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DK Lillee?
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Remarkable how his follicles started to descend from the top of his head to his lower jaw over that period ...
Why Jason Krejza never thought he was as good as he really was
The offspinner who took a dozen wickets on debut against India 12 years ago looks back at how it all went downhill from there
Regardless of what you think about Krezja, it was a very shabby, unacceptable way he got treated by the captain (Ponting), coach (Nielsen) and selectors.
During the restructuring phase post-Argus Review (after the disastrous Ashes campaign, losing 3 tests by an innings), under new leadership, Lyon progressed and as I said, he took the opportunity with both hands with minimal competition for his spot over the past 12 years, as well as the media support (Agar and O'Keefe were the stop gap options that had to settle with licking the crumbs off the king's plate when it came to opportunities at the highest level)
Why Jason Krejza never thought he was as good as he really was
The offspinner who took a dozen wickets on debut against India 12 years ago looks back at how it all went downhill from there
Regardless of what you think about Krezja, it was a very shabby, unacceptable way he got treated by the captain (Ponting), coach (Nielsen) and selectors.
During the restructuring phase post-Argus Review (after the disastrous Ashes campaign, losing 3 tests by an innings), under new leadership, Lyon progressed and as I said, he took the opportunity with both hands with minimal competition for his spot over the past 12 years, as well as the media support he's had (Agar and O'Keefe were the stop gap options that had to settle with licking the crumbs off the king's plate when it came to opportunities at the highest level)
Regarding O'Keefe, media plays a very major role. Lyon has predominantly been portrayed in a positive light over the past 12 years, whereas O'Keefe....even when he did well in India in 2017, the likes of influential media personnel such as Warne bagged the crap out of him ad nauseum. It was like O'Keefe could do nothing right (off the field, yes, there were some things he could've improved with his behavior, but I'm moreso focusing on O'keefe's onfield performances)
Hyperbole aside, I actually reckon SOK's off field behaviour has probably cost him in the hundreds of thousands of dollars when you consider the central contracts and other overseas opportunities that would have fed off that...
This is the way.
Yet the great Darren Berry was so terribly treated
SOK and Clarke had a falling out when SOK was given the NSW captaincy in 2011/12.
Faulkner as well - although he did have a prolonged international career in short formats. Also potentially Like Pommersbach who had a boatload of talent but issues off the field.
Sok did a guest speaking appearance with Katich and Matthews around the time Kat was dropped and blaming Clarke. Matthews went on a rant about how Katich should’ve dropped Clarke. Everyone in the room had a good time and laughed along with the story. About a week later Sok distanced himself from the comments. You just have to wonder how much went on behind the scenes there. Sok always put up decent FC numbers yet never got a look in.
