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Listed below are comments made by fiveoffthetee between Friday, 12th June 2009 and Wednesday, 2nd September 2009.

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Cricket misses the point again 09:52am on 02 Sep 2009 Thank you Hoggy-Bear. Ben Dirs I hope you do not describe yourself as a sports journalist to anyone.
No instant impact from Hauritz 11:37am on 26 Jun 2009 Underthepump, I am very pleased to see a fellow Australian speaking plainly and sensibly about Lee. I too hope he is not picked. I do not understand why the Australian selectors have persisted with him for ten years. It is hard to find a regular Australian bowler of the last fifteen or twenty years with a worse bowling average than him. I think it may be impossible if you look only at bowlers who spent ten years or more as fixtures in the team (ie suggesting they are leading and dominant Australian and international cricketers). With the exception of a couple of series shortly after McGrath retired, he has never stepped up and taken responsibility for the attack. Year after year he has persisted in bowling as fast as he can without any craft while getting carted for 7 an over. With McGrath and Warne in the side, this didn't matter much. But now...
New-look Aussies out to take Ashes chance 12:16pm on 24 Jun 2009 England must be favourites. While both sides have a well publicised mix of experience and youth, the England side is far more settled and mature and has played better and more consistently in the last 6 months. Australia has lost Test series away to India and at home to South Africa and of course exited the World T20 in disgrace. They did win away to South Africa, but didn't do particularly well in the ODIs and T20s there. And while I know T20 and test cricket is very different, I was amazed when I saw Australia play WI at the Oval recently how many of the (likely) Test team were playing. As eveyone else here notes, though, Australia remains dangerous, and if Ponting and HUssey get amongst the runs they have a top and middle order to back them up and make it count. Australia's weakest links? The bizarrely over-rated Watson (who the Australian selectors actually say is there for his batting and that his bowling is a 'bonus') and the ever disappointing, expensive, unsuccessful and over-rated Brett Lee.
Mickelson set to woo New York again 3:19pm on 12 Jun 2009 Iain, can you explain the reason for the sudden surge in BBC blogs about what a great bloke Phil Mickelson is and what a less than pleasant person Tiger is? It's really noticeable. It's also very odd. I have nothing against Phil, and always enjoy interviews with him for his charm and what appears to be his genuine love of the game, but you're not the only person who knows people involved in professional golf and there is no way anyone else who does can possibly believe that you have only ever heard one negative story about Phil.

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