Test The Ashes Fourth Test December 26-30 1000hrs @ The MCG

[Professor Knowall]

... I like Richardson shame about the injuries, I think he could be the next bowler when Starc/Boland retire but he is 29 already.

Yes - he's nearly old enough to become an Australian test regular.

 

[cats_09]

I was wrong. I thought Starc was about 38 lol

Lyon is 38 and Usman 39

Starc is only 35 though he seems to have been around forever and Boland 36

It's a pity we don't have that mid 20s healthy pace option to be getting a good look at

 

[Doggy]

This will be fun! Excited to watch Jhye and Murphy play.

All three of Smith, Starc and Boland to play is massive.

Assume the XI is;

1. Weatherald
2. Head
3. Labuschagne
4. Smith (c)
5. Khawaja
6. Carey
7. Green
8. Starc
9. Richardson
10. Boland
11. Murphy

Probably our strongest batting lineup thus far. I like Uzzie at 5.

Green deserves to be dropped

 

[Westend]

Murphy is in the squad



Cummins rested

Good luck Murphy don’t agree with the selection home ground a factor honestly believe Rocco is the better option

 

[Gough]

Green deserves to be dropped

Even out of form like this I think we're a better balanced side with Green in it.

 

[cats_09]

Looks liked no more Vaughan this series - thoughts with him and his family at this time

 

[Daka]

 

[SSSSSS]

Doesn't matter who we pick. Scotty B is going to pick up 20 wickets on his own.

 

[Doggy]

Melbourne Airport arrivals

 

[Bedi]

I like Richardson shame about the injuries, I think he could be the next bowler when Starc/Boland retire but he is 29 already.

i really want him back in the side – esp as deserves another shot given how well he bowled in last test – but just not at the expense of Starc, Boland or Neseer

 

[Pistol Night]

WTC points at stake I guess?

Plus further English embarrassment. Never a dead rubber in the Ashes

 

[Linda Lovelace]

Even out of form like this I think we're a better balanced side with Green in it.

Explain how a guy not making runs and rarely taking wickets brings 'balance'.

 

[Pistol Night]

Explain how a guy not making runs and rarely taking wickets brings 'balance'.

Bowling workload and a settled order. With 2 forced changes we’re but going to make too many more to a side up 3-0

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Rock hasn't been given a go yet. He's form in domestic cricket has been excellent. Lots of Victorian based cricket media called for Murphy.

Because he's clearly next in line in the non-vic centric views of selectors hence his selection in tour games against the England Lions so far this summer.

Art- Rocc won games this season for WA from when it was petering to a draw.

Murphy hasnt ripped innings apart this season
Best is 3/102.

As for Richo- i agree its purely as he bowls 140+ and has shown to be next in line of the those that bowl 140+

And our best ever finger spinner only Lyon was taking shield wickets at 34 so far this summer. Shield form over 4-5 rounds can also be dependant on match location and conditions.

People are claiming Webster is out of form and he's only played two games, one being in a match where the highest innings total was barely above 200.

Kuhnemann, Swepson and Murphy have featured on recent sub-continent tours and nothing suggests that pecking order has massively changed. If CR was in the mix he'd have played tour matches earlier in the summer.

 

[Bedi]

Head
Weatherald
Marnus
Smith
Ussie
Carey
Webster
Starc
Murphy
Jhye or Neser
Boland

why not open with Khawaja?

 

[Westend]

Because he's clearly next in line in the non-vic centric views of selectors hence his selection in tour games against the England Lions so far this summer.


And our best ever finger spinner only Lyon was taking shield wickets at 34 so far this summer. Shield form over 4-5 rounds can also be dependant on match location and conditions.

People are claiming Webster is out of form and he's only played two games, one being in a match where the highest innings total was barely above 200.

Kuhnemann, Swepson and Murphy have featured on recent sub-continent tours and nothing suggests that pecking order has massively changed. If CR was in the mix he'd have played tour matches earlier in the summer.

