Now, I know that England have been the far better team to date.. and deserve the credit they get for retaining the Ashes on our home soil but, they still haven't one the series. If they play poorly and we play to our best you end up with Perth. If we play poorly and they play well we end up with Melbourne. A lot of people on this sight have short memories and in my opinion are over reacting with the current state of Australian cricket. Yes the selection of players needs to be looked at, perhaps it is time for a review into the selection of players not just in our national side but also the state sides. But, there needs to be a little more patience I'm afraid before this country returns to the top of the cricketing tree. It won't happen overnight, but it will happen. There will be a reaction from former players and the like who won't like seeing us lose, as much as our fans do.. and something will be done about it. I think youth is the way to go in the predicament we have found ourselves in.. normally I would say we need to pick best available but those players won't be playing in five years when we should aim to be back at the top of world cricket. Over the next twenty four months we need to blood in the likes of Smith (continue), Hughes (same), James Pattinson, Josh Hazlewood, Tim Paine as our long term keeper, Maddinson, Khawaja (currently selected to play) and any others who appear to have the talent to play at the international level. The truth is not every one of these young talents will go on to have careers like some of our recent greats have, however they need to be tested to see if they are up to it or we will never know. The more younger players we get through the side in the next 24 months the better chance we will have of getting a dominant side in the not so distant future. If it can happen once, it can happen again.
