The old grey mare, she aint what she used to be.
So she retired.
Leaving behind a muddled mess of public utterances of a man who clearly didn’t know what he wanted in recent times.
MacGill hasn’t looked fit in a long time, and I can’t remember someone looking older than him playing for Australia in the modern era.
His last 4 tests have been terrible, with full tosses being his best deliveries.
Now he leaves, mid series, and very few Australians will be sad to see him go.
I will leave the Stuey retiring post for a more convenient hour than 5 in the AM.
For the final test you would assume that the Young and the Restless’ Beau Casson will play in the third test.
The selectors would probably not have picked Beau ahead of CWB’s Bryce McGain if they thought Stuey would do a runner.
Beau was sent over as a project player, but Australia is about to find out at what stage that project is at.
Stuey ending his run like he did is a good thing for Australian cricket, because with over 200 wickets to his name he was always going to get more chances than the average player, and therefore could have spent the next few tests missing the pitch before they dropped him.
This gives Beau a chance to play a test before he gets to India, and Bryce a chance to start hitting the indoor nets.
Here at Cricket with Balls we pride ourselves on our Journalism and we have contacted Bryce McGain to hear his response.
He was unreachable, perhaps due to the hour, or perhaps due to the fact he was bowling sliders in his backyard wearing Homer Simpson Pyjamas.
But here is what I think he will say,
“Stuey has been a great bowler for Australia and he will be missed. I am not sure if I am next in line, that’s up to the selectors. I feel ready for test cricket, and I know I have a good few years in me. Cricket with balls rocks.”
Cricket With Balls, we are in the trenches.
Typically, he just picked up a wicket with a big-spinning legbreak.Probably a full toss gone wrong.
The commentators are wondering whether he’ll recant his retirement announcement…
were those windies comentators?Then I don’t blame them.
about time too!!longhop, fulltoss, wide, longhop, fulltoss, wrong-un. long hop.That’s no way to bowl in test match cricket. Sarwan is a better legspinner than that old aged fucker.
You forgot ‘no ball’, Suave.
I love Suave’s descriptions of overs. There were indeed more than a few no-balls today. One of the commentators noted that this was unusual for a spinner, but that Warne himself sometimes bowled a few no-balls. He then would have had to bite his lip somewhat to prevent himself saying “and he took a few wickets too”.
Isn’t it Stuey’s misfortune that he was competing mostly with Warnie for a place in the side?
hey, suave Macgill may be an old aged fucker, but he’s our old aged fucker and you’ll leave ‘im alone!Pommy bastard!
Mimi, the argument could go both ways, had it not been for Warne, Australia may never have played a leg spinner, and not sought out others. The team never tried to have regular leggies before warne.
More to come.Allegedly, Stuey had been on the piss and missed the team bus.Allegedly.
Time to get on the “Greg Matthews for NSW” bandwagon.
Tony, I did hear that. Rodney Hogg said, there has never been a cricketer arrive late at a game where alcohol wasn’t involved.
recant…decant….he can’t. It’s back home to the cellar for Stew where a full toss can be better appreciated