Australia's Pathetic 2007/08 Schedule

[mattfb]

That is the plus side of this schedule. The fans get non stop cricket for nearly 12 months (like i stated in an earlier post) Although the downer is the players are worked to hard and warn out!!

 

[Hooper]

Who cares about the players They get paid bucket loads to play a game they love! why would they complain?

 

[mattfb]

When they get whacked with injuries and not playing to there best abilities going to see understrength teams is a waste of money. But i will still watch all the games They should be able to handle it.

 

[PhilD123]

Who cares about the players They get paid bucket loads to play a game they love! why would they complain?

Money isn't going to stop mental and physical burnout though is it. How can you be able to play at your peak performance level when you play so many matches? The fans want to be able to see the best players in action, that wont be able to happen if players have to play so many games.

 

[smssia0112]

We won't win 12 months straight, we will be forced to rest star players and will be weaker for it because the team gets a burnout, I woudl rather see a well rested team play our home series between November-Early February, and no more than two tours in winter, both with ODI and Test cricket. Scrap the stupid tours of Zimbabwe and India and go back when the Zimbos have Test cricket, and when we are playing tests in India as well.

 

[LastLaughInc]

I mean why the hell do we have to play SEVEN ODIs with no tests in India, we could use that time to play Test Cricket here, it's ridiculous.

Why the hell does every other visiting team have to play 10 ODIs in Australia ? They could use that time to play Test cricket at home. Remember, the Aussie summer is also the subcontinental winter, that is their cricket season. Every time a subcontinental team tours the Oh-so-traditional Australia they are giving up on prime cricketing season back home to play 10 meaningless ODIs down under. If you're going to throw a baseless tantrum, atleast do your research properly.

To yourself you are more important than pakistn in terms of matches but ask any indian or pakistani which matches they would rather see and you would get your answer

anyway regarding the summer issue,
no fans have asmuch right to moan like us pakistanis do,
we havent seen a sumeer or spring match for so many years and have to see players walking off 2 hours early in every day of every home test match in winter

next years aussie series will be the first spring series since the india tour in 2004 where we will hopefully get full days play

Exactly. The only thing more pathetic than India being forced to tour Australia/New Zealand during the Indian prime cricketing season (which runs October through February) is Pakistan being forced to play their home matches in the Pakistani winter. And then the home fans are forced to watch dull draws because the dew and fading light makes it impossible to complete a test in 5 days.


Really, for the whinging Aussie fans, here's an eye-opener:

Australia has their cricket season in their summer.

India (being largely tropical) has their cricket season in their winter, that is at exactly the same time as Australia do.

Yet, we always see India being forced to tour Australia in that period. We never see Australia making a sacrifice even once and touring India in the November-January period.

India sacrifice a large part of their home cricket season everytime they tour Australia. So unless Australia is prepared to reciprocate and tour India during that time instead, I suggest those whinging about the teensy weensy alteration in the Aussie schedule realise the pettiness of their argument.

We are the number 1 team in the world, and India so need us for money that we have to play them every single year in a useless ODI Series.

That is incorrect . India does not need Australia to make money. In fact the non-requirement of Australia for the Indian board to make money can be illustrated by the fact that the BCCI actually paid the Australians and West Indies to play the DLF cup in Malaysia. They footed the bill for the entire tournament.

The reason India will be playing so many ODIs against Australia over the next couple of years is because the BCCI has a stated goal of making the Indian team play against the best teams as much as possible to raise the Indian teams cricketing standards. And teams don't get much better than this Australian team.

 

[smssia0112]

Why the hell does every other visiting team have to play 10 ODIs in Australia ? They could use that time to play Test cricket at home. Remember, the Aussie summer is also the subcontinental winter, that is their cricket season. Every time a subcontinental team tours the Oh-so-traditional Australia they are giving up on prime cricketing season back home to play 10 meaningless ODIs down under. If you're going to throw a baseless tantrum, atleast do your research properly.

Because it is part of a tour, if you don't want to play the Triangular series then you don't have to, the West Indies didn't two years ago after they played 3 tests here. Your sponsors want you to, to make money.

That is incorrect . India does not need Australia to make money. In fact the non-requirement of Australia for the Indian board to make money can be illustrated by the fact that the BCCI actually paid the Australians and West Indies to play the DLF cup in Malaysia. They footed the bill for the entire tournament.

That is exactly WHY they need us to make money for them. They footed the bill because they organized it because they wanted money from sponsors and TV viewing, which is high when Australia plays against India.

India sacrifice a large part of their home cricket season everytime they tour Australia. So unless Australia is prepared to reciprocate and tour India during that time instead, I suggest those whinging about the teensy weensy alteration in the Aussie schedule realise the pettiness of their argument.

Once again, this is about Australia's schedule, not India's or Pakistan's. I can't comment on why they don't change their own schedule, why not send them an angry letter and find out? The fact is, Australia has disadvantaged its own fans and the sport itself, by extending the summer into March. Unlike in India, Australia's biggest sports are in winter, Australian Football and Rugby, and unlike in India and Pakistan, playing cricket in Winter would be useless because because of the climate. (I assume if it's played there anyway).

 

[manee]

We get to play 7 ODIs this summer against India, how fun...

In my opinion, that is far too much. I am not a fan of series' beyond 3 matches of each form.

 

[smssia0112]

In my opinion, that is far too much. I am not a fan of series' beyond 3 matches of each form.

Especially when it is an ODI series not comprising of any tests. It is just pointless. 7 is ridiculous.

 

[sohum]

Once again, this is about Australia's schedule, not India's or Pakistan's. I can't comment on why they don't change their own schedule, why not send them an angry letter and find out? The fact is, Australia has disadvantaged its own fans and the sport itself, by extending the summer into March. Unlike in India, Australia's biggest sports are in winter, Australian Football and Rugby, and unlike in India and Pakistan, playing cricket in Winter would be useless because because of the climate. (I assume if it's played there anyway).

If it's about the Australian schedule, you should stop blaming the Indian board for messing your schedule up (as you did in the first post).

 

[smssia0112]

If it's about the Australian schedule, you should stop blaming the Indian board for messing your schedule up (as you did in the first post).

I'm complaining about India Board messing up Australia's schedule, how is that not about Australia's schedule.