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[Jeet]

I don't get why people are saying Philip Hughes has a lack of mental toughness. I mean the kid got a duck in in his dig in Test Cricket and in the next three inns he notched up 75, 115 and 160. In the process being the youngest player in history to score twin hundreds in a Test Match. Not to bad if you ask me.

Also he was made a scapegoat during the Ashes. 2nd inns at Lords was also a bump ball. It was due to Johnson bowling pies they ditched Hughes for Watson, as Watson would contribute with the ball.

[musama91]

I don't get why people are saying Philip Hughes has a lack of mental toughness. I mean the kid got a duck in in his dig in Test Cricket and in the next three inns he notched up 75, 115 and 160. In the process being the youngest player in history to score twin hundreds in a Test Match. Not to bad if you ask me.

Also he was made a scapegoat during the Ashes. 2nd inns at Lords was also a bump ball. It was due to Johnson bowling pies they ditched Hughes for Watson, as Watson would contribute with the ball.

jeet i totally agree with you. the kid is only 18. give him a couple more years.

[musama91]

the 'kid' is nearly 21 old boy

NO WAY! in the ashes they were talking about him being 18 and coming from some farm in australia. epic fail!

[jamespaxton]

musama your having a mare.

[harrystokoe]

Musama look at his cricinfo profie: http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/272364.html

[musama91]

i think i heard them wrong then. apologies all round.

[Sam to the C]

he made his first class debut for NSW at 17 or 18 thats probably what you heard

[WALSHY]

Still great for breaking into the best team in the world at just 21!

[raymond]

Not sure how you worked that one out, common sense must of been left behind on the the boat going to oz. South africa beat you on home soil, we won the ashes, india would probably beat you aswell.

[WALSHY]

We are the best no more said.

[E-Unit]

Walshy, we were the best. Not anymore.

[WALSHY]

But soon we will regain our spot as the number one test team in the world.

[Jeet]

Not sure how you worked that one out, common sense must of been left behind on the the boat going to oz. South africa beat you on home soil, we won the ashes, india would probably beat you aswell.

What do you mean India "probably" beat Australia??? India battered Australia during the last Border Gavaskar series in India. India started Australia fall.

[musama91]

no team started Australia's fall. the retirement of key players started Australia's fall. how exactly do you replace mcgrath, warne, Gilchrist, Hayden and langer. these players were the best in the world at what they did.

India, no matter how well they have performed over the past 5 years or so, are unfortunately an average team with 2, maybe 3 above average players. You look into their record and see how they have failed to perform on several occasions. A good team can play poorly and STILL win. Australia had that.

The Australia team of the 90s/noughties was a team with good players. Now its just an average with 4 above average players (RP, MC, Lee and The Huss).

[Jeet]

no team started Australia's fall. the retirement of key players started Australia's fall. how exactly do you replace mcgrath, warne, Gilchrist, Hayden and langer. these players were the best in the world at what they did.

India, no matter how well they have performed over the past 5 years or so, are unfortunately an average team with 2, maybe 3 above average players. You look into their record and see how they have failed to perform on several occasions. A good team can play poorly and STILL win. Australia had that.

The Australia team of the 90s/noughties was a team with good players. Now its just an average with 4 above average players (RP, MC, Lee and The Huss).

You're clearly are an idiot. India average side? I don't know who you support but England haven't beaten India in a Test Series in over 15 years(that's home and away).

Secondly before the South Africans beat the Australians at home, we came mighty close to doing so ourselves. If it hadn't been for shocking umpiring decisions against us, we would possibly won down under during India's tour of Australia 2008-09.

Two or three players above average? Keep kidding yourself. Tendulkar, the second best batsman of all time, Sehwag, Gambhir, Laxman, Yuvraj, Harbhajan, Zaheer, Ishant the list goes on.