Wrap - Finch Becomes A Quail

1. Aaron Finch. An absolute liability in the ODI and T20 field. T20 is getting like baseball. If you cannot run at a certain speed, you are not selected to play, no matter how talented. This is where Clint McKay will struggle to play T20 internationals. It can cost a team 15-20 runs.

2. Great effort by Sydney Thunder to make the final. Great final. Chunder Thunder no longer. They were too good. KP is a big time player of class. The commentators seem to get more anxious than the players! The ratings would have been immense!!! Only 11 wins in their history...incredible win!

Great to see Andrew McDonald win a comp. That should just about do him. No one can believe he is still playing! Plenty to sack: McAndrew, Ronnue McDonald, Sandshoe, Patterson.....

3. Thrilled to see Usman Khawaja do so well this summer. Ever since I critiqued him, he has scored hundred after hundred! Hex.

 

4. Women's T20 Final (Sixers v Thunder) was enthralling too! Thunder too good there as well. Sounds like a brand on the rise! Happy birthday Mrs Hussey.

5. The Australian ODI record at home is pretty imposing....however nothing "bad hands"under pressure can't fix! Shaun Marsh and others need to concentrate. I am still a big believer that if you let the ball drop below your eyeline, you make a catch 50% more difficult. 

6.  Michael Jennings. Signed by Parramatta. Plenty of pace on the end of an improving backline. Would be nice to see a player give four years of great service. Typically contract renewal time is the only good year. I noticed another soon to be jail bird - Matt Lodge - is being shopped around to clubs...

7. Western Wanderers. Cruising along now. Adelaide United are rallying in an amazing run. Consistency is totally inconsistent in that league. Only that the Newcastle Jets still lose everything. Melbourne Victory are still favourites for mine.

8. Kygirios. Does anyone care? He is a prize goose. Tomic also looks slow and is full of excuses. These blokes own nothing. Brats. It is everyone else's fault. Some others expend their energy on getting better at tennis.Conversely, Hewitt leaves as a likeable bloke who at least shut up when he needed to. A fighter who gave his all for his country.

9. Don't you love how Australia is quick to own a foreigner in sport for our own? Gavrilova is the latest in the tennis.... Dokic? Tatiana Grigorieva...Fahwad Ahmed...Lote Tiquiri...on it goes. Only criteria? They have to be a winner.

More dangerous to be in the stands these days...must be some serious alcohol being consumed in the heat...stair stumbles, collapses, sickness...!

10. Chelsea v Arsenal looks was a cracking clash. Liverpool seem to be recapturing their spirit. Leicester keep surprising! Hotting up! Gus Hiddinck is looking for redemption after his terrible work with the Dutch National side. He is clawing it back.