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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (melon @ Feb 2 2009, 01:53 AM)
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I'd be the last to admit it, but it seems Australia's aura of invincibility is gone. No longer can we make excuses about every facet of play. It's time to admit the likes of South Africa are our equal.
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More along the lines of Sri Lanka being your equal whilst SA and India being the two superior teams in the world don't you reckon?
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One bad summer and we're equal with Sri Lanka?
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I was thinking one great period of cricket from Sri Lanka and a form slump from Australia which makes them equal. Sri Lanka have been brilliant with the likes of Dilshan, Jayasuriya, Sangakarra, Jayawardene, Mendis and Murali all at the top of their game. All those players would walk into the Aussie team at this very moment.
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Last year NO Sri Lankan players would've walked into the Aussie team when we killed them 2-0. I doubt that it's changed much a year later.
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I take it you don't follow cricinfo Dale? Go and take a look at Sri Lanka's results over the past year. They destroyed India emphatically only a month before the Aussies got slapped by them. It's hard to believe but they really have come a long way. Look at Ajantha Mendis stats also, they're insane.
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No. I admit I dont really give a **** about other series anymore, no point now I haven't had foxtel for a year now.
No doubting it's great to see SL and other nations rise up, but you can't seriously rank us to them after one year of good results for them and 1-2 ordinary series for us.
Most people like to focus on Australia losing and harp on how bad they are doing (f***ing media). rather than the other teams (SA and INDIA) beating them and that team just playing better than them. Saying that winning in India is very unlikely no matter how good your team is.
I really hope SA can keep up their good form over the next 5 years.
I'm not going to say our dominance is over, they were saying that after we lost to England and I'm not giving in yet even though 99% has lost faith in the baggygreen, Australia will come back better than ever.
Of course you will struggle when Johnson is your lead bowler in your attack, you don't have a spinner and the selectors are idiots.
