I wish I was 21 again. This year will give so many opportunities to cricketers due to the retirements of Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, Chris Rogers and Shane Watson from the Test team. The Australian selectors are about to give some young guys an opportunity of a lifetime. This is not a time to back off or get injured. Put up a big performance in the first Sheffield Shield game and you are a half a sniff of playing in the first Test at the Gabba. As rapper Eminem might have put it for some of the players in the wings, particularly batsmen: "This opportunity comes once in a lifetime." There are limited opportunities for bowlers, with players...
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