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No one had any expectations of them succeeding. May as well put Brendan Bolton in charge of the Test side. We're in for a painful rebuild. There are 4 guys over 30 in this side and Starc will turn 29 later this month. Everyone is at least mid 20s and the youngest looks to be Labuschagne who turns 25 in June. There's unlikely to be any rapid improvement from this side, and the only bat who has proven to be worth persisting with is Harris. Khawaja and Head have been okay, but Khawaja in particular has been disappointing given he hasn't stepped up to the plate as the senior bat in the side. He's 32, Marsh is 35 and Paine is 34.
Wade should come in for Paine (I feel ill).
Burns in for Labuschagne, Khawaja down to #3.
Marsh should probably come out but I can't for the life of me figure who to put in.
This new nice guys routine has been in for 6 months and we are breaking all time records left right and centre.
I think Maxwell probably has to come into the middle order until someone else can score runs. He's not a long term solution but shit he might catch fire in an innings an do something. Scored a century in India which is something decent for the resume.
Agree with Wade and burns, both have their faults but I'd rather blokes in form with faults than the clearly out of form Marsh and Labushagne
For me id like to see against Sri Lanka
Renshaw
Burns
Harris
Khawaja
Handscomb
Maxwell
Wade
Renshaw needs to go to England, averaged high 40s over there so may aswell give him some test practice
Burns as the in form opener
Harris at 3 as a Boony style option
Maxwell and Wade surely score more than Head and Paine