I find this piece on Cricinfo terrific (and a little terrifying too). It describes how 2 deliveries bowled by Glenn McGrath pitched within a few mm. of each other, moved just a wee bit and induced 2 edges. Such accuracy is indeed frightening and more intimidating than marathon-length run-ups and speed-of-light bowling. Less than a year ago, there was a general feeling that McGrath was over - here he is bowling as well as if not better than - ever.
The Aussie performance on the whole not entirely impressive - still Champion stuff but looking less unbeatble by the day. New Zealand should stand a chance of pulling off an upset - they are after all the #2 team in the World - should be a cracking series.
I think the Aussies need to unearth another young batsman like Michael Clarke - the top order is in patchy form and of course ageing, to say the least. I don't see Darren Lehmann being part of this line-up for much longer. Any names my Aussies friends would like to suggest ???
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Any longer? why is Darren Lehmann in the team even now? If Aus can hang on to Mark Taylor for years, they can certainly do so with Matt Hayden. Even without Hayden, they have enough embarrassment of riches in their domestic setup to account for Lehmann. Btw, was Bevan dropped or did he retire? If he was dropped and Lehmann is still playing, I think the Aussie selectors are worse than India's :P
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