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Mitchell Marsh, future Australian captain and all-rounder.

When will you realise that we don't care?

:facepalm

Damn. Lazy mistake.

They really need to not rush him. There's going to be a big deal about him- there already is- but the worst thing is for him to believe his own hype. As for Greg Chappell's comments that he should play in the Ashes, it's rubbish. He, as yet, doesn't have the numbers or experience to back him...

OMG! Where?!! Thanks :D

^^ That's what I thought. Just to clear something up, the article wasn't a swipe at the England side, but at the tournament.

Did they win either game against the West Indies or Ireland? No. My point has nothing to do with the situation of either game, nor the potential outcome if they hadn't been rain affected. England didn't win a game in the group stage, and therefore it's not logical for them to be able to qualify...

:banana2 My instructions in joining the PC View were to write opinionated articles, which is what I've done. Opinions are polarising, that's the point. No I haven't. I've taken an obtuse, scathing swipe at the organisation of the tournament. My opinions would be the same if any team was in...

In theory though, this tournament is used to figure out the "best Twenty20 teams" is it not?

Overrated XI 1. Chris Gayle 2. Tillakaratne Dilshan 3. Kevin Pietersen - hasn't produced since about 06/07 in Australia 4. Ian Bell - even though no-one really rates him in the first place :laugh 5. Yuvraj Singh 6. Shahid Afridi 7. MS Dhoni - not a natural gloveman, and touted as the best...

I think it's just first-class cricket he's retired from. He will find it hard to get into the NSW side in any format if all the fast bowlers are fit, and he's got a really, really bad action, so maybe he's just cutting his losses.

Dwayne Bravo worries me more; Warner has at least kicked up a bit of a stink about not playing Shield cricket, but Bravo has tasted the big time yet is still rather outspoken in his loyalties to his Twenty20 sides ahead of the West Indies. Ben Rohrer. And with promising young opener Nic...

Yeah, but I though that would have been the exact reason he would be looking for a move. He's going to find it very tough to break into the NSW middle order, and he's got no hope of opening.

Interestingly, David Warner has re-signed for NSW for the next 3 seasons. I was absolutely sure he'd be going elsewhere to get some Shield cricket, but obviously not. He still won't play Shield though, so maybe the money in Twenty20 has won him over.