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IPL biggest threat to international cricket, say Oz fans | Australian cricket fans are worried that the billion-dollar Indian Premier League (IPL) will emerge as the biggest threat to the health of international cricket in the near future. Participating in a
survey, they surprisingly also supported the one-day international format, but
were against Twenty20 cricket taking over, reports the Daily Telegraph. The fans
also branded Michael Clarke Australia's most overrated player and called for national
selection chairman Andrew Hilditch to be sacked. The Daily Telegraph survey of
more than 3500 people shows that fans are not sold on the flashy vice-captain,
despite his performance in the Ashes, when he was the top run scorer with 448
at 64. Seventy three percent of them said Australia's controversial chairman of
selectors Hilditch should be shown the door. Most said Hilditch has made some
bewildering decisions, and only a mere 17 per cent believed he should stay in
the job. Coach Tim Nielsen also copped a spray from fans with less than half sure
that he is the right man for generational change. The wide-ranging fan survey
also revealed: * Veteran batsman Mike Hussey should not retire from Test cricket
with an overwhelming majority of fans supporting him; * Injury-plagued former
spearhead Brett Lee is on the nose with 52 per cent of fans claiming he is finished
as a Test cricketer. · Only 19 per cent of Australians believe international cricketer
of the year Mitchell Johnson is the world's best Test bowler. · Fans believe young
gun Phillip Hughes was harshly treated when he was axed during the Ashes series. |
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