Back to the good old days: Australia's winning record best since Warne and McGrath played | SMHsport
That was the last full year in which Warne, McGrath and Langer played before their retirements after the fifth Ashes Test against England in Sydney in January 2007.
Australia’s win percentage in 2018 was only 35.7, having lost 25 out of 42 matches while the game was engulfed in turmoil. It is no surprise the other least successful year in recent times, by the same measurement, was in 2013, when the homework affair erupted in Mohali, coach Mickey Arthur was sacked and Australia won only 40.9 per cent of their matches.
“It’s very nice and it’s nice to have a couple of very, very good wins. It’s been quite relaxing to be honest,” national selector Trevor Hohns said on Tuesday after naming a 13-man squad for the three Tests against the Black Caps, the only change being the omission of out-of-sorts back-up batsman Cameron Bancroft.With a more demanding series against New Zealand to round out the year, Paine said he liked what he saw in Brisbane and Adelaide against Pakistan.
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