Nah dont buy that bullshit...its a snub for Rocco whatever way you look at it

"Shield form over 4-5 rounds can also be dependant on match location and conditions" lol Rocco has been the leading spinner in the country for the past 3 seasons in Aussies conditions winning games due to his bowling

dont care what anyone says Rocco is better than Murphy in Aussie conditions and I will die on that hill

Oh well good luck to Murphy lets hope his darts don't go for too much

 

[madjoe]

Even out of form like this I think we're a better balanced side with Green in it.

He better get use to bowling 20 overs a innings if we keep Green in, With 8 months till a SA tour we will need him in SA

 

[western royboy]

Good luck Murphy don’t agree with the selection home ground a factor honestly believe Rocco is the better option

Not long ago you had Hardie and Connolly as the next big things. Here’s the thing, it’s the Australian team, not West Australian

 

[crows dude]

1 Travis Head
2 Jake Weatherald
3 Marnus Labuschagne,
4 Steve Smith
5 Beau Webster
6 Alex Carey
7 Michael Neser
8 Jhye Richardson
9 Todd Murphy
10 Brendan Dogget
11 Scott Boland

 

[crows dude]

This will be fun! Excited to watch Jhye and Murphy play.

All three of Smith, Starc and Boland to play is massive.

Assume the XI is;

1. Weatherald
2. Head
3. Labuschagne
4. Smith (c)
5. Khawaja
6. Carey
7. Green
8. Starc
9. Richardson
10. Boland
11. Murphy

Probably our strongest batting lineup thus far. I like Uzzie at 5.

Murphy bats ahead of Boland

 

[Westend]

Not long ago you had Hardie and Connolly as the next big things. Here’s the thing, it’s the Australian team, not West Australian

lol....Hardie ...you been reading my posts ...he has fallen downhill badly white ball stuffed him up needs some years in the shield.....and Connolly isn't ready yet for test cricket

Nah its not a west Aussie thing obviously a Vic thing with Macca coach and Dods a victorian selectors and the ground for Murphy to get picked

Rocco is the better spinner for me in Aussie Conditions dont care what anyone says and you can't convince me otherwise

 

[Linda Lovelace]

Bowling workload and a settled order. With 2 forced changes we’re but going to make too many more to a side up 3-0

Oh ok, he is the only all-rounder who can contribute to the 'bowling workload', is he?

And what the does 'settled order' mean in actual reality? Out batting order is 'settled' because there's a bloke in the middle of it who can't bat right now? We sure wouldn't want somebody to actually make runs, not immediately put pressure on his teammates and 'unsettle' things.

You know he's not going to f*ck you guys for making ridiculous arguments on his behalf, right?

 

[Ohitsthatguy]

why not open with Khawaja?

His eye is gone, better suited down the order when the ball is older

 

[BGman]

Good luck Murphy don’t agree with the selection home ground a factor honestly believe Rocco is the better option

By a long way Westend. Rocky ignored again, why dont Bailey and Co rate him, bloody baffling given his three yr form and it being a dead rubber. I once rated Murph as Lyonos successor but he has gone backwards. Got a lucky break when picked in Septembers A series against India. Still Murph go out and kill it come Boxing Day.

My bolter Jhye Richardson is a good chance to play his first Test in four years, a no brainer after he looked good in recent A game. Is a touch slower than he was but still has his versatility. We all feared a career destroyed by injury, but Richo has risen from the ashes.

 

[Rabish Binney]

A sweep on england fans excuses when we go 4-0 up:

a) DRS was adjusted to make a nick appear.
b) Carey cheated by moving up to the stumps without informing the batter
c) They doctored the pitch to suit Starc/Murphy
d) they made the weather overcast when we batted and sunny when Australia batted
e) If Wood wasn't injured we'd be the ones 4-0 up instead of Australia
f) They were secretly watering our run-ups
g) Smith champed/sledged Archer and now Archer's heart isn't in it.
h) we over/underprepared
i) they spiked our drinks and that spike appeared in our drs

+ a 2 headed coin was used at the toss.....