Don't expect too much of us - Clarke

[AsifTheManRahman]

Well well, now this is interesting. Thought it deserves a thread of its own. Is Australian dominance indeed coming to an end?

Michael Clarke says Australia cannot keep expecting series whitewashes after the retirement of several of the side's biggest stars. Clarke believes that with the changeover brought by the departures of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Justin Langer and Damien Martyn it is unrealistic to think Australia will dominate world cricket as they have for the past decade.
"I think the Australian public has taken the Australian cricket team's form for granted because we have had so many great players and they have performed so good for 10-15 years," Clarke told the Herald Sun. "I think it is unrealistic now and I think that has shown recently.
"We didn't win the Twenty20 World Cup. We only won 4-2 in the Indian one-day series and that was a tough series. I hope we win every game we play, but the reality is it can't happen."

More at: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ausv...ry/318415.html

[Eshen]

I think Clarke is just being humble here. Australia may lose a match every now and then, but their dominance in cricket is still far from an end. Players like Shaun Marsh and Luke Ronchi still struggles to find regular places in Australian state sides.

[One World]

The pool of talented cricketers is so high I believe Australia, so is Srilanka if stop all internal activities like age group cricket, academy etc. still has got nothing to lose for years to come.

[Aritro]

Nope, they'll stay at the top for several more years, fighting it out with Sri Lanka for the mantle of best Test team in the world.

[Gowza]

it's not coming to an end yet, the era after ponting, hussey, clark etc is still up in the air atm imo. we've definately got talents but they're still not consistent enough yet (even after a good 4/5 years in the state scene) so we'll have to wait and see whether they become as consistent as the current older crop or not.

[Sovik]

they still have some very good young players

[Rabz]

Clarke is just hosing down the "regular" expectation of the local crowd to bring some excitement in the game.

But the reality is, their talent pool is soo strong the whole world still got a million miles to walk before catching them.

Esp in the tough local turf, they would be near unplayable.

[Tigers_eye]

The era will only end if Australia starts to field a B team. Only then the A team will feel the heat. Enough said.

[One World]

Well Clarke was wrong indeed, Aussies should be allowed to send two teams in the next world cup.

[Sovik]

Originally Posted by One World
Well Clarke was wrong indeed, Aussies should be allowed to send two teams in the next world cup.

they should not be taking part in the world cup. rest of the teams will be playing against each other and the team that come out first will meet Australia in the final

[aliarafat]

australiake niye apneder eto asa.kintu australiar poton onibarjo.

[AsifTheManRahman]

bhai ei kotha to ajke 10 bochor dhore shune ashtesi. poton er "po" o to dekhlam na akhono.

[Rabz]

I think what Clarke actually meant was they already win matches by an innings and few gizillions runs every match...

When they bat, thier top 5 scores 3 centuries...'
When they bowl, thier new comers and "only after" bowlers breaks down the opponents,

Thats what Clarke meant. Things would be business as usual.
Just dont expect too much of them.

[aliarafat]

asif vai 20-20te hoishe.samne aro hobe.