We really, really hated Watto. But mostly we loved him.
The age of Watto is coming to an end in a perfect storm of legs, balls and disappointment while everyone else laughs at his misfortune. We feel your pain, big man.
51allout investigates the mystery of the Hound of the Baskervilles. If Shane Watson is the hound and Baskervilles is a place where no-one ever scores any bloody Test hundreds.
And that’s the end of that.
From international debut to Unlikely Lad in less than a fortnight: Simon Kerrigan certainly doesn’t do things by halves.
Watto stepping down! Devereux stepping up! Liam Plunkett stepping outside to wait for us! All this and more in this week’s podcast.
We laughed! We cried! We hurled! We blame a combination of gin and Australia getting a pasting for all three. Now here’s our final word on the subject.
It’s been a tough week for Australia. From getting thrashed by India to sending their players home for trying to skive out of doing their homework, everything has gone wrong for the land down under. Apart from the imminent return of Devereux, that is. Plus the Compton/Root debate is put to bed once and for all.
The Wiggles: not as popular a topic as we hoped.
Xavier Doherty got his bowling average down to less than 73! Glenn Maxwell nearly took the first five wicket haul of his career! It’s been a great few days for Australia, apart from a few small details that we probably won’t get round to talking about.