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I reckon if he opens and Warner drops to 6 it would work
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LukeParkerno1
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I'd rather Marsh out personally.
Warner opens, he's an opener, he'll fight his way through this.
LukeParkerno1
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Marsh
England love it for sure
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He is not a very good opener though
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LukeParkerno1
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He averages 45+ at test level, he's the best one we have.
He's certainly better than Marsh!
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Im sorry I will stop now you are correct of course...just enjoy reading your vitriol of Marsh lol
LukeParkerno1
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I'll try and give him a chance but jeez he pushes it
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Wade has looked better than Head.
All of Head's past few innings he looked like getting out every 3rd ball, completely out of form.
I expect a flat track at the Oval so Mitch Marsh has every opportunity to put a big score on the board. Far out, the bloke isn't a good enough batsman to hold down a spot in the top 6 but he's been picked so good luck to him.
LukeParkerno1
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Head has no defence, you aren't succeeding too far without one.
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Mitch Marsh has always been extremely vulnerable to a moving ball, opening would be absolute madness. Especially considering he hasn’t opened before (to my knowledge at least). Warner to the middle order has merit and if Burns was in the squad I think it would’ve happened.
Can’t stand the bloke but the guy has enough runs in the bank to earn a couple of poor series’. The other two openers are averaging 11 each and are much closer to the axe.
This was the first innings in the last six that Wade hasn’t looked like going out every third ball. Was very good in the last innings and was enough to keep his spot. Head was very good first four innings, has been very vulnerable the last four. Not sure what the change was, if they’ve worked him out or if he’s just played poorly. Think that it was the right call if someone HAD to come out (would prefer if Marsh didn’t come back in in all honesty) but stand by that Head has had a better series than Wade however marginal it has been. We’ve had an A++ in Smith, an A+ in Labuschagne, two marginal passes in Head and Wade and four F’s with the top order.
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Warner did use up some of those credits in South Africa though. We shouldn’t pretend that he hasn’t been out of the game for a year and that affects normal cricketers (obviously Smith isn’t normal).
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What a load of crud. Mark Waugh only stayed in because Dean Jones was all over the coaches daughter.
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Well that wouldn’t build team unity
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These are the only Australian openers in the history of test cricket with a better average than Warner (20+ matches)
Ian Redpath
Matthew Hayden
Simon Katich
Justin Langer
Bob Simpson
Bill Ponsford
Bill Lawry
Bill Woodfull
Sidenote: get Pucovski to change his name to Bill
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The alternative is Cameron ******* Bancroft.
Warner stays. Crab never plays for Oz again.
Mitch ******* Marsh. Proven over a long period to not be Test standard with either bat or ball.
I’ve had too many late nights and am going to give this one a miss.
I’ve had too many late nights and am going to give this one a miss.
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I think the problem is fear of pushing someone (Cummins really) to their limits and have him break down and spend longer than 3 months on the sidelines.
Unlikely to happen, but I guess they are still in the process of weighing up that risk v reward.
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Why the * isn't Neser getting a run? Apparently he's a god with the duke
Partly true, but Border also contributed (supporting selectors Benuad, Higgs etc.) to drop Jones's for forthcoming 1992/93 WI test series in Australia, despite Jones averaging nearly 70 in a test series just completed against Sri Lanka.
So after 52 tests and with more runs than nearly all other Australian test batsmen, at the same stage of their careers, he never played test cricket again, absolute tragedy...
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Signed in from cinque Terre to say %#*^ Mitch Marsh.
Cheers lads.
Cheers lads.
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