Thunder down under

GROUSE: Maybe there are double standards and that8217;s disappointing. I probably don8217;t play the media bandwagon8230;I just get on and play my cricket

CAUSE: Lee and Martyn are two of Bichel8217;s celebrated teammates who have been persisted with throughout the India tour despite doing next to nothing

DEFENCE: Bichel has not been bowling as well as we would like and we feel that a spell at state level might help him recapture his form 8212; Trevor Hohns, chief selector

BRAD8217;S BOUNCER

The first signs of dissent came when Brad Williams unleashed the first bouncer, even before the first Test, over selection policy

GROUSE: Obviously I8217;m bowling with the wrong arm

CAUSE: Nathan Bracken favoured over Williams for First Test team

DEFENCE: It was felt that Williams didn8217;t have a case to answer under our Code of Behaviour

8212; James Sutherland, Cricket Australia

CAUTION FROM COACH

India8217;s win over Australia at Adelaide was almost overshadowed by John Buchanan8217;s 8216;leaked8217; letter to his players

GROUSE: Boys, I am so disappointed with the un-Baggy Green, immature performance. What progress have we made as a team? The issues that have dominated conversations and your attention: dealmaking; sponsors; Tugga8217;s farewell; helmets; what the media is saying about you

CAUSE: Defeat, and the feeling that Australia had thrown it away

RESPONSE: A rift of sorts within the side; Waugh publicly opposed Buchanan8217;s opinions while the coach was backed by Gilchrist, Hayden and Gillespie

RUNNING ON EMPTY

Waugh8217;s retirement plans, and the surrounding hoopla, led to a controversy in the very first Test at Brisbane.

GROUSE: He snubbed Langer by hurrying on to the field before Langer had left. He shouldn8217;t allow the emotion of his retirement to destabilise the team 8212; Greg Chappell<

CAUSE: Waugh chose to walk out to bat when Justin Langer, having scored 121, was halfway back to the pavilion after being dismissed. Waugh walked out and the attention obviously shifted from Langer

8212; SHAMYA DASGUPTA