Thought of the Day: The Stuart Law rule of improvement

Remember Stuart Law?  He was one of Australia's best batsmen in the mid-to-late nineties but only played the one test (one innings, 54 not out) due to the strength of the squad that was being built into a winning dynamo by Steve Waugh.

I was thinking of poor Stuart the other day after pouring over the results of the recent Australia A series against England, as this was a team he would have walked into, but Australia simply doesn't have players of his ilk waiting to get into the team anymore.  In fact, they don't have players of his ilk IN the team anymore.

not naming names

During Stuarts time, Australia won almost every Test they played, even winning 16 in a row at one stage.  Ricky Ponting was once asked in an interview how his team could possibly improve and he responded by talking about some sort of minutiae.

Its possible, though, that new players should have been included during this successful period to not only develop skills and experience, but also gain inclusion into that culture of winning, thereby letting the Stuarts of the future thrive - or at least develop a batting average.