Yes or no? And why?

I say no it is not ruining the game of cricket.

Yes or no? And why?

I say no it is not ruining the game of cricket.

Definitely! Look at p*ss poor crowd at Gabba 1st test! There's been some speculation of letting Aussie players play for other countries to even things up seen as though there's only 11 spots in Test Team. That's how one sided it is at the moment.

Definitely! Look at p*ss poor crowd at Gabba 1st test! There's been some speculation of letting Aussie players play for other countries to even things up seen as though there's only 11 spots in Test Team. That's how one sided it is at the moment.
Yeah. Only around 13,000 people per day for the three days they were there.

i dont think its ruining cricket, i just think it gives the other nations (who are playing poor cricket) a benchmark. If you watch NZ play australia in the last hadlee/chapple series you can see them step up every time they play australia.

i think it just shows where world cricket is going.............DOWN.

it shows that only Australia and Australians are serious about the sport..........otherwise, the other countries would be performing better.

times have changed and who could be fked playing a 5 day game of cricket??..who could be fked watching a 5 day game?..

unless cricket moves with the times, it will go DOWN big time.

Yes it is ruining the sport, because nobody wants to pay money to watch a walkover. i don't watch anymore either because there is no contest to look forward to. When the next couple of older players ( Gilly Hayden Hussey ) retire the others may bridge the gap and the contest might return to the game.

years ago when every team aspired to beat the mighty West Indies the grounds were packed and although we didn't beat them often it was inspiring stuff when we did. now nobody in australia gives a **** because they have become too used to the team winning inside 4 days. I never thought success could be the downfall of the game in this country but that's the way it's become. The game in this country needs the South Africans and the English to take their game to a new level because I believe they are currently the only 2 teams able to provide some sort of contest in the future.

Isn't the real question, is the rest of the worlds lower level of cricket standard ruining the game?

You can't blame the ozzy cricket team for being too good.

I think the cricket world cup was quite a sucessful showing of international cricket and how its growing globally.

Isn't the real question, is the rest of the worlds lower level of cricket standard ruining the game?

You can't blame the ozzy cricket team for being too good.

I think the cricket world cup was quite a sucessful showing of international cricket and how its growing globally.

i agree with that mate

It was way too early for the ICC to let Bangladesh become a Test nation. Gillespie got a double ton against them which says a lot about their attack. Zimbabwe are a shambles with their dire ploitical situation. The only time cricket's been good in the last 10 years was the 2005 Ashes Series which was excellent with a huge build up for last year's series with England not bothering to even turn up last summer. Other than that Australia's running a muck and I can't see any country really challenging Australia at the moment. There should be an Australian A side playing which was a good concept some time back. Who's going to pay to see Sri Lanka who are worse than the State teams here in Australia get romped by Australia in 3 days?

Isn't the real question, is the rest of the worlds lower level of cricket standard ruining the game?

You can't blame the ozzy cricket team for being too good.

I think the cricket world cup was quite a sucessful showing of international cricket and how its growing globally.
That is true.

The rest of the world should get their act up. I'm sure in the near future there will be teams which will be as good as the Aussies.

i voted no.. yeah australia dominating a country like sri lanka doesnt make for good crowds but ill still watch it.. if you're a real fan you'll sit back and go.. 20 years ago australia was getting butt ****ed all over the shop.. and we'll most likely not see a dominant side like this for ages. im thinking lets just celebrate our success while we have it. cricketing dominance has always gone in cycles.. im enjoying our time in the sun while we have it.

also.. id like to wait and see how our bowling attack goes under pressure without warney and mcgrath before i assume that we're still top ****

i voted no.. yeah australia dominating a country like sri lanka doesnt make for good crowds but ill still watch it.. if you're a real fan you'll sit back and go.. 20 years ago australia was getting butt ****ed all over the shop.. and we'll most likely not see a dominant side like this for ages. im thinking lets just celebrate our success while we have it. cricketing dominance has always gone in cycles.. im enjoying our time in the sun while we have it.

also.. id like to wait and see how our bowling attack goes under pressure without warney and mcgrath before i assume that we're still top ****

Totally agree with you mate but this cycle seems to have lasted too long and people are bored of watching one sided test matches. Think about it, when the poms won back the ashes the crowds here for the return series was huge because everyone anticipated a cracking hotly contested series. The worst thing that could have happened happened and Australia routed them 5 nil.

