Changes for 3rd Test v India

[Gough]

That's common sense good sir. Australian selector criteria demands that is non existent
Just pick a bloody batsmen.

On form that's still Henriques. Or Ed Cowan.

 

[Tigerssaints]

Henriques gotta be the man, he can actually play spin well.

Would be some sort of backflip if they picked a Cowan or Bailey.

absolute crap ,only plays spin on his home ground scg !!!
already had 3 call ups and failed , toooooooooo old ,like Bailey
he failed in Sri lanka ang India , against spin
Stonis, or Cartwright must e replacement ( like for like)

as usual the NSW press are firing on all "8 cylinders" pushing henriques wirth photos and articles already surfacing
remember Paterson,maddinson, okeefe and Moises , all promoted above there ability, and are suffering for it

 

[Fat Nyfe]

Kurtis Patterson, or Henriques. And I know the selectors won't even consider, but Cowan or Bailey.

Those are the 4 best options

I mean. that's just if we want to win this series. But hey, it's all about yoof and bits and pieces players.

 

[barrackers]

Henriques is still probably the best option bowling aside

That's exactly how than allrounder should work. Useful allrounders are good enough to hold their own with one discipline with the other a bonus, great allrounders are good enough to hold their own with 2 disciplines. This half good at batting, half good at bowling doesn't work especially with a keeper averaging under/around 30.

 

[frankrizzo]

Completely agree and why the hell are we only considering an allrounder? Those 5 overs Marsh contributed across 2 tests really must have been game changing!

They are even more in love with the general idea of the allrounder than they are in love with mitch marsh, they just feel that number 6 spot is a free roll where you can try whatever experiments you feel like and the fact that our soft middle order has cost us series after series never seemed to bother them as much as the thought of only having 4 bowlers.

 

[Demosthenes]

absolute crap ,only plays spin on his home ground scg !!!

Meh, Henriques played well in Chennai on the last tour. He sucked in Sri Lanka but that was poor selection, if you pick a bloke coming back from injury he's going to be underdone.

With his current form he's a good option even as a pure bat. You could argue Cowan or Bailey are better, but let's be honest, we know they don't have a hope in hell with this selection panel.

 

[JG22]

absolute crap ,only plays spin on his home ground scg !!!
already had 3 call ups and failed , toooooooooo old ,like Bailey
he failed in Sri lanka ang India , against spin
Stonis, or Cartwright must e replacement ( like for like)

as usual the NSW press are firing on all "8 cylinders" pushing henriques wirth photos and articles already surfacing
remember Paterson,maddinson, okeefe and Moises , all promoted above there ability, and are suffering for it

He is one of the top shield scorers this season and is averaging 65.

Who would you have in?

 

[Fat Nyfe]

They are even more in love with the general idea of the allrounder than they are in love with mitch marsh, they just feel that number 6 spot is a free roll where you can try whatever experiments you feel like and the fact that our soft middle order has cost us series after series never seemed to bother them as much as the thought of only having 4 bowlers.

Yep. Remember when we had genuine batsmen like Hussey or Ponting batting 6? They could score hundreds and we'd win tests. It feels like we're into the tail now after the fourth wicket falls, not good enough.

 

[Xtreme]

Mitch Marsh Injured and Returning Home

Didn't know they considered a pea heart as an injury.

 

[Demosthenes]

Didn't know they considered a pea heart as an injury.

Why, did you try to use it to get on the disability pension?

 

[Demons09]

Didn't know they considered a pea heart as an injury.

And taking a potshot behind you're keyboard we know who the real pea heart is you got him well covered.

 

[Louis Slungpue]

absolute crap ,only plays spin on his home ground scg !!!
already had 3 call ups and failed , toooooooooo old ,like Bailey
he failed in Sri lanka ang India , against spin
Stonis, or Cartwright must e replacement ( like for like)

as usual the NSW press are firing on all "8 cylinders" pushing henriques wirth photos and articles already surfacing
remember Paterson,maddinson, okeefe and Moises , all promoted above there ability, and are suffering for it

You are a bitter old piece of pelican shit

 

[Tigerssaints]

He is one of the top shield scorers this season and is averaging 65.

Who would you have in?

Moises test record
lehman has said like for like , batting alrounder (has two spare batters)
i said stonis or catwright (read) i thing from memory cartwright was the incumbent
i have been trying to dowload his test batting innings history, but ( i am leftie !!) no luck so i will list

68 173 132 5 0 51.51 7 lbw 1 v India Chennai 22 Feb 2013 Test # 2074
81* 159 148 6 2 54.72 7 not out 3 v India Chennai 22 Feb 2013 Test # 2074
5 23 22 1 0 22.72 7 bowled 1 v India Hyderabad (Deccan) 2 Mar 2013 Test # 2076
0 5 4 0 0 0.00 7 run out 3 v India Hyderabad (Deccan) 2 Mar 2013 Test # 2076
0 1 2 0 0 0.00 7 bowled 1 v India Mohali 14 Mar 2013 Test # 2081
2 7 10 0 0 20.00 8 caught 3 v India Mohali 14 Mar 2013 Test # 2081
4 18 13 0 0 30.76 5 stumped 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 13 Aug 2016 Test # 2217


