The Headline on the SMH site is " Fresh tension as Nine declares it wants a say in team selection" which seems a little sensationalist (gasp! from a newspaper?! no!).
Really, that they're asking is that the best players are picked for each game and to lay off on the rotation system which I think is fair enough.

When I first saw the headline I could only think of them doing something like the selection process of Big Brother or the Block and that just wouldn't be good for anyone.


http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/fres...0619-2ojd5.html

And let's face it, they couldn't do much worse than the 'real' selectors...
(of course I'm totally opposed to any interference by the media or anyone else in team selection)

I've been thinking about how a team would look if it were made up like a reality tv show and had those different personalities ... It almost could be a real team.
An aggressive alpha male(or two), a pretty boy, a token ethnic, a bogan, gay, a troublemaker, twins, older family man, someone with a slight disability ... I bet you could think of a name or two to go with those traits!

By my reckoning, Warnie would have about 5 of those categories covered already!

I've already made my intentions known in newspapers. If a vacancy occurs in the selection panel, I'm up for it!

People have long opined that Chammel 9 runs cricket in Australia, and just another incident has popped its head up to lend weight to this.
9 has decided that "Hot spot" isn't going to be used in this coming international summer. They are citing the problems that arose with it in the northern Summer make it less than ideal as a DRS tool, but everyone knows that the real reason that they are dropping it is because it is costing them $10,000 per day to use the technology. Over 5 x 5-day Tests, that's $250,000, and with the extra money that they paid to retain the broadcast rights only a few months ago, they need to cut back where they can.
For mine, the continued refusal to use "Snickometer" is ludicrous, as it has proven to be far more accurate than hot spot anyway! We will now be forced to rely on Hawkeye, turned-up stump cam, and (shock-horror!) the umpires' own ability!