Changes (if any) for Melbourne

[courtjester]

Ponting?

4 quicks or one out with a spinner in? Who?

Any others?

 

[Coledinho]

Doesnt matter. Barring a miracle it will be rained out.

Boxing Day will be the only dry day of the test match with rain predicted for the next 4 days of the match.

Sydney Test will be a bit better. 1st day likely to be rained out and the morning of the 2nd and thats it

 

[Bombers_Forever]

Beer for Smith?

Can't see any changes unless Ponting is out.

 

[Speck]

Can see us going unchanged here.

 

[Cleavy]

unchanged. Smith can bowl spin if required

 

[Spiritof82]

Clarke for anyone that knows what cricket is.

 

[Fart Cummings]

S.Marsh for Hughes but it wont happen

 

[Donners]

Interesting to look at the current domestic performances by Test contenders:

Jacques - 16
Khawaja - 21
Maddinson - 137
O'Keefe - 1
Marsh - 5, 50
North - 2, 14
Cosgrove - 100, 86* (off 53!)
Ferguson - 0, 15
D.Hussey - 0
White - 60
McDonald - 0, 3/1 (injured)



Beer - 0/27, 0/25
Doherty 1/11, 0/31
Hauritz 98*

Bring in Cosgrove and Hauritz!

I honestly can't see them dropping Hughes after one Test, nor Clarke or Ponting. Either Hilf or Siddle may go for a spinner, hopefully Hauritz rather than Beer.

 

[dan warna]

interview with chappelli on the radio just now.

punter looks like he has a fracture on the small finger.

 

[triplejdude]

If Ponting doesn't come up, replace him with Marsh or Khawaja.

Siddle out for O'Keefe.

 

[dan warna]

If Ponting doesn't come up, replace him with Marsh or Khawaja.

Siddle out for O'Keefe.

orly, O'keefe can't get a game with NSW atm...

 

[Notorious_29]

If Ponting doesn't come up, then Khawaja comes in. Otherwise no change for mine.

 

[Rids]

Out: Ponting In: Khawaja. Ponting is in such poor form anyway and I can't see that being in discomfort/wary of a knock is going to assist. Rest the finger and get right for Sydney I think.

Out: Siddle In: Hauritz. Unlucky to Siddle but need a specialist spinner I think for Melbourne and Hauritz has done everything that could possibly be asked of him since getting dropped (including two tons!)

With no-one really putting their hand up to take his place (bar Cosgrove maybe) I would retain Hughes and show some faith in him to turn it around.

 

[TassieSaint]

Ponting for Khawaja if required, but I'd prefer Punter playing mildly injured. He's due a big score and loves the MCG.

Wait to see how NSW bowl against Queensland, if Hauritz (or O'Keefe) bowl really well I'd have them in for Siddle (not that the selectors are likely to drop a Victorian for Boxing day) but no point in including a spinner for the sake of it after that performance.

Listening to the praise Ponting and particularly Johnson have given Hilf it doesn't sound like he'll be dropped, which is good.

 

[djrossie16]

Siddle isn't offering much with the ball at the moment. I wish Andrew McDonald was fit. That would be the only change for mine.

Question for everyone have we moved past Hauritz or is he still in the frame?

 

[djrossie16]

Hauritz..............................................................

COme on down

 

[Flawed Genius]

Show faith in Hughes.

 

[OzBomber]

Beer had a shocker in the FC game against Tassie. A duck, 8 and no wickets. Has to be Hauritz.

 

[Value Added]

If Ponting doesn't come up, replace him with Marsh or Khawaja.

Siddle out for O'Keefe.

You must be a mate of O'Keefe. No way. Klinger for Hughes who's a dud.

 

[Tyberious Funk]

Question for everyone have we moved past Hauritz or is he still in the frame?

He (currently) has 14 wickets in the Shield this season at an average of 26. If he's not "in the frame", he certainly should be. The two centuries are just cream on top.

 

[Blue Dimension]

Hauritz needs to take more wickets before he's brought back. Making runs doesn't account for his average performances with the ball in recent times (prior to the Ashes series). It will probably no change. The likely one to be out is Siddle but even then I doubt they'd drop him on his home ground.

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

would love to see cosgrove get a gig, everyone knows he has the talent, much better than hughes technically as well, IMO even though we won our batsman underperformed significantly, Hughes needs to go for either Katich (not sure of his fitness status) or Marsh, we just can't afford to keep losing a wicket before we reach 20 or 30

if we go four quicks then Smith stays, we need a spinner for melbourne

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Beer in Siddle out

 

[djrossie16]

How on earth does Beer get a game Michael Slater

 

[Subprime]

Johnson due for a rest, no?