Forget debutants: on a greenish wicket, Alastair Cook needs beanpoles THE SCG is the cricketing equivalent of the elephants' graveyard, where giants of the game come to lay their careers to rest, but perhaps not so today, with England poised to confer Test debuts on as many as three players. The fact Sydney is the last port of call each year in Australia's domestic summer of Test cricket means it has seen many an emotional farewell. They came in threes in January 1984 when Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh all bowed out together against Pakistan, and again in 2007 when Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer all clocked off against England. True, Mike Hussey had the occasion to himself when he parted company with the Australian team against Sri Lanka 12 months ago, but then, he was Mr Cricket.