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Originally Posted by Baundule
Shakib will make any team and Tamim with a bit more control of his temper would have also done the same. Good that Siddons chose the right time to bring us in the discussion of test cricket.
But asking Australia to learn from us is lame. They are up against the red-hot English team and their key batsmen losing the form and getting injured do not make the task easy. Still they have managed to win one and draw another one remaining on commanding position. The two tests they have lost are due to their batting failure in the first innings from where they could not recover. They are sure to get things right before the world cup. If Hauritz performs well, they may be the surprise winner of the world cup as well.
The situation of Bangladesh cricket is completely different from that of the Aussies. The same medicine, whatever it is, does not apply to them. Siddons has taken the approach of developing players playing in the national team. The Aussies have much better infrastructure and their players are ready at the very first moment when they start playing international cricket. With every Australian player, not only the likes of Ponting and Clarke, form is the key, there is nothing to 'work them up' as suggested by Siddons. They are already finished products.
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So Steven Smith, Phil Hughes, Tim Paine, Xavier Doherty are finished products? No matter how good a country's domestic structure and development program is it never fully prepares a player for International cricket. There is also something called experience. Siddons is spot on here and it fully applies to the current Australian scenario.