Clint Beastwood
Club Legend
Someone said it on here earlier, and I took a leaf out of their book and read a few articles about the cricket on some English newspaper's websites. I would highly recommend a few on the Independent's website, the comments make for a good laugh. Most are calling Clarke and Warner neanderthals and seem to ignore the fact that Anderson and Prior and most of the others (except Joe Root, he's too young to know any coarse language) give as good as they get.
Back to the game, but IMO seeing the verbal banter and argy bargy back in the Aussie team is great. That's what it was years ago and it defined Ponting and Waugh's captaincy. "Mental disintegration". I think Lehmann introduced this, he seems like the type of guy (having played with/under Ponting and Waugh) who would say, and has said, "go out there and get stuck into them, it works". It's also something that was missing under Mickey Arthur, we seemed slightly too cordial for my liking. Keep it going Boof
Back to the game, but IMO seeing the verbal banter and argy bargy back in the Aussie team is great. That's what it was years ago and it defined Ponting and Waugh's captaincy. "Mental disintegration". I think Lehmann introduced this, he seems like the type of guy (having played with/under Ponting and Waugh) who would say, and has said, "go out there and get stuck into them, it works". It's also something that was missing under Mickey Arthur, we seemed slightly too cordial for my liking. Keep it going Boof