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Message: [QUOTE="Battler, post: 2959540, member: 8509"] He was still the best player at the time, and it's not like the Aussie cricket culture is anti-booze. They didn't even give him a chance. Lyon was the definition of a plodder and was absolutely gifted a baggy green and subsequently cost us several series before he eventually evolved into an OK off spinner (he could have been doing that in shield cricket). What I'm getting at is that under Clarke's reign, and he was a selector so this is valid criticism, they started giving more and more blokes opportunities on subjective attributes like "potential" or "class" or even "technique" and moved away from rewarding performers in domestic cricket. It worked for Clarke himself when he debuted, but it's proven to be more hit than miss most of the time. [/QUOTE]

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