Well I'll tell you I don't want to hear what they are currently pumping out...
I think the problem is the Australian media are too closed minded. They are constantly looking for storylines that back up their own personal opinions. They don't report on anything. They blog basically, and any facts they use are skewed to fit their stories. Currently their personal-pet storylines are stuff like Test cricket is dead or Brad Hodge is the unluckiest cricketer ever or Ricky Ponting is a shocking captain or Phil Hughes should never have been dropped or Chris Gayle is lazy or Shane Watson can't open blah blah blah. I don't agree with ANY of those storylines. Sure they are the ones I notice because they don't mesh with my opinion, but the fact that they constantly crop up in their articles and that they are just waiting for the slightest sniff of a scent to even mention the issue - that's what gets me.
As soon as Watson went for a duck, you just knew that 3 articles would be written about how Watson's got massive problems, how Hughes should never have been dropped and that the writers would quote any ex-player they could find to get a quote to back that up to support their argument. When the Windies lost in 3 days, cue the articles about the death of Test cricket. The writing is just so predictable, and it adds NOTHING to the knowledge base of fans at all. It's just opinionated crap.
This is why Shane Watson has become one of my favourite players. The media write him off all the time, and he doesn't deserve it. Bill Lawry called 2 balls he bowled last Test, one was 'a long hop' and one was 'a half volley' and they landed in almost the same spot :laugh It's why I'm almost going for the West Indies today, hopefully they come close to winning just so these 'reporters' can eat some humble pie.
got rid of the openers 
