Wrap - Truth Hunting

1. Australia's T20 Campaign v India. Clearly we have discovered a few things. Nathan Lyon is terrible when under pressure in this form of the game. Zampa and Boyce - even Beer is better. Boland is also not the answer - no imagination and limited talent. Faulkner is getting one dimensional and predictable. Tye is a gun. Shaun Tait is an extravagant risk. Wade is terrible, brainless under pressure and needs to go. His batting has gone south. The wicket keeping options are a lot better elsewhere - Paine, Handscombe, Nevill even. Our team lacks flair with the bat too. There is no composure. George Bailey needs to come straight back in (despite Ian Chappell's bias). He is our modern day Michael Hussey - calm and composed. Unlike Watson who expects sympathy when he gets out. There is none Shane...none!

1A. The Australians look like they are not interested and half arsed. How Smith is not skipper is beyond me, if he plays. If he plays! He and Warner don't play Game 2? What gives? Early trip to NZ...are they kidding? Sick of on field microphone commentary? Australian cricket sees 20-20 as a joke. Sadly for them, the fans see it as important. Get rid of all non-BBL players. This has to be our breeding ground. Warner may be finished in T20. A harsh reality. No Lehmann around the team shows in their attitude.

2. Given the team chosen, our fielding is also simply not good enough. Does anyone remember the old Australian A team? The field: Langer, Ponting, Blewett....they were sharp. They set a new standard for Australuan cricket at all levels. We need to re-visit this. The Indians were a lot better in the field than us. Younger and fresh feet.  Finch...hamstring injury? Give me a break. He needs to get fit. Chris Lynn needs to mature. Hot head who has made some dumb choices so far. Maxwell's stupidity defies belief at times.

The Habibs may have done better.

 3. Cameron Bancroft, WA. How was he selected? (Exit Wade!). His BBL form was terrible. Peter Handscome is a wicket keeper and a smart bat who has proven form. Rod Marsh is wildly out of touch. He needs to go...and take his silly WA selections with him.

4. Is it a new conspiracy in world cricket that umpires do not want to fall out of favour with the Indian team and management. They are petrified of offending and rule in the Indians' favour very often. The Indians know it with no DRS. The umpires dread not being selected as an umpire v India and err in their favour...often. The wide rule outside off stump has even changed! Joke.

5. Mitchell Pearce. A seasoned loser. He is a senior player on ridiculous money who has lost the plot. A terrible Origin record. He has a long history of being a goose. The club is expected by some to take responsibility....he was the club captain! He needs to be cut free. Then re-apply. Great start to his career at the Roosters by Copley. What the hell was he doing there? 

Any coincidence that club stalwart and standards man CEO, Brian Canavan left the club last week? The Roosters have replacements. They do not need an immature time wasting, sexist and racist knob who has apologised more often than a Year 1 truant. No player is that important to the game or any club.

6. Serena. Superb in all elements. Her dominance is amazing, but she was surprisingly wasteful in the final. She needs to get back to volleying school. Terrible. She will equal then beat Steffi Graf's 22 Slams this year and edge closer to Margaret Court's 24. However, she seemed so pleased for her opponent. Maybe even too pleased. The pressure is biting.

Djokovic is the same. No peer at present in the men's and raking in the Grand Slams. An 11th win on Sunday night and he joins Laver and Borg. He is fast achieving greatness. Needs to win a French Open yet though to be truly "great". His unachieved mountain. Murray is an annoying whinger. He needs to change his attitude or be a bridesmaid forever. 

Did you know Nadal has as many Grand Slam wins as Sampras? (14). A great. One more to come hopefully.

7. Western Sydney Wanderers. Some significant leaps in attack. Defence still a concern. Mark Bridge is on fire. Scoring plenty. I noticed the fans are not troubled anymore. They've forgotten why they walked out.

8. Has Michael Clarke lost the plot...a comeback? Sounds like he does not know what real work smells and tastes like and is scared to move on. Australian selectors have never been big on having ex-captains in the national team - unlike England who at one stage had Botham, Atherton, Vaughan, Stewart...even SA have Amla in the team with de Villiers captaining. Clarke needs to close his mouth and play BBL. His 20-20 abilities are very limited however.