$4000 for Lump of Shit!!!!

You go on air and call someone "lump of shit" and get out of jail with a $4000 fine, which is probably less than what Symonds spent on "X" per day that is keeping him out of game. If I am McCullum, I will give Symonds the exact same words back and then give an apology and pay him $4000. Shame on hearing committee.

Ponting has been a big supporter of Symonds and he is extending every bit of his support to bring Symonds back to the national team. With so many retirements lately, Australia has been losing even the home series and they are trying to do everything to get back to winning ways. Even with Symonds (assuming he will be in full form), Australia will find it hard to beat South Africa in SA.

Oh BTW, did you hear Healy, Slater in the commentary box? Somebody tell them they are not spokesperson for the team and more importantly they need to wake up to the fact that Aussies are NOT invincibles anymore.

Singh is NOT King!

One brilliant test series and immediately you become an automatic choice for one day series. That used to be the story of VVS Laxman. Not any more. However, one brilliant one day series and immediately you become an automatic choice for test. That's the story of Yuvraj Singh. Did selectors not learn their lesson?

Though I hate Australian cricketers, I have always admired their selection process. One of the greatest one day player of all time, Micheal Bevan was consistently omitted from test cricket (though I believe he would have been a great test player too) and one of the most attacking test opening batsman, Micheal Slater was consistently omitted fron one day cricket.

If Sachin Tendulkar can walk in to the one day side and take his opening spot, leaving Gambhir, who was in red hot form, to either move to #3 position and even worst, sit out for a game in name of rotation, why not apply the same in test cricket. M Vijay must be wondering what he did wrong to not find a place in playing XI after that brilliant debut against one of the toughest opposition. Should I talk about why Rahul Dravid still thinks he can play test cricket? I guess that deserves a post on its own.

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