Australian Second XI

[Darky]

The Test XI seems pretty settled at the moment, as follows :

Hayden
Langer
Ponting
M.Waugh
S.Waugh
Martyn
Gilchrist
Warne
B.Lee
Gillespie
McGrath

Rarely has it been this settled, apart from perhaps after the 1989 Ahses tour when the top 6 batsmen were very set, and the bowling attack fairly settled too.

So what would the second XI be?

Would recent Test player Slater be in it, or would he be left out on the basis of being dropped from the NSW team?
What about Stuart Law who would have been in any second XI over the last 10-12 years?
Which bowlers would be picked, given that Australia's selectors seem to have decided on a best 4 who are way ahead of the others?

How does this sound? :
Hussey
Love
Lehmann
Katich
Bevan
Watson
Haddin/Seccombe/Clingeleffer
Bichel
Noffke
MacGill
Rofe

 

[JUBJUB]

Slater wouldn't get a 2nd XI game because he's spat the dummy and is not playing any cricket at the moment.
Stuart Law hasn't had a good year [due to injury].


Elliott,Love & Hussey would probably be the players fighting for the 2 openers spots.

 

[Kangas_Big_Fan]

not bevan and not watson they're ****e

 

[cjwalkley]

Maher
Hussey
Blewett
Lehmann
Katich
Watson
Clingleffer
Bichel
Nofke
MacGill
Inness

Rofe - 12th

 

[Fat Red]

Maher
Hussey
Love
Lehmann
Bevan
Katich
Watson
Berry
Bichel
Noffke
MacGill

 

[Jars458]

Originally posted by Fat Red
Maher
Hussey
Love
Lehmann
Bevan
Katich
Watson
Berry
Bichel
Noffke
MacGill

Naaahhhhh!!

Fitzgerald
Johnson
Blewett
M Waugh (Lehmanns in the first eleven)
Chris Davies
David Hookes
Brad Young
Graham Manou
Mark Harrity
Paul Rofe
Paul Wilson

 

[Ruddeger]

Matthew Elliott
Mike Hussey
Jimmy Maher
Brad Hodge
Darren Lehmann
Shane Watson
Shaun Clingeleffer
Andrew Bichel
Stuart MacGill
Nathan Bracken (thanks jub)
Matthew Inness

Simon Katich (12th man, has gone backwards this year)

 

[SeinDude]

Ok, mine would be....

Matthew Elliott
Michael Slater
Greg Blewett
Darren Lehmann
Simon Katich
Michael Bevan
Wade Seccombe
Andrew Bichel
Ashley Noffke
Stuart MacGill
Matthew Inness

Mike Hussey 12th man


SeinDude

 

[JUBJUB]

Why has no one picked Bracken ?
He'd be a better than Noffke I would of thought.

 

[SeinDude]

Originally posted by JUBJUB
Why has no one picked Bracken ?
He'd be a better than Noffke I would of thought.

JubJub,

Matthew Innes in my opinion looks better than Nathan Bracken as a bowling option for the test matches, and they're both left-arm fast so I was only going to pick one of them.

SeinDude

 

[WCE2000]

Originally posted by Darky


Rarely has it been this settled, apart from perhaps after the 1989 Ahses tour when the top 6 batsmen were very set, and the bowling attack fairly settled too.

Very good quote. Just have a look at the top 7 batting averages for the last 7 tests:

Hayden - 794 runs at 79.40
Langer - 787 at 87.44
Ponting - 428 at 53.50
M Waugh - 389 at 43.22
S Waugh - 376 at 47.00
Martyn - 457 at 76.16
Gilchrist - 387 at 47.25

pretty unbeliavble top order batting in recent times.

in regards to our second XI:

Hussey
Maher
Love
Katich
Lehmann
Watson
Clingeleffer
Bichel
Inness
MacGill
Rofe

even further, you could have our third XI, which would beat most test teams:

Blewett
Elliot
Hodge
Clarke
Bevan
Higgins
Haddin
Clark
Bracken
Saker
Williams

 

[Joe Mama]

This is my team, mainly the same names, but a few suprise inclusions.

1. Matthew Elliot, VIC (coz he's from Kyabram)
2. Mike Hussey,WA
3. Jimmy Maher,QLD
4. Simon Katich,WA
5. Darren Lehmann (C.)
6. Ryan Campbell,WA (WK)
7. Shane Watson,TAS
8. Andy Bichel,QLD
9. Ashley Noffke,QLD
10. Stuart MacGill,NSW
11. Matthew Inness,VIC (coz he's from Broadford)

12th Man Michael Klinger,VIC

Shaun Clingeleffer, unlucky to miss out but I went for Campbell, because of his slightly better batting

 

[WCE2000]

hardly say theres much difference in their batting consdiering clingeleffer is averaging 60 this season.