wagstaff
6 Jan 2002, 17:07
It's bad enough that many Australian cricketing journalists not only seem to have no idea about the game and alternate between jingoism and self-rightousness; what's worse is that they can't even get basic facts right in their articles.
For example, in Saturday's Herald Sun, Robert Craddock writes about Australia: "The current squad hasn't won in India and lost its last series in Pakistan." As a matter of fact, Australia won its last series in Pakistan in 1998.
And Rod Nicholson in today's paper talks about the various Australian players who can't make it into the Australian one-day squad. "Or why Matthew Elliott or Michael Slater are shunned from both, despite their obvious batting talents." Slater? His record at any level of one-day cricket has been less then acceptable. He averages 24 from 42 one-day internationals and even at domestic level, he only averages 26 from 122 matches. This season, he averages only 14.60 from 5 innings.
Later on in the article, Nicholson talks about the players who are missing from Australia's 1999 World Cup squad. "while Damien Fleming, Brendon Juilan and Adam Dale are in the veteran class and unlikely to feature in any World Cup discussions." Julian especially, since he retired during the off-season for a television career.
For example, in Saturday's Herald Sun, Robert Craddock writes about Australia: "The current squad hasn't won in India and lost its last series in Pakistan." As a matter of fact, Australia won its last series in Pakistan in 1998.
And Rod Nicholson in today's paper talks about the various Australian players who can't make it into the Australian one-day squad. "Or why Matthew Elliott or Michael Slater are shunned from both, despite their obvious batting talents." Slater? His record at any level of one-day cricket has been less then acceptable. He averages 24 from 42 one-day internationals and even at domestic level, he only averages 26 from 122 matches. This season, he averages only 14.60 from 5 innings.
Later on in the article, Nicholson talks about the players who are missing from Australia's 1999 World Cup squad. "while Damien Fleming, Brendon Juilan and Adam Dale are in the veteran class and unlikely to feature in any World Cup discussions." Julian especially, since he retired during the off-season for a television career.