Wrap - Swan Song

1. So the Poms are really starting to fall apart now...Swan retires at a bad time for the team, but a good time for him. He joins Trott in limbo. Who's next? Tremlett or Finn spitting the dummy after not getting much of a run? Monty telling us he has finally had enough? Cook resigning from the captaincy? The coach, Flower bailing out? Maybe Anderson pulling the pin?

Their trip here has been a debacle. They arrived too early and are now wishing they hadn't.

The only song that Swan will hear is the Nathan Lyon version of 'Beneath The Southern Cross I Stand...'. Lyon had to download the words apparently.

2. Big Bash League. We watch and wonder whether the best players - Mitchell Marsh, Nic Maddinson, Aaron Finch, James Hopes, Luke Pommersbach, Michael Klinger - will ever be selected in T20 Internationals. The comp seems to unfold and then all these others are then selected. The bowlers get smashed. Will it eventually be a game full of spinners? Or part time bowlers who all bat?

How the Poms can't select Alex Hales I would never know. He has the 'X Factor'! "Warneresque"!

Khawaja is officially the worst runner between the wickets in Austrlaian cricket and perhaps the most selfish. Seems lazy and no surprise...unfit and now injured. A very long way from the Australian Test team all of a sudden.

3. Brad Haddin. Has had a great summer, but his 'Plan B' advert on TV does nothing for his profile or personality. Badly advised.

4. The Sydney Thunder are facing off against the Melbourne Heart for the worst domestic team in Australian sport. I think they are in front. Without Warner and Khawaja, Hussey gets a chance to bat on the worst pitch in domestic cricket (Homebush) with Eoin Morgan. Outside of them..not much. That pitch needs surgery, because it is killing cricket's possible success at Stadium Australia.

5. Mark Bosnich is increasingly putting himself up as the legend that he wasn't. I recall him being given opportunities and shooting himself in the rs. He seemed to develop habits other than training that soured his reputation and provided excuses for him not to try to develop his talent. He is incredibly self absorbed. Fancy asking a coach and ex-team mate if he would walk into the boss and say 'I've had enough'. As Aloisi said...'let's check if Bosnich is doing his job properly'. The hair piece says yes, the ballooning weight says no.

6. How about Suarez? $400,000 a week wages from Liverpool in the EPL! Never thought I'd say it, but worth every cent! He definitely won't have to do a James Reyne and do Elivis impersonations or trade off his hits (like Status Quo to Coles) for Puberty Blues!