They dumped me
Australia’s Find of the Year wasn’t good enough for the World Cup
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Stuart Clark - Australia
Here’s a conundrum. Australia’s one-day bowling is all over the place, so what do they do? They choose to ignore their Find of the Year, Stuart Clark, whose nine Tests in 2006-07 produced 47 wickets at an economy-rate of less than two-and-a-half an over. It was a baffling bit of selectorial whimsy that justifiably had Clark, “the new Glenn McGrath TM”, seeking some sort of clarification from the chairman of selectors, Andrew Hilditch. “If there was a World Cup semi-final at stake, I’d much rather have him bowling than a couple of other guys,” said Geoff Lawson among others. However, Hilditch and Co. perhaps had half an eye on the events in Kuala Lumpur last September, when Clark was spanked for 87 in seven overs […]
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