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So the Australian Cricketer's Association has announced their Pura Cup Team of the season. Looking back at my team, I was actually pretty close. I missed Chris Rogers, only because his season didn't quite reach the lofty heights of last season. I got the wrong Marsh, who would've known they'd pick the old, dirty uncle of the one I chose. Got the wrong keeper, but Haddin didn't fit my criteria. The big miss was Ryan Harris, one of the Redbacks' flurry of allrounders. I'm glad I got Matthew Inness, and I picked him before his late season charge and retirement. Go me. Yay.

In other news, Safrica have rightly regained their position as the best team in the world. They had to earn their 3-0 series win against Bangladesh while Australia failed to put away the listless Indians. But not all the congratulations should go to Safrica, the ICC and their great rankings deserve an ovation. Only the ICC could devise a system where a team can begin the year at number 2, rise to number 1, win a world cup, an away ODI series against one of the powerhouses and lose a single series to lose top spot. And yet we still wonder why world cricket is on a slow decline to crap.

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