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[yvk3103]

200 for Clarke, well played

[yvk3103]

Come-on Ricky get yours now......

[kaustav]

Great start for Spartan 329; I guess even more kids will be queuing up now to get their bats...lol

[langer17]

Great start for Spartan 329; I guess even more kids will be queuing up now to get their bats...lol

His Spartan stickers actually look pretty good. The usual ones looks s##t.

Not a bad pay day either, $3million over 3 years.

[Joe]

I actually fear for the next Ashes. Ah well, at least I'm not Indian

[Vic Nicholas]

Where is that coward Hads45?

Spineless wimp has kept away from this thread for a few weeks now.

He should have a close read of this:

http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/current/story/550813.html

So much for "Hardly any Australians score centuries anymore" eh?

This series has been a run glut of the like I have to go back to the 1993 Ashes to compare...

Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me?

[PedalsMcgrew]

I'm not sure you can read anything into any Australian (or for that matter English) performances against this current Indian team. There are county and state sides who would destroy them.....This Indian team are pretty much as bad as it is possible to be in Test cricket...the batsmen are past it and disinterested (probably all more interested in their next ipl contract) and the bowlers wouldn't look out of place on a village green...

As well as Australia and England played, it is becoming increasingly obvious that this is a dreadful Indian team.

[Vic Nicholas]

I'm not sure you can read anything into any Australian (or for that matter English) performances against this current Indian team. There are county and state sides who would destroy them.....This Indian team are pretty much as bad as it is possible to be in Test cricket...the batsmen are past it and disinterested (probably all more interested in their next ipl contract) and the bowlers wouldn't look out of place on a village green...

As well as Australia and England played, it is becoming increasingly obvious that this is a dreadful Indian team.

Absolutely.

It was obvious during last years English tour that the Indians had gone on a tour too far.

The series against the West Indies at home did little to dispel the feeling that India were on the edge of a cliff.

That is why I was staggered that Hads45 predicted that only would India would win down under (where they have never won), but that they would absolutely crush Australia.

When I refuted his suggestion with facts - other one eyed zealots on here defended him. They seem to have vanished as well.

Australia still hasn't turned the corner yet - we still have a lot of rebuilding to do - but the predictions that India we crush Australia this summer and that Australia would go into a Windies type decline of which there would be no resurfacing have both been proved to be idiotic to be generous.

As I wrote before this series, Australia regenerate faster than most.

We will not be a push over in next years Ashes - even if we still have much rebuilding to do before we will ever be near #1 again.

[Nickauger]

Really glad to see Australia playing good upbeat cricket again. Such a shame that India have been so pitiful, I thought this was gonna be a decent series. Oh well, perhaps the Ashes will be a closer affair akin to 2005 and to a lesser extent 09, as opposed to the other poor one sided affairs in between. Pakistan appear to be on the up as well, just need for the Windies and New Zealand to continue showing buds of improvement, for India to hurry up and get rid of the old guard and blood some new talent which undoubtedly exists, and England to learn to play on the subcontinent and fast bouncy decks, and test cricket should look healthier and on a far more even keel. No matter how good the Aussi invincibles were Vic, it was pretty boring for everyone else..... and I doubt any team will get close to that leel of dominance again.

[PedalsMcgrew]

To be fair though Vic, I was one who predicted a drawn series as I didn't think Australia's attack would ever be able to take 20 wickets. The fact that they have done it in every game so far proves to me how far India have fallen. I can't imagine the likes of Siddle or Hilfenhaus causing many other sides the problems they seem to have caused this awful Indian side....In Pattinson/Cummins/Starc there is definitely hope for the future but as this series draws to a close (It's been over for a while if we're honest!) I'm left with more questions than answers...

[scottish_slogger95]

What bat is Micheal clarke using now? Can't make out what make it is.

[scottish_slogger95]

Ah found out its a small company in sydney called spartan sporting goods.

[The_Bird]

Ah found out its a small company in sydney called spartan sporting goods.

Still using Slazenger softs tho lol

[scottish_slogger95]

yeah noticed haha

[scottish_slogger95]

I bet you it is still a slazenger but with those spartan labels on them