A Test match is like a painting. A one day match is like a Rolf Harris painting. |
Greg can be a very patient man, much more diplomatic than either his father or his elder brother. However, if you don't want to hear the truth, then don't ask him for a frank opinion. Greg grew up in a household where frank opinions were served up at breakfast more often than cereal and fruit juice. |
I think Tait and Michael Clarke are two blokes who have to go to South Africa. |
If Australia had to go into the (West Indies) series without anything in the interim they would have still had the doubts raised by their loss to England hanging over them. |
The Australian captain, the players and selectors have all suffered from thrashing too many soft opponents. |
To beat Australia the opposing captain has to be prepared to attack and use his initiative, as Michael Vaughan so expertly displayed in the recent Ashes series, and on what I have seen so far, this is beyond Smith, |