Ponting queries Bangladesh Test status

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Just think, Test players won't see another ball in anger 'til the 23rd of November. The poor things

Which wil be the start of a full-on cricket schedule that will last the better part of four months! Give them a decent break I say!!

[ORDoubleBlues]

Just think, Test players won't see another ball in anger 'til the 23rd of November. The poor things

Which wil be the start of a full-on cricket schedule that will last the better part of four months! Give them a decent break I say!!

4 months of cricket at about $10,000 (everday, not just playing days) a day, gee, what a chore.

[Rik E Boy]

Ooh Arr, you a missing the point entirely. What I am on about is not 'poor things' but 'hey if we have well thought out schedule our team will perform at its best', rather than some of the dodgy efforts we saw in Bangladesh recently. I'd love to play cricket for a living as we all would but as fans we like to see our team playing to it's ability, and not being hamstrung by a crap schedule.

As Bill has said, they have been playing non stop since the series against the Windies and our form against Bangladesh was woeful at times and the fatigue in the regular players was evident. Ditto for the Protea Girls. They played a series before coming to Aus, played six tests and then played against New Zealand and the Proteas have little bowling depth, sheesh, how else would that bunny Stephen Fleming score 260 odd?

As for feathering nests, I can't see these blokes doing a WG and playing into their 50's. It is a lucrative career but it also a career with a short life span so you can hardly hold it against the blokes for wanting to earn some scratch. Besides, it is the posters on this site saying too much cricket rather than the players themselves. Do you honestly believe the schedule for international cricket is a good one at the moment? I understand your jealousy as I share it but mate, the schedules are carp end of story.

regards,

REB