Champions Trophy Squad

[dajesmac]

Now that this India nightmare is done, it's time to move onto our next engagement. I presume it's a 15 man squad. Who should go?

1) David Warner
2) Shane Watson
3) Phil Hughes
4) Adam Voges
5) Michael Clarke
6) Mitch Marsh
7) Brad Haddin
8) James Faulkner
9) Clint McKay
10) James Pattinson
11) Nathan Lyon/Xavier Doherty

12) George Bailey
13) Mitchell Starc (if fit)/ Ryan Harris
14) Brad Haddin
15) Moises Henriques/Glenn Maxwell

That's actually a fairly solid squad. Glaring weakness however is the lack of a quality 5th bowling option. Personally, I hate batting Wade at 6 and having 3 bowlers and two bowling-allrounders fill out the tail. I also think Reeks is a fair way off best XI. However if Watson is able to bowl 10 overs a game by then we can sure up the batting with an extra batsman.

Mitch Marsh would be my preference, based on his upside and not so much his recent output. I think as opposed to Henriques he's actually good enough to bat at 6. He's a quality finisher aswell, something the side probably lacks. Will the selectors take the punt on him though?

Doherty also seems entrenched in the side, which annoys me. He's always lacked penetration and personally I would prefer Lyon in there. Probably unrealistic though.

 

[Marshland]

Wade over Haddin as keeper for mine.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Mitch Marsh should definitely be in our ODI team.

Mitch Starc will be the first quick chosen in the First XI, along with McKay.

 

[Kyptastic]

Wow, no Hughes? He's going to be our ODI number three for the next decade.

 

[DIG]

Yeah Hughes will be in the side for sure.

 

[dajesmac]

I am a Hughes fan, through and through. It's actually embarrassing that I forgot him.

 

[dajesmac]

Mitch Marsh should definitely be in our ODI team.

Mitch Starc will be the first quick chosen in the First XI, along with McKay.

Will he be fit by then though? And you're probably right. Switch him with Faulkner, if fit.

 

[Spitz]

Isn't Starc in the top 3 rated ODI bowlers in the world?

I think he's just about the first picked.

Could be a chance for the selectors to blood Agar through the ODI side, and have a look at him at international level and on English pitches?

 

[Phone]

Warner
Watson
Hughes
Clarke
Bailey
Wade
Faulkner
Starc
MJ
McKay
Doherty

Voges
Pattinson
Haddin
Maxwell

i assume it'll be something like that. it wouldn't surprise me if they left out Voges and picked Marsh/Finch.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

David Warner
Shane Watson
Phil Hughes
Michael Clarke (c)
George Bailey
Matthew Wade (+)
Mitch Marsh
Mitchell Johnson
Mitchell Starc
Clint McKay
Xavier Doherty

Adam Voges
Brad Haddin
James Faulkner
Glenn Maxwell

 

[Phone]

oh yeah watson will be bowling. Faulkner might drop out of the squad altogether and yeah one of Finch/Marsh in

 

[Kyptastic]

David Warner
Shane Watson
Phil Hughes
Michael Clarke (c)
George Bailey
Matthew Wade (+)
Mitch Marsh
Mitchell Johnson
Mitchell Starc
Clint McKay
Xavier Doherty

Adam Voges
Brad Haddin
James Faulkner
Glenn Maxwell

This for me, although Faulks may start ahead of Marsh given his performances this summer. Toss of the coin though, and probably prefer Mitch overall, especially since he's a right arm bowler.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

This for me, although Faulks may start ahead of Marsh given his performances this summer. Toss of the coin though, and probably prefer Mitch overall, especially since he's a right arm bowler.

I think Mitch has to be 6/7 because (IMO) he's the best big hitting finisher going around the domestic circuit. He can easily turn a 250 odd into a 300 rather quickly.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Warner
Watson
Hughes
Clarke (capt)
Voges
Wade
Henriques
Faulkner
Starc
McKay
Doherty

Bailey
Maxwell
M Marsh
Johnson

I would rather Cutting play in the Australia A games.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Warner
Watson
Hughes
Clarke (capt)
Voges
Wade
Henriques
Faulkner
Starc
McKay
Doherty

Bailey
Maxwell
M Marsh
Johnson

I would rather Cutting play in the Australia A games.

I don't see how one could justify having Henriques ahead of Marsh given their respective List A records.

 

[Caesar]

Henriques needs to go on the A tour of England anyway.

 

[big_sav]

Watson
Warner
Hughes
Clarke
Bailey
Wade
M. Marsh
Faulkner
Starc
McKay
Doherty

Voges
Agar
Pattinson
Henriques??

 

[mediumsizered]

Warner
Watson
Hughes
Clarke (capt)
Voges
Wade
Henriques
Faulkner
Starc
McKay
Doherty

Bailey
Maxwell
M Marsh
Johnson

I would rather Cutting play in the Australia A games.

I don't think Cutting will be playing in any games in the next few months after undergoing groin surgery on Friday.

 

[TassieEagle]

Warner
Watson
Hughes
Clarke
Bailey
Wade
Faulkner
Starc
Johnson
McKay
Doherty

Voges
Maxwell
Marsh
Player X to be decided later

 

[monty1104]

Warner
Watson
Hughes
Clarke
Bailey
Maxwell
Wade
Marsh
Starc
Doherty
McKay

Faulkner
Henriques
Voges
Smith.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

I don't think Cutting will be playing in any games in the next few months after undergoing groin surgery on Friday.

I actually forgot about that at the time of posting. It would make it unlikely.

 

[southernswannies]

Warner
Watson
Hughes
Clarke
Bailey
Voges
Wade
Johnson
Starc
McKay
Doherty

Haddin
Maxwell
Faulkner
Harris

 

[BarneyBent]

Warner
Watson
Hughes
Clarke
Bailey
Voges
Wade
Faulkner
Starc
McKay
Doherty

Johnson
Haddin
Henriques
Maxwell

If Starc isn't fit then replace him with...someone, I dunno. Not Harris, he needs to be put in cotton wool and saved for the Ashes. Perhaps Faulkner could play for Australia A instead of in the Champions Trophy as well.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Warner
Watson
Hughes
Clarke
Bailey
Voges
Wade
Faulkner
Starc
McKay
Doherty

Johnson
Haddin
Henriques
Maxwell

If Starc isn't fit then replace him with...someone, I dunno. Not Harris, he needs to be put in cotton wool and saved for the Ashes. Perhaps Faulkner could play for Australia A instead of in the Champions Trophy as well.

Again, Henriques ahead of Mitch Marsh? Why? Moises' record is so vastly inferior it isn't funny.

 

[BarneyBent]

Again, Henriques ahead of Mitch Marsh? Why? Moises' record is so vastly inferior it isn't funny.

Because Marsh is fragile, and Henriques is the incumbent, though you definitely could play him instead. Might even be best to have Henriques playing for Aus A and Marsh playing in the ODI side, since Henriques is a chance of playing Ashes cricket.