Missing MacGill and Granny Smiths

Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald how Australia missed their chance in Perth by not picking Stuart MacGill. He also targets Australian pitches which are now as different as “Granny Smiths and Golden Delicious”.

Between them, Cricket Australia and curators must ensure that Australians can resume playing in their traditional way, with bumpers, leg-breaks, hooks, gum, footwork, zinc cream, sprigs, Jim Maxwell, deaf and blind umpires, cuts and beer.