NOT a pretty picture (n lucky av 22)
his 1 dayer and t2o worse

 

[Tigerssaints]

You are a bitter old piece of pelican shit

"easy on the old"

 

[Jimthegreat]

Moises test record
lehman has said like for like , batting alrounder (has two spare batters)
i said stonis or catwright (read) i thing from memory cartwright was the incumbent
i have been trying to dowload his test batting innings history, but ( i am leftie !!) no luck so i will list

68 173 132 5 0 51.51 7 lbw 1 v India Chennai 22 Feb 2013 Test # 2074
81* 159 148 6 2 54.72 7 not out 3 v India Chennai 22 Feb 2013 Test # 2074
5 23 22 1 0 22.72 7 bowled 1 v India Hyderabad (Deccan) 2 Mar 2013 Test # 2076
0 5 4 0 0 0.00 7 run out 3 v India Hyderabad (Deccan) 2 Mar 2013 Test # 2076
0 1 2 0 0 0.00 7 bowled 1 v India Mohali 14 Mar 2013 Test # 2081
2 7 10 0 0 20.00 8 caught 3 v India Mohali 14 Mar 2013 Test # 2081
4 18 13 0 0 30.76 5 stumped 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 13 Aug 2016 Test # 2217


NOT a pretty picture (n lucky av 22)
his 1 dayer and t2o worse

He had a great start. Dropped from there.

On the bright side anyone would be better than Mitch Marsh.

 

[Xtreme]

And taking a potshot behind you're keyboard we know who the real pea heart is you got him well covered.

I'm not the one pretending to be a test cricketer. Have you seen his run of scores in recent times ? He should never have been brought back. He makes Glenn McGrath look like Bradman in comparison.

 

[Nuke Fremantle]

Mitch Marsh Injured and Returning Home

Never never wish injury on an athlete but it's like the cricketing gods have looked at Australia and said "right, if their selectors don't have the balls to drop him we better take care of it".

I'd go into the last 2 tests with a batsman at 6. Henriques average this season is bloated by one huge score, Cartwright is not a good player of spin (bats at 3 for W.A) and Stoinis' form is just horrible.

 

[Kram]

Yeha he was horirble, I don't think 2 test matches from 6 months ago in a different country should make him automatically unpickable though. You blokes carry on like he's never played spin bowling in his life and that S.Marsh is the second coming of christ.

I'm not against picking him if they go that way and hope he goes well, I just find it amusing how his fans go on about it as being of of cricket's all time greatest injustices that he's been overlooked. The selectors have very good reason to be quite wary of how he would perform batting over there.

 

[Nuke Fremantle]

Oh and by the way whatever changes we come up with for the 3rd test can we pretty please not announce it 24 hours before the toss? It's just a signal for the corrupt groundsman to either pour water on the pitch or shave every blade of graa off.

 

[Demosthenes]

Henriques average this season is bloated by one huge score

Dunno if I'd say that. His 250-odd helps his average, but 2 tons and 2 50s from 11 outings is a respectable level of consistency.

EDIT: Shield scores this season, most recent first:

52, 47, 265, 51, 115, 37*, 2, 8, 41, 28, 11.

Pretty strong form.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Best we look at a batsman or at worst a batting all-rounder. Cartwight looked pretty good in his first Test.

 

[Tigerssaints]

spot on , smith doesn't bowl ,or show confidence in anyone outside his NSW mates !!

 

[Demosthenes]

Cartwright's doing respectably this season, possibly not a bad option. 16/17 Shield scores, most recent first:

23, 27*, 94, 30, 2, 27, 41, 84, 3, 18, 1, 59, 80, 17

My recollection from when WA played at the SCG was that he struggled against Somerville and O'Keefe. Can anyone who knows more about him elaborate on how well he plays spin?

 

[eddiesmith]

Never never wish injury on an athlete but it's like the cricketing gods have looked at Australia and said "right, if their selectors don't have the balls to drop him we better take care of it".

I'd go into the last 2 tests with a batsman at 6. Henriques average this season is bloated by one huge score, Cartwright is not a good player of spin (bats at 3 for W.A) and Stoinis' form is just horrible.

Or the selectors dont want to drop him so he is sent home with an 'injury'. Which also allows them to pick another seam bowling all rounder and keep the same makeup

 

[Wolfs]

Or the selectors dont want to drop him so he is sent home with an 'injury'. Which also allows them to pick another seam bowling all rounder and keep the same makeup

Eeeh could be that but also does make sense that he's injured since he bowled 120 odd instead of 140's. I mean they would have just dropped him anyway likely for Maxwell if he wasn't injured.