He will be picked as a back-up keeper, but he shouldn't be considered for that role.
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Rolling Ashes Squad Thread, now featuring Haddin XII v Hick XII beginning p. 147
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Hick XII: Joe Burns, Cameron Bancroft, Steve Smith, Peter Handscomb, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (c, wk), Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Jackson Bird, Chris Tremain, Nathan Lyon
Haddin XII: David Warner, Marcus Harris, Kurtis Patterson, Travis Head (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Will Pucovski, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitch Starc, Peter Siddle, Josh Hazlewood, Jon Holland.
I'll back the Haddin XII in quite comfortably.
Haddin XII: David Warner, Marcus Harris, Kurtis Patterson, Travis Head (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Will Pucovski, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitch Starc, Peter Siddle, Josh Hazlewood, Jon Holland.
I'll back the Haddin XII in quite comfortably.
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The bowling attack of the Haddin XII is stronger but every batsman after Warner is fragile. There’s more steel in the Hick XII line-up.
lol, Steve Smith is the only batsman in the Hick XII you'd back to make runs
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Harris, Patterson and Labuschagne are flakey, Pucovski is young. Burns, Wade and Bancroft more likely to buckle down. Really just demonstrates that only Warner, Smith and to a lesser extent Khawaja are established international quality.
Yet it's only Warner and Harris in his current form on the other side who you'd be confident on either though!
Yet with a far stronger bowling attack. Once Pattos got his 5 overs out of the way, I’d back the Haddin middle order to make more runs.
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What, Patterson, who can’t buy a run? Head? Marnus? A rookie in Pucovski? On form, Wade would be more likely to hit runs than all of them. Burns also ahead of all of them.
I do agree that if Pattinson doesn’t fire, there’s not much else there. If it was Jhye Richardson instead of Tremain or Neser I’d be more confident.
Head, Australia’s leading run scorer in tests since start of summer, Labuschagne who has been outperforming the great Bancroft in county cricket and Carey who has been in fine form in England.
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Head did well but his career is littered with starts that he doesn’t go on with. Labuschagne’s Shield and Test record isn’t forgotten because of a purple patch. And I didn’t mention Bancroft, he’s in the same largely untested group, though we know he has the ability to knuckle down.
Head averages over 50 so far, whilst facing quality attacks. If he gets good starts and some good 70 or 80s every game then that's super valuable in the middle order. I'd rather have that than someone like Shaun Marsh who is either on or out for under 10.
that's your thoughts he is ready and better than half the side
How can you say he’s ready..the boys is prodigiously talented but has shown that he is fragile off the field (nothing wrong with that). I don’t think throwing him to the highest pressure environment in cricket is a responsible move
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er so Finch is sacrificed and Paine comes in? never sure as to how all these substitutions come about...
I know that there are other guaranteed pass marks coming in but too much change can only deal a disrupted ness
I know that there are other guaranteed pass marks coming in but too much change can only deal a disrupted ness
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yeah you heard me.. wonder kids are the new generation.. hey..
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This post totally confuses me Leeda.
U tell em bro.
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Always amusing seeing people try to decode Leeda posts 
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