Dream best 11 in 2022

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Renshaw
Weatherald
Pucovski
Smith
Patterson
Sangha
Peirson (C)
Cummins
Richardson
Lyon
Hazlewood

 

[a mayes ing]

No pressure on young Will Pukovski to perform in these parts. Without playing a test the poor lad has been put up with the best players we have produced in the last 30 years.

Yep, even in the media someone has said he is the best since Ponting (however he has seen him all through his junior years). As bad and unfair as it is he will be tasked with rebuilding Australia cricket

 

[Shooter#17]

My ideal in the left column with some alternative options and some reliant on health ie pattinson

Harris/Renshaw
Bryant
Pucovski
Smith
Sanga
Stoinis/Sutherland
Phillipe/Carey
Cummins
Pattinson/Richardson
Starc
Pope.

Some explosive players at the top and Lowe middle order (Bryant, Stoinis Phillipe) mixed with the class and technique in the middle order (Smith pucovski and Sanga).
Great to see Patto get a run at it as he has agression that none of our current bowlers do.
Love the way Bryant goes about it and could be in the Warner mould where he sets up a game in the 1st session.
Really like Phillipe who could bring back the Gilly role.
Hoping Pope and matured enough to be a weapon by this time.

 

[Sproj]

Really like Phillipe who could bring back the Gilly role.

Yeah me too, so young but so much promise. I hope he doesn't go the same way as Head though in that shows a bucketload of promise but doesn't seem quite like getting there yet.

 

[cricketnut14]

Its the 2022/23 summer and Australia is undisputably number 1 in the world in test cricket again thanks to CA recognising your incredible talent at picking test stars from your armchair.

What is your dreamteam come the 22/23 summer

Marcus Harris (30 y/o): Hasnt looked back since the disastrous Indian tour of Aus when he looked like the only bloke who had held a cricket bat before. In his prime and slaughtering attacks around the world

Matt Renshaw (26 y/o): Makes his name in the 2019 Ashes tour where the only thing he does more than playing and missing is pile on 100's. Has formed a partnership with Harris to rival Hayden/Langer

Will Pucovski (24 y/o): After Bradman and Voges, the battle for third best bat to don the green is toughly fought between Smith Ponting and by the looks ofnhis career trajectory, Pucovski. Has gone from strength to strength after a debut ton peteres out to a mid 30's average for a year and half. Has since settled in and piled on over 1000 runs in the 2021 calender year. Set to be an all time great

Steve Smith (33 y/o): After a middling return in the 19 Ashes of just three 50's (still our best bat for the series), it seemed the Smith of old was no more. Enter the Gabbatoir and the first test of the Aussie summer. Entering the ground to thunderous applause the likes hadnt been seen since that streaker got decked by Roy, he piled on a double ton and is now again the undisputed best batsmen in the world.

Cam Bancroft (30 y/o): After returning to the shield and a bout of runs so heavy it would make the morning after a night of vindaloo look like constipation he couldnt not be picked. But with the dominance of Harris and Renshaw, he was told to make 5 his own and Banners always does what he's told.

Jason Sangha (23 y/o): With 3 years of placing top 5 in Shield and County runs and given time to properly develop form and confidence, the time was right for the 21/22 summer to mark the arrival of the "Sandwhich." With his handy leggies, rock-solid defense and classy wrists, Sandwhich locked in the number 6 with a debut series better than Clarkes.

Alex Carey (31y/o): After dominating the short forms for 2 more years, Carey was ripe to replace the giant shoes of Australia's best ever full time keeper/batsmen/captain. With memories of the age Gilchrist, teams shudder to see 5/380 and watching Carey walk out to blast 100's on tiring attacks.

Pat Cummins (29 y/o): Imagine getting Gilchrist out only to see Keith Miller walk in at 8. Australias greatest all-rounder averages the good kind of 25 and 35 and in combination with Carey already boasts the two highest ever Aus partnerships for the 7th wicket.

Jhye Richardson (26 y/o): Bat deep TM has been given new meaning with Richo at 9 and Cummins at 8. Able to swing it both ways at pace and without spraying it down the leg twice an over, the decision to permanently "rest" Starc in limited overs format is finally agreed upon in 2021 following Richo's 50 n/o and 6/32 on debut (only one innings needed).

Cameron Green (23 y/o): Not since McGrath has 130km/h looked so scary. Line, length, nibble and the top of off is all Green needs to rip out top orders. Replaces Hazlewood in 2021 having never recovered the form pre-Newlands.

Nathan Lyon (35 y/o): GOAT

Cameron Green @ 10 - WOW

 

[Kyptastic]

This thread shows how Labuschagne has come from nowhere to be one of the first picked. Crazy ascent

 

[magpiemaniac44]

That Pucovski caption is exactly what Marnus has become at number 3