He didn’t really say anything after that apart from not mentioning the unmentionalbe

Must… resist…

*drumroll*

Shaun Marsh’s back

Bert, this is easily achieved. You simply have to start calling the Bangladeshi side “Australia”. Fits the bill perfectly.

But you are right as usual. Hughes, Johnson, Doherty, Clarke – these were all huge fun, but it could never last. Sooner or later CA would realise that selecting comedy characters for the test team might be well received in England and New Zealand, but wouldn’t ensure a sustained challenge for major honours. Ah well.

What we need is a series of almost-good-enough-to-play-test-cricket-but-not-quite players. You know the ones, brimful of “talent” and “potential”, but somehow unable to average more than (or less than, depending on their job) 35. You know, Graham Hick. These are the players that can stick around in the team, preventing both success and anyone else getting in instead, because there is always something about them that keeps them in the team. I have hopes for Warner, although he might turn out to be a good player, and maybe one of the set of 12 year old fast bowlers they’ve been picking.