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        On another side-note, an interesting race is developing between
Gatting and Bevan; just who will pass, say, 30 first?
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It's always good to drop the story of the episode of Star Trek when Kirk
and Spock come back to the earth of the 60s. Finding a big old reel-to-
reel computer, they say 'Look, a primitive computer'. You can note smugly
that we can now agree with them.

:       On another side-note, an interesting race is developing between
: Gatting and Bevan; just who will pass, say, 30 first?

Actually this is an interesting one. If Bevan fails in the second
innings, I would advocate dropping him for the Sydney test. Langer or
Ponting both deserve a(nother) go.

Although I believe Bevan has the makings of a Test player, it is obvious
that he is sadly out of form right now. I would take him to the Windies
in any case.

One more thing. Rhodes must feel like a REAL batsman having the
nigh***chman come in for him after Gatting went. I must say I thought
that strange. Perhaps they have decided Gough is a better batsman than
Rhodes after all.

Josh

remember: better a diamond with a flaw
                   than a pebble without

Of course, anything that I may be foolish enough to say
is completely my own view. As they say, a fool and his
words are soon parted, a man of genius and his money.

How does that song go, _Short Memory_. Australia just came back from a
Tour of Pakistan where Michael Bevan topped the batting average list. He
has a lean trot in a side performing magnificently on the whole, and now
you want to drop him. Go figure!

I think if he doesn't have at least one good innings in the entire series
then his place may be in jeopardy, but you don't drop one of the most
promising (and recently most successful) batsman in the country
after 5 innings of a series, especially when the associated team is
enjoying another victorious series. Some people must really be searching
for conversation topics.

Incidentally, Michael Bevan wouldn't have been my choice to replace
Border in the team anyway, but now that the selectors have gone with him,
they should stick with him. If we start dropping players after a handfull
of low scores then we'll have a different line-up each game. Personally,
I think Ricky Ponting is the long term replacement for Border, but I
don't mind the selectors giving the 19-year-old a couple more seasons in
Shield Cricket first.

Micky T.

: How does that song go, _Short Memory_. Australia just came back from a
: Tour of Pakistan where Michael Bevan topped the batting average list. He
: has a lean trot in a side performing magnificently on the whole, and now
: you want to drop him. Go figure!

The batsman is out of form and is not an established member of the team
yet. In this climate of many possible good test batsmen going around in
Shield cricket, it is time for another one to be given a go.

Josh