Yes, I happy acknowledge that I don't think anyone should be selected for the team with a first class average under 40"Oh, you're one of those people"
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Yes, I happy acknowledge that I don't think anyone should be selected for the team with a first class average under 40"Oh, you're one of those people"
Doss are you sure? I've heard this is the squad they'll be taking to the next test and on to Pakistan...Forget all-rounders. None are currently Test standard.
If Smith doesn't start bowling his leggies again, he'll be in jeopardy soon enough too!Doss are you sure? I've heard this is the squad they'll be taking to the next test and on to Pakistan...
- Warner (on the proviso he bowls his leggies)
- Stoinis
- Smith
- Head
- Henriques
- Marsh (Mitchell)
- Wade
- Agar
- Wildermuth
- Faulkner
- Starc (scrapes in due to the fact he made a 50 in the last test!)
- 12th man is Glenn Maxwell - the ultimate all-rounder
I'd be happy to give Faulkner a go on those figures. Seems a real competitor also. Did he have a drink/drive issue in UK last year? Maybe that's been taken against him also?Interesting reading, given how differently Mitch Marsh is rated by CA compared to the other two:
Career Shield batting average
Mitch Marsh - 24.91 (1 century, 10 fifties)
James Faulkner - 31.49 (1 century, 12 fifties)
Moises Henriques - 34.06 (5 centuries, 8 fifties)
Career Shield bowling figures
Mitch Marsh - 27.01 average, 48.55 strike rate, 3.34 economy rate
James Faulkner - 24.40 average, 49.64 strike rate, 2.95 economy rate
Moises Henriques - 33.22 average, 62.89 strike rate, 3.17 economy rate
We don't select Faulkner for the Test team because he's apparently "not good enough to bat at #6", and "isn't among the top 3/4 pace bowlers we have" (despite having one of the best FC bowling records of anyone in the country), yet we select a guy with significantly worse Shield record in Mitch Marsh who is only a year younger based on "potential"? Ok.
I'd be happy to give Faulkner a go on those figures. Seems a real competitor also. Did he have a drink/drive issue in UK last year? Maybe that's been taken against him also?
And isn't that Faulkner?I still think the only allrounder this team can afford is one who holds his spot in the top 6 purely as a batsman and then can give us some bonus overs without being relied upon as a frontline bowler
This team can't afford and for the most part really doesn't need a 5 bowler 5 batsman lineup not unless CA start going back to those 3/370 pitches that were killing our bowlers and softening up our batsmen, overseas we will be faced with pitches that give plenty to either the quicks or the spin bowlers so why do we need 4 quicks on those decks if it means we compromise the batting depth?
Against Test level bowling you think he would get picked as a top 6 bat?And isn't that Faulkner?
And isn't that Faulkner?
Maddinson was, Ferguson...Against Test level bowling you think he would get picked as a top 6 bat?
And isn't that Faulkner?
I reckon he's worth a go. So far he is just another member of Australia's famous 1 test club. Think he made a 40 odd in that one. All rounders don't have to make 100's.No not even close, he would like marsh be taking the spot of a batsman not because he is equal or better than the many other candidates with the bat but because he can also bowl and as i said that only makes sense on the dead pitches we have produced in previous years.
We need lots and lots of batting overseas where teams simply had to create bowler friendly pitches that would expose our 5 out all out lineup and we need plenty of batting here at home but only if we do the same as this last series and produce pitches that keep quality bowlers in the contest.
The ball is in CA's court they can eliminate the need for a 5th bowler who leaves us thin on batting and all they have to do is tell the curators no more highways.
Just checked.He's scored 1 Shield hundred. Is he really a top 6 bat? Not even close. We don't have Gilchrist at 7!
Just checked.
He's played 1 test, in England.
Took 6/98, and made 45 runs.
Batted at number 3 in the 2nd innings also.
Surely that was worth another few tests???
How bad is Henriques' injury?
I'm thinking part of why they brought back Wade is in hopes he can produce numbers worthy of a number 6. If that happens I could see them trying the next all-rounder at 7. Despite our poor results I still don't think they're willing to throw out the idea of an all-rounder in the side. It all comes back to their sports science stuff in ensuring work loads are managed etc. I don't agree with it but one series loss won't be enough for them to throw out their logic in the long run.
Is he injured again?
Haha love the parochial posting.Locks
Starc
Hazlewood
Khawaja
Warner
Smith
Should Play
Handscomb
Bird (Like his Swing)
New Players
Stoinis
Patterson
Out
Renshaw (12 Man)
Maddinson
Spinners
Holland
So My Team
Warner, Khawaja, Stoinis, Smith, Habdscomb, Patterson, Wade, Starc, Hazlewood, Holland, Bird
Renshaw, Maxwell (12-13 Men)