- Jan 21, 2019
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The simple reason Glenn Maxwell will never play any more test cricket is Shane warne is not attracted to men with arms as hairy as a gorilla and won't plug him in the commentary box
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You don't think they'll take lyon as a back up spinner for the WCTim Paine has announced himself for the A team, so assuming all the test players not in the World Cup will be in it.
Harris, Patterson, Lyon, Paine, Pucovski, Renshaw, Tremain, Siddle, Holland probably all in the A squad.
Be interesting to see if Wade gets a gig
Tim Paine has announced himself for the A team, so assuming all the test players not in the World Cup will be in it.
Harris, Patterson, Lyon, Paine, Pucovski, Renshaw, Tremain, Siddle, Holland probably all in the A squad.
Be interesting to see if Wade gets a gig
You don't think they'll take lyon as a back up spinner for the WC
Given recent events would they take Pukovski? On talent he’s there but is he ready? (I don’t profess to be a doctor so I’d leave that decision to others).
Rather look at Worrell or someone like that than Siddle who would be playing county cricket anyway.
The others I recon you have spot on. Reserve keeper is an absolute raffle.
Given World Cup squads are limited, no I wouldn't bother wasting a spot on Lyon. They are more likely to play 4 quicks if they drop Zampa anyway and Lyon isn't up to it.
I'm assuming it will be another 14-15 man squad so they'll have 30 players in the 2 squads so I reckon they'll have Siddle in the A squad, would probably be the most experienced bowler as there isn't a lot of fast bowler experience given their refusal to ever change the attack when fit.
I'd hope so, he may have just wanted to get back and play some cricket, I believe he played on the weekend.
No the last time he was in the test team he played against Bangladesh...2 tests and didn't score a hundred
Also in 90 ODI he has scored ONLY 1 hundred ....that's not good enough for a player of his talent
I don't care what anyone says about him being treated...the only way for him to be picked for the test team is to score hundreds.
Maxwell has been given the opportunity in 90 ODI to score more than 1 hundred....he has only been playing at 7 recently
The simple fact is Maxwell is batting down the order because he cannot score hundreds in the top 6..thats fact...I am not lying I want him to score hundreds but so far he has not !!
The only way....I stress the only way for Maxwell to get into the test team....is to grab his opportunity in any form of cricket and score big
If he is only playing 1 shield game ...so what make it count...score big ...bat up the order and score runs !!!
If he is playing down the order in the ODI coming up which most likely he is...score runs !! force himself up the order
There are plenty of opportunities where Australia has been 4/5 down for not much...and Maxwell has been given overs to make a score ..to bat to the end and score a substantial score. Remember Bevan the finisher??? batted with the tail...finished games off when we chasing..making substantial scores...that's what Maxwell should be doing
Instead we see Maxwell come out smack a quick 30/40 odd and then get out with balls to spare....that's not what the selectors want
I hope I really do that Maxwell has an awesome world cup...because he has the talent that's what frustrates me the most ..he is good enough ..he just needs to be smarter when he bats....and make it count !!
Tim Paine has announced himself for the A team, so assuming all the test players not in the World Cup will be in it.
Harris, Patterson, Lyon, Paine, Pucovski, Renshaw, Tremain, Siddle, Holland probably all in the A squad.
Be interesting to see if Wade gets a gig
That's crap. They actually appear to have gone out of their way to prevent him playing FC Cricket last off-season. The last time he was in the Test team he scored one of the better hundreds I have seen from an Australian batsman in recent memory.
You can't seriously criticise him for playing big shots in the Big Bash and other short form cricket. If you'd actually watched him play FC cricket in the last 2 years you wouldn't say that.
Add Burns.
Add Lambshanks.
You can also add Hazlewood also, I doubt he goes to the World Cup and if he’s not fit for the A tour he probably doesn’t play in the Ashes.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they want Khawaja on this tour over the World Cup also to get some time in the middle in England with Head, Lynn, Short, Smith, Warner, Marsh, Finch, Maxwell and Stoinis ahead of him imo.
I see Siddle potentially being squad bowler for the WC.
I reckon the bowling attack for this will be Hazlewood, Tremain, Worrell with Lambshanks getting more overs than normal.
I'm guessing at least 40 pages of this suddenly 100-page thread is rehashed Maxwell conspiracy theories?
Yes and so should it be.
All I know is I’m about a million times more confident watching Patterson walk out to the middle 4 down then I would be seeing Maxwell strut out there.
All I know is I’m about a million times more confident watching Patterson walk out to the middle 4 down then I would be seeing Maxwell strut out there.
I would feel confidant about any Shield cricketer walking out and facing that Sri Lanka attack.
Would love to see Renshaw find form and slot straight back in. He is a long term played and hopefully the selectors will stop stuffing him around.I’m still of the opinion that if Renshaw scores bulk runs in the 2nd half of the shield and county (if a team picks him up) again that he should leap frog Burns and Harris. He averages over 60 against the dukes and obviously has the runs on the board in English conditions. I think he has the best game to succeed over there, provided he is in form.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/45263823So who has signed for a county team? Any looking like signing?
Forgot about those 2 and Khawaja definitely should not be in the WC squad either. Although I’d be taking Handscomb not Short or Lynn.
Not sure on Hazlewood, they are so adamant playing their big 3 so if he’s fot he’ll be there. Plus no one has really demanded a spot for them to vary from their preferred attack