at the same time as Warne.

Best days are obviously behind him now but it looks like spin could be the problem position for Australia to fill for some time to come (well, the rest of the world is certainly hoping so...)

Good player who lost his action as he got older. I think he'd have played many more Test Matches for every other Test Country bar Sri Lanka, and even then he'd have probably played a fair few more.

holcs wrote:He looked incredibly poor in these two tests.

Probably jumped before he was puched to be fair. We would have given our left testicles for a spinner of his quality to be fair!!

Pushed?
Punched?

Both?

beamer wrote:
...it looks like spin could be the problem position for Australia to fill for some time to come (well, the rest of the world is certainly hoping so...)

While every other country in world is overflowing with young spin bowling talent...

As I said on another thread, spin is headed for another dark age. The likes of Warne, Murali and, to a degree, Kumble won't be seen again for a long time. Once in a generation bowlers - if not longer.

There's no-one too special on the horizon for anybody.

Wow, that's a flattering picture.

Almost as flattering as...

Dello wrote:

beamer wrote:
...it looks like spin could be the problem position for Australia to fill for some time to come (well, the rest of the world is certainly hoping so...)

While every other country in world is overflowing with young spin bowling talent...

As I said on another thread, spin is headed for another dark age. The likes of Warne, Murali and, to a degree, Kumble won't be seen again for a long time. Once in a generation bowlers - if not longer.

There's no-one too special on the horizon for anybody.

No, but it will be nice to see an Australian side with a weakness, even if it's the same one that just about everyone else has!

Great servant to Australian cricket. Made the right choice for him and the team.

Good bowler in patches. Like in the 98-99 ashes when Warne was mostly unavailable, the odd occasion when the pitch was a raging turner and 2 spinners were required, and several tests against Bangladesh in 2003 when Warne was suspended.

Came across as a bit of a knob. Not really sure even his teammates liked him very much. I'd say he'll be missed but....you know.

Good Test career, good bowler. Tragedy for him was that he played in the same team as Warne.

Is it usual for these announcements in the middle of a Test? Especially when you've just come back?

furriner wrote:Good Test career, good bowler. Tragedy for him was that he played in the same team as Warne.

Is it usual for these announcements in the middle of a Test? Especially when you've just come back?

It's unusual that he's made the announcement in the middle of a test series whilst on tour. It would be funny if cricket Australia decided to make him pay for his own airfare home, seeing as he's just quit as an employee of theirs.

Hopefully this means Tait gets a look-in. In place of Clark.

Quick, someone make sure Mick Sawyer's not about to top himself...

It had to happen. A mercy killing, or assisted suicide?

Here's an interesting question to throw out there - if there was no Warne and MacGill had played a proper Test career, who would be the better leggie - Kumble or MacGill?

And I don't want any "what a silly hypothetical" bullsh*t. Make an educated guess.

Kumble, by miles.

Kumble. Easily.