How??? Perhaps you got confused by how I phrased it. I guess I should have said it like this:

The West Indies pose no threat to anyone, and now that Pakistan don't have Wasim Akram or Waqar Younis and Shoaib is unreliable, they aren't that brilliant either.

ah, yeah sorry, reading too quickly i guess!

Curently yes the indian attac has become one to be feared in international cricket but u must understand that they have only around recently.The one that Hodge played against was not. The bowling attack of India is good no doubt with the likes of Pathan, Blagi maybe,Khan, Singh and Kumble. But i guess its a matter of opinion. It has always been said in recent time that india rely mainly on their batting to get them the victory because their batting lineup is if anything tied with the aussie, could be better with Sachin, Sehwag, Ganguly,Dravid, Yuvraj,Laxman but their lack of part time bowlers with the ability to take wickets hurts them especially in the test arena which is where other test nations take advantage, there has to be a reason India have not won a test series outside the sub continent in a 16 years

see how the indian bowling attack is cleaning up the pakistan batting as we speak? dont say they are not good!

[QUOTE=andyfox]Curently yes the indian attac has become one to be feared in international cricket but u must understand that they have only around recently.The one that Hodge played against was not. The bowling attack of India is good no doubt with the likes of Pathan, Blagi maybe,Khan, Singh and Kumble.

Not trying to destroy you here ANDYFOX, but i don't reckon Hodge gets a fair go.
In that match he scored 264 and faced Zaheer Khan, Nehra , Balaji and Singh so other than Pathan whom from memory was just starting his career then and Kumble who is a quality bowler he faced basically there best attack and there so called superstar spinner Singh and it took 2 days and plenty of runs to get him out.

Sorry poeple i guess i was incorrect about that. Then what is the reason he is being kept out of the team for their coming series? hows is his performances on the domestic stage? i dont follow much of that but maybe that could be a reason why he had not been chosen, if not then someone tell me because it would be unfair to him, actualy another explanation is that they already ahve enough quality batsmen in the Aussie lineup and he is just waiting for a chance to cement his place on the team.

facts and stats are soo important in credit, make sure u dont make any mistakes... right now its 325/2, india are just taking control of this pakistan bowling attack, anywya when was the last time Hodge played for Australia?

he hasn't to my knowledge

Think about people who have performed well in their one chance in international cricket but they just cannot cement a place in their international teams. Think about people like DD Gupta for india, he was a opening batsmen, wicket keeper... in his first test he scored 104 off 86 i think (i could be wrong) and took everything behind the stumps but because of sehwag they dont need another big hitter to open the tests, and after that he played like crap and therefore u have never heard his name ever again

DD Gupta played a few test for india, india have enough good batsmen but he was butter fingers behind the stumps, i remember he was letting dollys go through for 4 byes constantly in one match he played for india. they ahve a billion people who wanna play for india so if you dont perform from the start you cant cement a place in the team