Tag: Transition

The Australia cricket team are most certainly one in transition, and the biggest concern right now to the Australian board would be whether or not the quality of talent that Australia is producing now is up to the standards of their previous teams.

It was clear for all to see that it would take a period of time to recover and rehabilitate after the loss of such an inspirational generation of cricketers, with some of the finest cricketers to have ever graced the game leaving the team. The only man who still remains from that specific golden generation of Aussie cricketers is Ricky Ponting, and to a lesser extent Michael Clarke.

It appears now that Ponting is on his way out of the team, and he has done his best to try and help guide the team towards its new path, but a lot of work still appears to be needed. They have been bowled out for exceptionally low totals with far more regularity of late, with the problem in particular appearing to be the moving ball on seaming pitches.

This is a problem that needs to be addressed, and they also need to try and help bring the Australian public back to the game. Its popularity within the country appears to be on the wane, with attendances down and participation rates reduced. One of the ways in which Cricket Australia hopes to tackle the slump is via the introduction of the new T20 Big Bash League.

Its first game received a relatively poor attendance, but the television viewing figures of Shane Warne’s return to Australian cricket was sensational, so it is hard at this stage to understand just how successful this tournament will be.