Not much more to say, is there Soutie? 😆

Can’t resist it!

Those are Mike Hussey’s bowling statistics (yes, I did say ‘bowling’) for the first innings of the second Sri Lanka Test.  As perfect as they could be.

To make it even better, it was Kumar Sangakkara whom he dismissed, one of the best batsman around. 😀

For non-cricketers, you can read that as “one over, one maiden, no runs for one wicket”.

• Hilditch – OUT!
• Chappell – OUT!
• Nielsen – OUT!

Perhaps.   When you read the small print, they can still apply for the new positions.   Let’s pray that they’re not thick-skinned enough to do so.

Sutherland’s still there, more’s the pity.   But it’s a start, and not before time.

Read more in The Brisbane Times & FoxSports.

Choosing Shane Watson as Michael Clarke’s deputy, and therefore anointing him as Australia’s future Captain-in-waiting, will be popular with almost everybody down under.   He can bat (usually), he can bowl (most of the time), and he’s a nice guy – which is very important.

He’s a straight Aussie bloke from Queensland without tats, without a flashy celebrity girl-friend (though his current lady is  nice enough), and without megabuck advertising contracts for poofy or weirdo products.   When he had some spare time recently he visited his family and friends in his home town of Ipswich, which had suffered greatly from flooding, and lent a hand rather than driving expensive sports cars and getting pissed.

I will concede that there are other promising young cricketers who might be considered as future captains – Tim Paine for example – but at the moment they are not in the team.   One reason for this is that two places are still occupied by Clarke and Ponting, neither of whom deserve a place on current performance, recent century notwithstanding.

Australia’s renewal will not begin until Ponting is finally put out to grass and Clarke stops being a sissy.