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I’d argue there’s a bigger gap in the bowling. We haven’t had a spinner comparable to Lyon for years, and before that they had Warne. And their 3 quicks currently are superb.

It’s Australia’s national sport, whereas a relatively small % of our population play (or have interest in) cricket. The more accurate comparison would be between ‘playing populations’. There’s a reason why, with a few notable exceptions, they’ve generally been better than us (since the 80s...

This won’t be a popular opinion, but here it is anyway. There’s just too many teams with 18 counties. There are only 6 Sheffield Shield teams in Oz. This means not only too much cricket but also the talent is too diffused, making the overall standard not demanding enough. Two (or 3) divisions...