It's time to go, Rudi

Robert Craddock pulls no punches in his Courier-Mail blog, where he says Rudi Koertzen has become an embarrassment to the game.

Rudi, who has hearing problems, is not a bad man but he has a large ego and simply cannot accept his time has come. His decision to give out Kumar Sangakkara caught off the shoulder yesterday was the howler of the summer.

Another man who didn’t have the best of times in Hobart was Stuart MacGill, and in the Herald Sun Steve Waugh says MacGill needs to improve his fitness.

In the Mercury, Brett Stubbs chats to man who had a much more enjoyable experience on Bellerive Oval – Australia’s supersub Rhett Lockyear, who contributed a catch and two run-outs to Australia’s victory.