- Nov 13, 2004
- 11,375
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- AFL Club
- Brisbane Lions
- Other Teams
- Aussie Cricket Team, Roy, Punter.
- Banned
- #1
Found a nice article.
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6200 Test runs at 45+ between them, but they’re rubbish!
“I don’t think Lehmann was ever a Test player and Martyn has failed far too often. They are both over the hill and must be removed before it’s too late. There are a number of young players and they should be given their chances.”
On the extraordinary Ashes win at the Adelaide Oval, conveniently overlooking the fact Australia also took 9/70 in the first two sessions of the last day:
“It just scrapes into my top ten test victories of all time. In 1948, my team had to make 400-odd on the last day and achieved it with 15 minutes to spare. How does that compare to making 160?”
Possibly not at #3 but is this fair?
“Ricky Ponting wouldn’t have gotten a game in the Invincibles.”
Disappointing for us to be keeping this company
“There are some inflated figures that have been flying around, both batting and bowling, these last few years, because they’re playing against teams like Zimbabwe and Bangladesh and New Zealand, who you have to say are very poor cricket teams.”
On Steve Waugh’s swashbuckling 77 in the 4th Ashes Test at the MCG:
“Knowing the bloke he is, I suppose he went out there fully determined to do something about all the pressure he’s been getting in the last couple of weeks and he’s fortunate I suppose, he’s playing against probably one of the worst cricket teams I’ve ever seen and the two openers, of course, have given him a great start to sap away the bowler’s confidence and he went out there with a job I would suppose would be a little easier to do than normally would be done.”
On the Waugh twins, a common target of his vitriol
“Money is the only thing that keeps them playing. If they earned the same money as I did when I was playing they’d have retired at 34 as I did, and Australian cricket would be the better for it.”
On whether Steve Waugh’s record-breaking Australian team was the best ever?
No, they’re not, no, far from it. I could name three other teams that are probably better than this one and they get carried away with the strength of the opposition these days…the ‘48 team is one obviously, and I would name the ‘58 team of Benaud’s, and the ‘72 team of Ian Chappell’s… See the current lot have, in my opinion, have got two weaknesses…they haven’t got an all-rounder for a start and they also haven’t got an opening batsman. They’ve gone back to Hayden again.”
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All i can say is, if i was a team mate of Neil Harvey i would be embrassed about this sort of stuff, it just comes across as someone who never has anything nice to say about anyone that didnt play in the 1948 Australian team. The old saying that if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything rings true in this case.
I particularly like the last quote, Adam Gilchrist is one of our greatest ever allrounders and Hayden has been possibly our finest ever opening batsmen.
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6200 Test runs at 45+ between them, but they’re rubbish!
“I don’t think Lehmann was ever a Test player and Martyn has failed far too often. They are both over the hill and must be removed before it’s too late. There are a number of young players and they should be given their chances.”
On the extraordinary Ashes win at the Adelaide Oval, conveniently overlooking the fact Australia also took 9/70 in the first two sessions of the last day:
“It just scrapes into my top ten test victories of all time. In 1948, my team had to make 400-odd on the last day and achieved it with 15 minutes to spare. How does that compare to making 160?”
Possibly not at #3 but is this fair?
“Ricky Ponting wouldn’t have gotten a game in the Invincibles.”
Disappointing for us to be keeping this company
“There are some inflated figures that have been flying around, both batting and bowling, these last few years, because they’re playing against teams like Zimbabwe and Bangladesh and New Zealand, who you have to say are very poor cricket teams.”
On Steve Waugh’s swashbuckling 77 in the 4th Ashes Test at the MCG:
“Knowing the bloke he is, I suppose he went out there fully determined to do something about all the pressure he’s been getting in the last couple of weeks and he’s fortunate I suppose, he’s playing against probably one of the worst cricket teams I’ve ever seen and the two openers, of course, have given him a great start to sap away the bowler’s confidence and he went out there with a job I would suppose would be a little easier to do than normally would be done.”
On the Waugh twins, a common target of his vitriol
“Money is the only thing that keeps them playing. If they earned the same money as I did when I was playing they’d have retired at 34 as I did, and Australian cricket would be the better for it.”
On whether Steve Waugh’s record-breaking Australian team was the best ever?
No, they’re not, no, far from it. I could name three other teams that are probably better than this one and they get carried away with the strength of the opposition these days…the ‘48 team is one obviously, and I would name the ‘58 team of Benaud’s, and the ‘72 team of Ian Chappell’s… See the current lot have, in my opinion, have got two weaknesses…they haven’t got an all-rounder for a start and they also haven’t got an opening batsman. They’ve gone back to Hayden again.”
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All i can say is, if i was a team mate of Neil Harvey i would be embrassed about this sort of stuff, it just comes across as someone who never has anything nice to say about anyone that didnt play in the 1948 Australian team. The old saying that if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything rings true in this case.
I particularly like the last quote, Adam Gilchrist is one of our greatest ever allrounders and Hayden has been possibly our finest ever opening batsmen.
