Australia's World T20 Squad (March 2016)

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Doodlesweaver said:
You'd hope so, but the Aussies do so many WTF picks when it comes to T20s that they may have just been having a general look at Head rather than planning him for the WorldT20. It would have been a massive ask for such a young player with no international experience to be pitchforked into a big tournament.
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a classic sign that selectors and CA dont know how to treat the format. is it a $$$$$$ grab? or should the national team be selected and taken seriously? i think they dont know which way to go. thankfully they're not just using the ODI team as the t20 team anymore
 
FRUMPY said:
The Finch demotion of captain isn't an issue, it makes sense. He was given the captaincy when there wasn't anyone else better for the job. Since then Smith has improved his game to a level that he is captain of both test and ODI games so makes sense for him to take over T20 captaincy.
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Makes no sense whatsoever. It's an big f u to Finch and if Smith had any spine he wouldn't have accepted the captaincy.

Where the hell did Nevill come from? lol selectors have truly lost it
 
Need to embrace spin bowling and skill/accuracy over raw pace. India will be the team to beat and they come out here and beat us with a lineup full of spin bowling. Need to bat our batsmen in the line up according to how well they play spin and pace, not according to their talent which has long been tradition in cricket. T20 is a very different game to other formats, there is more tactics involved as to where batsmen come in.

Lineup
1. Watson
2. Finch
3. Khawaja
4. Warner
5. Smith
6. Maxwell
7. Nevill
8. Faulkner
9. Agar/Hastings/M Marsh
10. Boyce/Zampa
11. Hazelwood/Marsh

Watson - Got to open the batting because batting lower, he's no good against spin. He needs the ball coming on, I think we've all seen this. He likes to hit it in the air, he likes a new hard ball coming on and he likes batting with less pressure.

It doesn't hardly swing or seam in T20 cricket so you don't need specialist openers.

Finch - Wouldn't change him, best batting early, form is fine.

Khawaja - Can open but can also bat here really well and if we lose an early wicket, this top order can still be explosive with a guy like he and Warner to come. He's a real stroke player, a little prone to outswing, but that should be gone when he comes in.

Warner and Smith - Dropped down the order purely because they can play spin. If we are to succeed at T20 cricket we need to understand it and not be stuck in our ways. Spin has been our big achilles heal and when the spinners come on, strangle us and cause a loss of wickets, it's nice to know we have Warner and Smith to come out to counteract the slow bowling and defensive fields.

Maxwell - form hasn't been very good at all but he needs to play well. He's an important all rounder, hope he can be more productive against spin and more defensive fields. Wide range of shots so is a weapon against defensive fields when in form.

Nevill - Not seen as a big star in this format, he's a really good keeper and that's important for any format. He's a clever batsman and can find gaps and hit it all round the field which is important in the later stages. He's always been quality with the bat and if we get into trouble he could help steer us to a competitive score.

Faulkner - Hasn't been in great form either but he can play, hoping that if the wickets do grip a bit over there that his slower ball leggies will come into play and his big hitting on small grounds will help.

Hastings, Marsh or Agar - Will come down to form and which type of bowling is more effective. Both can bat and hit it big. If spin is doing the job as I suspect it might then Agar but Hastings is in form and his medium pace is ok. Mitch Marsh is in ok form but I've got doubts over his ability to play spin.

Boyce or Zampa - It will come down to form. A good leg spinner will be invaluable, particularly if they have a good wrongun and it spins a bit. Have been impressed with Zampa in NZ but Boyce is useful in this format as well.

Hazelwood or Marsh - I think playing one front line quick who can take wickets and bowl tight is the right setup for this format of cricket. His role will be with the new ball. Ideally Starc would fill this position but he is injured.


Bowling

Hazelwood takes the first over, the second over would be taken by either Watson or Hastings. Watson has an ability to find movement where others can't, I really like the idea of him just moving it around a bit, being super accurate and not giving the batsmen too much pace to work with.

Maxwell, Boyce/Zampa and probably Agar give us spin options. Finch can always chip in for an over if spin is ultra effective. Gives us 8-13 overs of spin.

Hazelwood gives us frontline pace. Faulkner is a clever bowler. Watson has been in good touch with the ball and If Hastings plays he's not too bad. Gives us 12 - 16 overs of pace.

With a batting lineup like that, it's got a lot of big hitters and talented cricketers. It's got spin specialists in the right positions to counteract our spin problem. It's enormously deep so more security against collapses. We can afford to lose a few wickets really going for it. We should be scoring 200+ which gives our bowlers a chance to really go for it. Our scoreboard pressure should be really good.


This is how I'd go about it, a little different but we've got to do something because we won't do any good the way we have been going.