Totally agree with you mate but this cycle seems to have lasted too long and people are bored of watching one sided test matches. Think about it, when the poms won back the ashes the crowds here for the return series was huge because everyone anticipated a cracking hotly contested series. The worst thing that could have happened happened and Australia routed them 5 nil.

yeah definitely..

i guess there's a distinction between.. whether australia's dominance is bad for the game in general or whether it's bad for spectator interest and enjoyment in australia. i definitely agree with ya mate id love to be seeing the games go down to the wire and not know that australia is going to win by 500 runs without batting twice. just reading an andrew symonds column the other day talking about appreciating our dominance because it wont last.. had me looking at it all from a different perspective.

I didnt know they still played that. Is that really considered a sport?

I didnt know they still played that. Is that really considered a sport?

why wouldnt it be?

yeah definitely..

i guess there's a distinction between.. whether australia's dominance is bad for the game in general or whether it's bad for spectator interest and enjoyment in australia. i definitely agree with ya mate id love to be seeing the games go down to the wire and not know that australia is going to win by 500 runs without batting twice. just reading an andrew symonds column the other day talking about appreciating our dominance because it wont last.. had me looking at it all from a different perspective.


Don't get me wrong, Simmo is right they deserve all the accolades for the way they have walloped all before them over a long period of time. It's just for me personally cricket just doesn't grab my interest like it used to because most of the time the result is a foregone conclusion.

Don't get me wrong, Simmo is right they deserve all the accolades for the way they have walloped all before them over a long period of time. It's just for me personally cricket just doesn't grab my interest like it used to because most of the time the result is a foregone conclusion.

more than fair :beerchug:

Sangakkaras a classy batsmen. Sri Lanka going to pull of a win here in Hobart.

Sangakkaras a classy batsmen. Sri Lanka going to pull of a win here in Hobart.

He is a good player certainly.
If Sri lanka pull off a win good luck to them, but it does not hide the facts.

They have only taken 7 Aussie wickets in this match for a combined total of 752 runs.
In the first test they took just 4 Aussie wickets for 551 runs. The Aussies didn't need to bat again.
That's a combined total over the two tests of 11 Aussie scalps for 1303 runs.
That's discraceful for any bowling attack and a draw may hide those figures but it's obvious they are not top shelf besides one or 2 batsman.

Sangakkaras a classy batsmen. Sri Lanka going to pull of a win here in Hobart.

bet you 10k they dont?

Theres a good chance that they won't win, because Australia always rises to the occasions. Besides, Australia declared, which isn't an accurate reflection of the result whichever way it goes.

Theres a good chance that they won't win, because Australia always rises to the occasions. Besides, Australia declared, which isn't an accurate reflection of the result whichever way it goes.

hey tills mate good to have you here. you were at ESB a while ago right? i promise you this place is alot better and you dont have to watch out for cuntish admin

ill add you to our roll call

hey tills mate good to have you here. you were at ESB a while ago right? i promise you this place is alot better and you dont have to watch out for cuntish admin

ill add you to our roll call


Hehehehe, I was waiting for some1 to recognise me. i got banned from esb, cuz some idiot always provokes me, so I retaliate , and then they fkn ban me. Can you believe it? It's always some fkn idiot, who replies insults, and I get in sht , cuz I retaliate.

by the way, are you referring to the moderators when you say cuntish admin?

yeah the moderators over there suck mate. i got banned for a month for repeating a rumour that i heard and then when i got back i was I.P banned and i still dont know why. anyhow this forum is a hell of a lot better have no doubt.