I agree, but I personally think he has been good considering how long he hadn't played for. Surely a shoe in for the One day side though in my opinion.
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Rather option 3. You always go in with 3 quicks.
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No issue there, although shoe-in is pushing it, we just won the WC. He is well in the mix though for the ODI side.
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Too much love for Khawaja...poor Shield form, followed by injury, followed by average A tour. In no way should he be in the selection frame yet.
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Head is a good young batsman though, as a leader, I'm far from convinced.
I'm not saying Khawaja has necessarily earned his position, but then neither has anyone else. We either take a punt on someone with no international experience (e.g. Hanscomb) or go back to the Well of Known Disappointment (Watson, Marsh, Voges).
We need to experiment to see what is going to work in the future - for me, Khawaja would be something of a gamble, but less so than the other options on offer. Unless you want to go really left field and give Maxwell a go.
We need to experiment to see what is going to work in the future - for me, Khawaja would be something of a gamble, but less so than the other options on offer. Unless you want to go really left field and give Maxwell a go.
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I think Khawaja would be a pretty major gamble. Proved to be very limited at international level and got bogged down whenever he played.
Hasn't shown any indication of fixing that and is coming off no form base due to a major injury.
Burns/Lynn/Handscomb etx are better options without having to go down the Maxwell route
Hasn't shown any indication of fixing that and is coming off no form base due to a major injury.
Burns/Lynn/Handscomb etx are better options without having to go down the Maxwell route
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Would rather give Handscomb, Lynn, or Burns a go, with Bancroft opening the batting. Khawaja has massive issues against spin, and rotating the strike.
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Fair to see he shouldn't have a captaincy position, tbf.
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I agree, there's too many options ahead of Khawaja, from retaining faith in S.Marsh or Voges to a number of form Shield batsmen.
Funnily enough, a Guardian column that proposed a Likely, Conservative and Experimental team had Khawaja in two out of three, so it seems some people love him. I don't get it myself.
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Neither do I - personally I would plump for trying Maxwell in some tests before the happy-bash stuff starts - but the selectors have made him captain of the A team for a reason.
I think the point is that Khawaja could be seen as part of the "well of known disappointment".
I'd think of him more as a Shallow Pond at this stage. It's rumoured that if you drop a stone into the Shane Watson well, you will never hear it hit bottom.
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Wade is an option as a bat only for the short term at least.
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I was actually thinking about him as an option. His batting would probably hold up ok at 5.
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Is Wade's batting any better than Nevill's? If not, might as well push him up the order and play some all rounders like M.Marsh and Faulkner.
Wade's batting might be decent but his ceiling is lower than guys like Lynn, Khawaja etc. would rather make a pitch at settling the team now.
Wade's batting might be decent but his ceiling is lower than guys like Lynn, Khawaja etc. would rather make a pitch at settling the team now.
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I'd prefer to not bother with 30 years olds who don't average 40 in first class cricket.
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Wade's batting is much better than Nevill's. If they both dropped the gloves, Wade is the one that would average near 40 in test cricket, Nevill mid 30's.
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Nevill is the one with the double century.
And given Nevill is getting selected as a keeper and not a specialist bat I'm not worried.
Pissing around with Wade would be a waste of time
And given Nevill is getting selected as a keeper and not a specialist bat I'm not worried.
Pissing around with Wade would be a waste of time
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Yeah, I think I would rather go with Warner, Bancroft, Smith, Burns, S.Marsh, M.Marsh, Nevill, Agar, Johnson, Hazelwood, Lyon for Bangladesh.
Burns and Smith can swap positions if and when Burns settles in, S.Marsh gets the summer to hold his place or give it up to Lynn, Khawaja, Stoinis etc (whoever stakes their claim).
Burns and Smith can swap positions if and when Burns settles in, S.Marsh gets the summer to hold his place or give it up to Lynn, Khawaja, Stoinis etc (whoever stakes their claim).
In our current circumstances, Wade does have one advantage in that he's someone who can dig in and grind out hard runs when he needs to. We need blokes like that.
Says who? Nevill has a good Shield record and he doesn't play at the flat MCG for home games.
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