As a kid I was good at cricket. Absolutely loved watching it too. When Steve Waugh retired and Michael Clarke eventually became captain it was the beginning of the end for me. I’d be hard pressed to name 3 players in this current Test team.
The Australian cricket team is the only sporting side I have supported that has had any success in my life time.
Growing up in the early 2000s watching the team win everything but also have two entertainers in Gilly and Warne especially not only dominate but they also changed the game forever made me love the sport as much as Rugby League.
Gilly forced keepers into having be decent batsman and Warne's leg-spin was a true art that we have never seen before or probably again.
The one thing where cricket has lost its way is the characters in the game have been weeded out.
Most cricketers these days are plastic and very vanilla as individuals.