Cricket Australia

Yeah I know what you're thinking - yet another bagger of this summer's selections by the group of folks who have future World Cup and Ashes successes in mind.

The rotation summary has been a hot topic when it comes to discusison of the national team's fate over summer, with most people weighing in with their two bob on why they've got it wrong.

Then follows the advice on who should be in the team and the conspiracy theories on why this player's not in the team and that player is and what not.

But through all the negative - which I'll admit to having taken part of - there are quite a few positives to come out of it.

When the next Ashes and World Cup roll around, the top, say, 20 cricketers in the country would have experience in the green and gold - especially the ODI format.

Experience, regardless of the final result in these matches, could prove invaluable when the time comes.

Sure every Australian wants our national teams to destroy all comers, but our golden age of having up to 25 naturally gifted players on hand - including two of the greatest bowlers in Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath and a plethora of great batsmen - has passed.

The time of selecting an "Australia A" team that could be ranked second in the world has long since passed as well.

While I don't want to be defending the selectors, it is now up to them to choose the best team we can possibly field at any one stage.

That responsibility trickles down to the states and their development programs.

After all, it is from those state teams that our national team is selected in the first place.

So do we point the finger at the states, or does the whole system have to change?

I would say our lean run of results may continue for another 12 months (hopefully less), but after that we should have a squad that, no matter the final 11 settled upon, can be world beaters.