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That still leaves an unbalanced squad. We have too many bowlers. Agar you can at least bat at 7 if needed.or Hazlewood (if fit)
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That still leaves an unbalanced squad. We have too many bowlers. Agar you can at least bat at 7 if needed.or Hazlewood (if fit)
marsh will probably play straight away
Is Turner bowling yet?Mitch Marsh should have been in the initial squad. Common sense finally prevails. Now if a bowler goes down pick Handscomb... Or Agar (as a bowling A/R)
Well yeah. Otherwise the tail is very longmarsh will probably play straight away
Likely to be rained out tomorrow anyway so they have a few daysNot sure they'll make the call straight away, they may want to give Stoinis a couple more days and let Marsh settle into the country before making the switch. Once Stoinis is replaced, they can't bring him back
I would have preferred another batting allrounderin the squad (say a M.Marsh) as I thought we were already one too many quicks in the squad.
End of the day sure K.Richardson is spare parts and will be a bench player and won't play a major part anyways.
They should just move Stoinis on. A side strain is not a good injury for a bowler already going at over a run a ball and no wickets. Has also batted poorly for 12 months. Roll the dice time.They will wait a few days to make a decision on Stonis because if he is replaced he can’t comeback into the squad.
Save for a brief purple patch around his 146* Stoinis has never been as good as Marsh at ODI level.
The only issue with Marsh coming in other than lack of form in this format is that Stoinis has been used as a death bowler which isn't usually Marsh's go. The selectors will have to rejig the bowling plans and we'll probably see NCN + Starc/Cummins bowling at the death with Marsh and Zampa probably bowling 10 each between the 15th and 45th overs.
Isn't KRicho allegedly a death bowler?
Yep, the death bowling is the big issue. But then it's going to be regardless of who you pick.
Isn't KRicho allegedly a death bowler?
We don't like to pick role playing bowlers any more. We had Bracken at the 2007 WC and Tye (had a horrible IPL this year) for a few games not long ago but we always revert back to 3 genuine quicks, 1 spinner and a pace bowling all rounder. Starc, Coulter-Nile and Cummins all get sucked into bowling too many short and length balls in the last 10. Maybe Marsh will end up bowling at the death. His peak is about 140 and he usually bowls 130s but doesn't tend to bowl 120s cutters too often.
On a really flat wicket, he can't be used at the death unless he's become a different bowler to the one I've seen in his history of playing state and international cricket.
The death of our World Cup hopes?Isn't KRicho allegedly a death bowler?
His performances fell off a cliff in his last year or so of international cricket and hasn't exactly lit it up since. He couldn't bat in the top 6 and his bowling isn't good enough anymore to be a 3rd seamer.I still think James Faulkner would of been the best all rounder. Good bowler with a lot of variety and can hot quick runs when required. Not the strongest batter but a very good bowling option, and would expect him to be good in English conditions.
From my point of view not worried about the recent "controversy around him, but possibly that and his drink driving issues from beforehand have let to his omission.