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This means Waugh.

Over the break I did more than my fair share of listening to the Ashes cricket Test series on the ABC, and what was even more infuriating than some of the umpiring was the fact that people are white-anting our beloved captain Steve Waugh.

Now, this guy is the best captain who has ever led this country. His success ratio of 33 wins in 45 Tests absolutely destroys his closest rivals who are way back on the victory-o-meter.

Okay, his form with the bat hasn't been up to his usual Mt Everest-high standards, but what about the first innings in Sydney?

He shone far above his younger colleagues and when you throw in his hard attitude towards the game and his brilliant captaincy he is irreplaceable.

But some want to.

Why? What benefit is it to throw him out?

No doubt there will be embarrassed mumblings when the hard word is put upon selectors to give us one good reason for Steve Waugh to go.

Maybe we'll get a - "it's time for new blood" sort of response.

Well, to borrow an English phrase - Bollocks!

No-one in that team could lead a side the way SW does. And none has the grit to hold out a bowling attack when the chips are down the way he can.

Change for change's sake is idiocy and the selectors should keep their traps shut and pick the best man for the job.

Show me a better captain and I'll eat my own undies. On second thoughts, maybe not.

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