A series of frustrations

Australia won but what a frustrating series it was! Firstly the ABC, the home of cricket (played in Australia) gave us very little - occasional references to the scores. This echoed their appalling coverage of the series in Sri Lanka last year. The Tests in South Africa were covered but not those in Sri Lanka or the West Indies. The cricket - what sort of wickets were those tests played on? Sponge rubber? The scoring was slow, totals were low and generally it was pretty unattractive. Mike Hussey's career was prolonged while Ed Cowan still hasnt cemented his place. He needs some big hundreds to do so - even though the opening partnership works well at times. Why do we play a confected team? The West indies is a group of countries and should play as individual nations. In the 1980s I called for Australia to pick from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa to even things up. It is like an IPL team in the Test roster. The public still hasnt taken to Michael Clarke - despite his innovative captaincy - Michael Beer opening the bowling for example - and his results. I'm not sure what he has to do? Next a one day series in England. I suspect the ABC might cover that!