My other options would be to drop Hazelwood for Mitch Marsh. Give Marsh the new ball and see what he can do with it. His bowling is underrated but we've seen in ODI's recently and during the test series that he can take wickets. Pace, accuracy, seam position and bounce/height is all really good. This gives our batting line-up an even further boost.
 
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jackess said:
Fairly happy with the squad apart from NCN. He's hardly played recently at all and has been selected only because he can bowl quickly. Would have rathered Richardson or someone like Paris or Behrendorff.
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The irony of bemoaning NCN's selection due to injury and then suggesting Richardson (injured) and Behrendorff (injured).

Only picked because he can bowl quickly is false anyway. Very good T20 bowler and has done well in those conditions.
 
No problem with that squad... with one obvious exception. Why is Agar in the side? Yes, he's a different kind of spin option. But he's a spin option who didn't even bowl that much in the BBL. He did well at times with the bat, but you can't justify picking him on that basis either.
 
carnthemlions said:
No problem with that squad... with one obvious exception. Why is Agar in the side? Yes, he's a different kind of spin option. But he's a spin option who didn't even bowl that much in the BBL. He did well at times with the bat, but you can't justify picking him on that basis either.
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I suspect they seem him as a handy back up player who could come in and play an attacking role against spin. I like the selection, bias and all...
 
carnthemlions said:
No problem with that squad... with one obvious exception. Why is Agar in the side? Yes, he's a different kind of spin option. But he's a spin option who didn't even bowl that much in the BBL. He did well at times with the bat, but you can't justify picking him on that basis either.
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I'd have preferred a better spinner (more a dedicated bowler than an all-rounder) in the squad than Agar, but it's not a huge deal as I don't think Agar or another spinner would have got much game time
 
The NCN selection reminds me of the crap going around about Michael Clarke around this time last year. Our successful World Cup sides are littered with guys we went into the tournament injured/suspended. Lehmann and Bevan in 2003, Clarke and Faulkner last year. I'm sure there's others too. NCN's record in this format is outstanding, particularly in India and whilst he's not an established international he was well within our plans before his injury, even more so now Starc is no chance.

The Agar selection isn't that bad. He bowled alright when he bowled in the BBL. Perhaps O'Keefe or Beer would've been better as a left arm spinner but he may just be a Maxwell back up as well as another spin option.

The Nevill selection though really surprises me. Not the quickest scorer in the world but it just shows how rubbish Wade has been and how little genuine options we have available to us. Surely the selectors asked Haddin if he was available. Poor if he said no. If you can put your name in for the IPL auction, a tournament after the World t20, you can play in the World t20.
 
Docker82 said:
The Nevill selection though really surprises me. Not the quickest scorer in the world but it just shows how rubbish Wade has been and how little genuine options we have available to us. Surely the selectors asked Haddin if he was available. Poor if he said no. If you can put your name in for the IPL auction, a tournament after the World t20, you can play in the World t20.
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I agree with your post apart from this bit. There is a big difference between seeing out your career (or trying to) in a domestic competition than representing your country in a World Cup.
 
Carbine Chaos said:
I agree with your post apart from this bit. There is a big difference between seeing out your career (or trying to) in a domestic competition than representing your country in a World Cup.
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The fact I mentioned Haddin in the first place only backs up the rest of my post and/or summarises how little I rate the other options available. As long as Nevill bats 8 he'll be a good selection. Unlikely to miss a stumping, as apposed to Wade who'll miss 50/50 and let's face it, if he needs to bat more than five overs at no.8 then we are really struggling to win the game anyway. This may happen once all tournament, compared to possible stumpings which will probably happen on average over one per match in India.
 
Docker82 said:
The fact I mentioned Haddin in the first place only backs up the rest of my post and/or summarises how little I rate the other options available. As long as Nevill bats 8 he'll be a good selection. Unlikely to miss a stumping, as apposed to Wade who'll miss 50/50 and let's face it, if he needs to bat more than five overs at no.8 then we are really struggling to win the game anyway. This may happen once all tournament, compared to possible stumpings which will probably happen on average over one per match in India.
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Agreed re: lack of quality options. It's like we're a parent trying to hide vegetables in a kid's meal. Nevill is the best pick they could have made really because he can at least keep.
 

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Carbine Chaos said:
The irony of bemoaning NCN's selection due to injury and then suggesting Richardson (injured) and Behrendorff (injured).

Only picked because he can bowl quickly is false anyway. Very good T20 bowler and has done well in those conditions.
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At least they've played cricket in the last 2 months.
 
Australian team under Smith in India for World Twenty

Zampa
Agar
Khawaja
Watson
Coulter-Nile
Hazelwood
M.Marsh
Maxwell
Finch
Nevil
Smith
Faulkner
Tye
Warner
Hasting

Well no way you can drops Lyon because he sends one bad over vs our India.Head could be handy than number of bowlers in the sides.
 
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