Originally Posted by
i_amtrunks
So my favourite player has announced his retirement, Mike Hussey is the heart of the Australian team and they will plummet without his batting, fielding and pseudo-captaincy.
He will be missed as much, if not more than Ponting, since Ponting waned so quickly in the last 23 months. Australia will get rolled in India and the next two ashes series.
We have too many new batters, Watson is not worth being selected as a batsman only, yet he will as there is no one else stepping up, Hughes is a terrible runner and fieldsman and has little confidence at the moment and should not have been selected. Clarke's goodluck will end and we will be left with no standout batsmen.
Our bowlers are too injury prone and the rotation policy and focus on 20/20 and ODi's means they do not get a good solid run.
Clarke will miss Hussey the most, he wont have the senior player to support him on the field, bat with him after our top order collapses, or to do all the press and off-field activities he has shied away from as they don't get him any extra $$$. Clarke has been babyfed the captaincy, and now when he actually has to do the job by himself, he will fail in all departments.
I am contemplating going and watching Hussey's last test, but $60 (plus ticketeks rorting booking fees) to sit in the Sydney sun all day and hours to get in and home due to terrible public transport...
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