Wrap - Summit to Plummet

1. Australian cricket. What is it that is annoying about this present lot? The constant chopping and changing in the team, the wasteful scores of twenty or so, the out of touch administrators obsessed with cash, or the proliferation of underperforming egos? Whatever it is, Glenn Maxwell sums most of that up. The spat with Wade was typical selfish cricket rubbish, beat up by the media and a mystery fine results ($100?).

The Steve Smith ODI innings of 164 and his catch at backward point may improve our stocks there. The arrival of BBL 06 will ignite a bit more passion.

2. F1 Retirement of Rosberg. Really? They are a temperamental lot. Again, hard to follow and hard to like, regardless of the size of the show. Riccado an exception.

3. A League. Saw an article comparing it to the English Premier League on the weekend. The comparison ends with the word 'league'. Poles apart.

As suggested earlier, get on Leicester for relegation. It will be a world record price - summit to plummet. Chelsea's weekend ambush of Manchester City was stunning. Their turnaround since the departure of Mourinhou has been equally as impressive. Man United's form has been generally quite poor under the same bloke.

That Aussie, Tom Rogic continues to impress in the Scottish league...needs to join the main show.

4. Wallabies. When will Cheika stop trying to be the main man? He talks too much. In the end, his poor 2016 record demands respectful silence. We have been hammered when it mattered most. We need a bit more leadership and resolve in the group. His days are numbered.

5. Harold Varner III wins the Australian PGA. Is there another sport where the number of your lineage "the third" appears more often than golf? It all started with "Thurston Howell the third" on Gilligan's Island all those years ago.

6. A kiwi won the Supercars. Great but no one cares. Car racing can do that to you.

7. Can anyone explain the scheduling where there is no Shield game this weekend? Unbelievable. I'm getting the feeling that as a cricket playing nation, our administrators may be bringing the demise of test cricket to us more rapidly than any of us could have dreamed. Time for a change there. High performance? Hardly.