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Ramps, HIck, Adams, Maynard and James spanned a good few years and all of them could be considered Test failures as well.

Strength in depth? It’s hardly on the same level as omitting Lehmann, Bevan, Hussey and MacGill for years on end.

Most decent England players have a higher test average than first class average. Most australian players have a lower test match average than first class average.

Remember the days when law, lehmann, maher, cox were making hay in England: we always used to go on about how much depth they had. We ignored that fact that Ramps, Hick, Adams, Maynard, James etc were piling on as many runs while peripheral to the England set up.

Similarly, we got a lucky escape in Cardiff but at the same time were not good enough to bowl out the WI last year.

Get some perspective: two weeks ago and it was looking like we were clearly on top in this series. Now we are down and out.

I expect better king cricket.

That;s may be what it looks like from afar,

but some of them never come back – Rogers, Hodge – and others seem to have reserved places on the team forever, like Hussey and wannabee Twatto. And then there are those who should never have arrived, like the current selectors. And then there are others whom we now wish had never left. Like most of the pre-2008 players of the past decade.

Would you all stop moaning about Bell and co. and the failings of the counties? You’ve got JC Superstar, even if you have to wheel him out in a bath chair.

Plus, anyone who does have a poor start in Test cricket in Australia tends to come back, and come back far better (Martyn, Hayden), whereas the likes of Bell and Harmison come back doing exactly what they did before.

That’s not really the point though. The point is that the average bowler in Australian state cricket would adapt to Test cricket a damn sight quicker than the average county bowler and probably be more successful to boot.

There may be dry spells for the Aussies in terms of producing Test-standard cricketers, but those dry spells are less likely.