Suneer S. Chowdhary
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Tash Jayasinghe
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CibbuanoNo Warne and No McGrath, the end of an era?
November 2nd 2007 00:05
The dawn of a new Age?
Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath
Everyone knew it was going to happen, it had to. Andrew Hilditch and the panel of selectors for the latest Australian squad have had to choose a new line up without the mighty double threat of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath. This ends a generation of terrifying our opponents by their name being included on the roster.
Surprisingly it seems there are enough young guns and experienced hands to see the bookmakers put the Aussies as favourites for the upcoming test against Sri Lanka.
Pleasing news for spectators, there is also talk that the matches may go longer once the bowling and fielding skills of Stuart MacGill, Stuart Clark, Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson get accustomed to the test cricket endurance.
Brett Lee
Andrew Symonds is also elevating his game with little doubt that he will mature well after the all rounder got a century against England at the end of last year.
On the batting side experts (unlike me, I’m no expert) are saying that the new order is arguably superior to the one headed by Justin Langer. Phil Jacques is proving his mettle and Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey have already proved themselves to be handful for most oppositional bowlers.
Ricky Ponting and Phil Jaques
So the doom and gloom of fans may prove to be unfounded. There is every probability that us Australians will remain in the upper echelons of the sport for the years to come.
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