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Coops93 said:
I don't disagree, I think he should be at 5 - I've stated that in here.

He shouldn't be at 4 yet, though. Maybe one day; but moving Smith out of 4 for Green is a ludicrous suggestion. One day he might be the ideal 3 or 4. But right now, absolutely not.

Again, though, I'd be ok with him at 5 now. I think he's a more natural no.5 than Head who I think is an ideal no.6.
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I didn't say they should move Smith out of 4 and move Green there. I just said Green would be better suited to that position in the long term.

And I agree about Head. He is the perfect number 6.
 
tombomb said:
I didn't say they should move Smith out of 4 and move Green there. I just said Green would be better suited to that position in the long term.

And I agree about Head. He is the perfect number 6.
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It's been suggested in here so that's my contention to it now. But agree with the long-term view.

I would love to see that change with Head but I doubt they'll do it.
 
Coops93 said:
It's been suggested in here so that's my contention to it now. But agree with the long-term view.

I would love to see that change with Head but I doubt they'll do it.
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the australian selectors have for awhile had this kind of viewpoint of

1) two openers
2) Rank the remaining batsman
3) batting order = rank

So the reason why Head bats at 5 is because he is seen behind Labs and Smith at test level but better than Green.

Its not really how it should work.
 

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Belnakor said:
the australian selectors have for awhile had this kind of viewpoint of

1) two openers
2) Rank the remaining batsman
3) batting order = rank

So the reason why Head bats at 5 is because he is seen behind Labs and Smith at test level but better than Green.

Its not really how it should work.
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Wouldn't Smith be batting 3 if that were true?
 
Belnakor said:
my counter point would be we moved Ponting to no.3 after he didn't set the world on fire at 6. Sometimes you need to select on talent and potential + the achknowledgement that no.6 is a tough role, which is why averaging over 40 is pretty unusual.
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I think Green has a lot of promise, and he has a very good domestic record. His Test career has been nothing special to date and any comparison with Ricky Ponting is just ludicrous (even allowing for how biased posters from a particular area are).

Ponting hit 96 on debut, averaged nearly 50 at number 6 and hit seven centuries from 33 Tests.

Green averages 35 with one century from 20 Tests.

The rest of our batters average above 45 - those blokes who apparently should change their role to accommodate a markedly inferior batsman.
 
Congrats young man

I've had my doubts, but hopefully this can be the catalyst to kickstart his test career because he's got the talent to be our #4 for a decade
 

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