Champions Trophy Squad

[Gak Attack]

Voges probably hard to drop, Bailey the best performed since he came in, Watto our best ODI player and the captain to come back in. Who goes out? On form and overall ODI career you would think it has to be Warner but can see them sticking with him.

 

[Phone]

i'd drop warner and open with wade.

not that wade is really any better opening than warner. but it doesn't block out voges/bailey

 

[dajesmac]

Australia innings

Thanks for that mate. Marsh had a bit of a cameo which is good to see.

err http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/engine/match/634963.html ?

Must be just be it's not working for then.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

wait. Voges getting smashes is good for Marsh. 'cause it increases the chance of them playing doherty as one of the 4 bowlers and Marsh at 7 makes 10000X more sense than Faulkner

Faulkner has done very well with the ball since he's come into the team and Maxwell can come in at 7 and hit for glory probably as well as Marsh. Well, maybe not as well but he can do it plus they'll have more mediocre spin bowling at their disposal.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

Australia innings (target: 257 runs from 50 overs)
SR Watson c DM Bravo b Best 135 98 15 4 137.75
DA Warner c †Ramdin b Roach 0 2 0 0 0.00
PJ Hughes c †Ramdin b Roach 0 3 0 0 0.00
GJ Bailey c †Ramdin b Sammy 21 32 4 0 65.62
AC Voges c Holder b Best 43 57 5 0 75.43
MS Wade† c †Ramdin b DJ Bravo 15 22 2 0 68.18
MR Marsh not out 39 19 8 0 205.26
JP Faulkner not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 5

Total (6 wickets; 38.5 overs) 259 (6.66 runs per over)

Any concerns here from a Test point of view?

Different format as is highlighted by Watson's getting a ton

Any concerns I have about Warner and Hughes with the red ball are not going to be alleviated or heightened by anything they do against the white ball. Warner shouldn't be opening in ODIs anyway.

 

[western royboy]

Different format as is highlighted by Watson's getting a ton

Any concerns I have about Warner and Hughes with the red ball are not going to be alleviated or heightened by anything they do against the white ball. Warner shouldn't be opening in ODIs anyway.

People forget Watson did a very good job as opener there four years ago. Warner and Hughes are viewed by many as being risky in the UK against the moving ball and first start we have two globes - not encouraging.

 

[Phone]

I don't think Shane Watson has allowed anyone to forget it

 

[Doodlesweaver]

People forget Watson did a very good job as opener there four years ago. Warner and Hughes are viewed by many as being risky in the UK against the moving ball and first start we have two globes - not encouraging.

Watson did a reasonable job as an opener there. Around four fifties, no tons. He's a different beast in short formats.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Australia innings (target: 257 runs from 50 overs)

R​

B​

4s​

6s​

SR​

​

SR Watson c DM Bravo b Best 135 98 15 4 137.75
DA Warner c †Ramdin b Roach 0 2 0 0 0.00
PJ Hughes c †Ramdin b Roach 0 3 0 0 0.00
GJ Bailey c †Ramdin b Sammy 21 32 4 0 65.62
AC Voges c Holder b Best 43 57 5 0 75.43
MS Wade† c †Ramdin b DJ Bravo 15 22 2 0 68.18
MR Marsh not out 39 19 8 0 205.26
JP Faulkner not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 5

Total (6 wickets; 38.5 overs) 259 (6.66 runs per over)

Any concerns here from a Test point of view?

None whatsoever. Different games, different surfaces, different pressures. Watson made runs, which shows how relevant to Test selection one inning in a different format should be.

Even if you look at Warner and Hughes, different types of games and one failure is hardly cause for any concern anyway. If they notch up two or three in the FC tour games and that will start to be a worry. Good or bad, CT form should be basically irrelevant*. There might be some pointers, but nothing to hang a selection on one way or the other.

*Of course, I know the selectors don't tend to differentiate between the formats as strongly as that but Davey is a favey and Hughes seems poised to be perservered with for a little while yet anyway.