Australian side

I thought of looking at the present Aussie side to see how they may perform in the future.

Openers

Katich has come back very well but Haydos is coming to the end of his career but Jacques is battling with back problems and he isn't that convincing as a opener.

Middle order

Ponting, Hussey, Clarke still make up a formidable middle order but they will now be under more pressure to score big runs as Aussies don't have McGrath and Warne to bowl out opponents for 200 almost every time.

All rounder

Watson, who I believe was the most improved cricketer on this tour to India, yes it would have been better if he had scored few more runs but he was very good as a bowler as he was the only bowler in the Aussie camp who was able to move the ball and the interesting thing was that he was able to reverse the old ball both ways.

Haddin as a keeper played one or two fighting knocks but 30 and 40's won't help and he should aim for bigger one's. His keeping was a touch inconsistent.

Quicks

Lee, Johnson, CLark, Siddle. Lee had a forgettable tour as he was down on pace and confidence and Aus desperately need him to come back to form. Clark was disappointing as he rarely made the batsmen play, yes injuries did not help but he needs to develop his skills otherwise he will be good only on wickets which helps quicks. Johnson bowled quick and got a bit of success but he should look to move the ball and he does not have the one that comes back into the batsmen. Siddle looked raw but bowled with a bit of pace and was able to move the ball a bit. Bollinger did not play though he is said to be someone who gets a bit of awkward bounce, maybe one for the future.

Spinners

Krejza, and White. Krejza in the only test he played did well as he flighted the ball and turned a bit and hopefully with time he will become better with his control too, White was more of a stop gap option and as expected he was no good as a bowler.

Outside the squad

Batsmen- D.Hussey, Hughes, Marsh, Voges, all of them are ok but Hodge, Hussey are not young. Marsh looks like a promising cricketer as seems to be Hughes.

Bowlers-Tait, Hilfy, both are good but they seem to lose confidence very quickly, someone like Tait can be very effective as he bowls with real pace and a slingy action but comes with it waywardness. McGAIN got injured and flew back to Aus very early in the tour but he is said to someone who is a ok leg spinner but he is well into his 30's, maybe they can have a look at Casson the left arm chinaman bowler who was ok in Westindies.

Ronchi as a keeper looks more like a one day cricketer, maybe Paine is better. Symonds may be recalled as a all rounder but question marks would be still be there on his attitude. He can do well in tests but I still believe he is more suited to the shorter formats of the game.

All in all the future is not that bad but it does not look like they are going to dominate.