India's Dad's Army must prove the doubters wrong (0)
- 7 Oct 08, 10:28 AM
I still remember a wonderfully accurate banner unfurled with great pride by Australian fans on day one of the Brisbane Ashes Test in November 2006.
"Our Dad's Army - Too Old, Too Slow, Too Damn Good" it said.
There they all were, pushing ever closer to 40 - Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Justin Langer. And there they all were the following January, retiring from Test cricket drenched in beer as they toasted a glorious 5-0 drubbing of the Poms.
On Thursday, a Test series that has attracted as much interest as any recent Ashes rubber begins in Bangalore when India take on Australia.
But this time the visiting side, attempting to follow up their momentous 2004 success under Ricky Ponting, is conspicuously bereft of old-timers.
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