Let's be honest Windsock, you & I could go down to the local park, pick 11 cricketers from there & they'd give the Poms & Kiwis a run for their money.
Pretty close to the truth. I was wondering just yesterday whether an Australian 2nd XI would have won the Ashes. I'm not certain they would have—the Australian side this summer is really very strong and really demoralises the opposition—but it would have been a lot closer I think.
The conversation with Cox on the ABC was funny. Whoever he was talking to just assumed he supported Essendon and his reply was: wash your mouth out; it's the Western Bulldogs. They then went on to reflect that it was looking good for us this year.