The scary thing about Aussie cricket is that they just have such a wonderful system, that even the retirement of legends like Warne and McGrath just doesn`t slow them down. And here`s why:
Remember in the early 90`s, when Boon, Taylor, Border, Healy, McDermott, Hughes, Jones and May all retired shortly after one another? Everyone was predicting a period of decline. But the youngsters of a few years before, the Warnes, Waughs etc, had by that time become established test winners. And so, they were able to take the pressure off of the new intake of youngsters like Ponting, McGrath, Hayden, Gilchrist and Lee. Now most of those youngsters have matured into test winners themselves, and by the time some of the current seniors retire, the Taits, Jacques` and Johnsons of the current squad will be world-class test winners.
And don`t discount some or other young 19-year-old leggie getting a go in the test side before Macgill calls it a day too. Macgill or Hogg will probably stick around just long enough for the new spinner to mature, just like May did for Warne.
God, it hurts. But the Aussies have the best cricket system in the world. And they`ll probably dominate well into the next millenium still.
