Aussie Cricket
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Even Notch is having a shot at the skipper!
Mitchell Johnson: Team culture ‘toxic’ under Michael Clarke
Johnson: How ‘toxic’ culture poisoned Clarke’s team
Despite enjoying the form of his life under Clarke (120 wickets across 27 Tests at 24.71), Johnson maintains Australia’s team culture eroded under the right-hander, with cracks emerging after the retirement of Ricky Ponting in late 2012.
“The dynamics definitely changed. It became more groups in the team. It wasn’t a team as so. There was different little factions going on and it was very toxic,” Johnson told Fox Sports News ahead of the release of autobiography, Resilient.
The left-arm fast, who took the fourth-most wickets (313 at 28.40) of any Test bowler in Australian history, says little was done to stop the damage.
“It (the toxic culture) just built very slowly but everybody could see it, everybody could feel it.
“Nothing was being done at that time, so it wasn’t a very enjoyable place to be and you’re supposed to be enjoying yourself when you’re playing for your country.
“It was a pretty bad experience, bad time, a couple of us didn’t want to play. Even some of the young guys coming through could see it a mile away and they didn’t enjoy it, they said ‘state cricket’s so much more fun.’”
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@NTA everyone is settling scores this christmas aren't they?
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I'll stick it in her brexit
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Cricket:
@NTA everyone is settling scores this christmas aren't they?
He's got heaps of money, fame and was awesome at sport. If anything he's underachieving compared to the rest of us who have nothing.
Competitively speaking I should be with a 200kg, yoga pants wearing thing with warts and missing teeth.....which i'm certainly not.
She is from the Hutt though.
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First test of the summer starts tomorrow in Perth, Aus v South Africa. Aus lineup predictable.
Australian team: David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (c), Adam Voges, Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Cricket:
First test of the summer starts tomorrow in Perth, Aus v South Africa. Aus lineup predictable.
Australian team: David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (c), Adam Voges, Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon
@NTA will have kittens when he sees who's there in the number six spot.
As an Aussie fan it would make you long for Shane Watson surely......
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The summer of cricket has officially started. Whoop whoop, and what better way to kick things off with an SA vs Aus test match. A lot of talk about sledging etc so should be a pretty fiery encounter.
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
The blow is softened somewhat by having two Marshes.
Now it's kind of exciting to think about which one will fail harder
Their old man was hardly a superstar either so fucked if I know how they get picked but Shaun Marsh has an average just over 40 which puts him in the very good category for now.
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@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
The summer of cricket has officially started. Whoop whoop, and what better way to kick things off with an SA vs Aus test match. A lot of talk about sledging etc so should be a pretty fiery encounter.
I hear the deck is as flat as the last couple of years, which is a shame.
On the plus side: working from home the rest of the week!
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@MN5 said in Aussie Cricket:
Their old man was hardly a superstar either so fucked if I know how they get picked but Shaun Marsh has an average just over 40 which puts him in the very good category for now.
He was the kind of opener we needed at the time. Stick in the mud and all that.
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Clarke, Haddin warn against excessive sledging
Australia's former Test captain and vice-captain agree that forcing the issue verbally may do more harm to Australia than good
Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin warn against excessive sledging.
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@Chris-B. said in Aussie Cricket:
Clarke, Haddin warn against excessive sledging
Australia's former Test captain and vice-captain agree that forcing the issue verbally may do more harm to Australia than good
Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin warn against excessive sledging.
Bahahahahaha
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@NTA said in Aussie Cricket:
@No-Quarter said in Aussie Cricket:
The summer of cricket has officially started. Whoop whoop, and what better way to kick things off with an SA vs Aus test match. A lot of talk about sledging etc so should be a pretty fiery encounter.
I hear the deck is as flat as the last couple of years, which is a shame.
Which is probably why the Marsh boys were picked. They are pretty effective over there when there is a bit of extra bounce and not much else happening from the deck. I'm expecting a run fest. Weather forecast is 24 tomorrow then heating up on Friday and then 35 on Saturday.
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are the flat, lifeless decks in Aus now the worst in the world?
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