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Pick the Australian squad for the 2019 World Cup
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Interesting to note that Agar, Zampa and Boyce have all been named in the Australia A squad.
If we assume that Doherty has been retired and Lyon isn't in contention, are these guys essentially playing off to be Australia's first-choice ODI spinner?
Interestingly, this bloke has had a go at picking the 2019 squad as well.
His squad:
Finch
Warner
Smith (c)
Ferguson
Maxwell
M. Marsh
Faulkner
Wade
Starc
Cummins
Hazlewood
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Agar
Sandhu
Coulter-Nile
Maddinson
If we assume that Doherty has been retired and Lyon isn't in contention, are these guys essentially playing off to be Australia's first-choice ODI spinner?
Interestingly, this bloke has had a go at picking the 2019 squad as well.
His squad:
Finch
Warner
Smith (c)
Ferguson
Maxwell
M. Marsh
Faulkner
Wade
Starc
Cummins
Hazlewood
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Agar
Sandhu
Coulter-Nile
Maddinson
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What do you think?
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I think so, Brick, although the question is whether there's any inclination to pick a specialist spinner with the current balance of all-rounders.
I can see the appeal of backing Maxwell to do a containing job and then picking the three best quicks along with Faulkner and Marsh. They're all young enough to be there in 2019 so it's not like a re-jig will be forced upon the selectors by circumstances.
I think it will be very hard to ditch the balance of 3 quicks and 3 all-rounders, including Maxwell as the token spinner.
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Post reported. Hope you get a thread ban, or better still, a sub forum ban.
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Full post also quoted so you can't do one of your quick edits.
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Let go of your anger.
On topic, this bloke has a thing for Adam Zampa.
I imagine he's still behind Agar at this stage.
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Why does this thread exist?
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I think Australia are in a unique position of having won the World Cup with a side that could try to defend it in four years without having undergone major upheaval.
That was the point I was making at the outset.
They can basically build a side around Smith, three all-rounders and three quicks and then try to fill the holes.
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Don't forget Finch.
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The openers are, if you like, 'open questions'.
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You're telling the story.
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That's right.
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Reckon Finch will be there?
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Better than even money.
I lean toward experience at World Cups.
He'll be 32 so should be every chance.
Finch opening the batting in English conditions, yeah what could go wrong.
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It's the ODI not the T20 WC, champ.
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Is that you, Paul Downton?
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Mediocre bowling attack on a road. Just as Finch likes it.
Did the job very well over in Zimbabwe last year. Barely played a game for WA last season in any format so I wouldn't read much into that.
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In 'English conditions'.
But he was only given 2 games there. Smith has three nailed down for the foreseeable future I'd say. 4 or 5 might be possible but he'd have to get past Maxwell and Bailey first. It's a possibility for him but not for a few years.
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