Team for Hobart.

[Axel.]

Hughes
Watson
Katich
Ponting
Clarke
Hussey
Haddin
Johnson
Hauritz
Siddle
Bollinger

Team needs changes.

Thoughts?
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[Spikey]

Yeah Hussey ain't going anywehre, neither is Ponting. Hughes ain't staying unless Katich isn't fit. Hauritz isn't going anywhere.

Katich
Watson
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
....Let's be honest. The options are pretty shit. I think North will stay. I don't care who comes in as I have no faith in anyone performing.
Haddin
Johnson
Haurtiz
Siddle/ Hilf if he's fit.
Bollinger

 

[Heisenberg_]

What I would like to see

Watson
Hughes
Katitch
Ponting
Clarke
White
Paine
Johnson
Hauritz
Siddle
Bollinger


Reality is our moron selectors will just say out Hughes in Katitch

 

[richskee]

I know Chris Rogers is an opener but he's in form. N orth has to go, heard today that he's avearged 26 this summer. Wow, thats crap.

 

[Belnakor]

Watson
Hughes
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
Katich
Haddin
Johnson
Hauritz
Siddle
Bollinger

 

[Jimthegreat]

Hussey will be there for a little while. His form's been good and better than North and Ponting put together.

Watson
Katch
Klinger
Hussey
Clarke
Ponting (time for a drop down the order)
Haddin
Johnson
Hauritz (just but happy to try Smith)
Siddle (only while Hilfenhaus is out-happy to try McKay again too)
Bollinger

 

[Wally Carter]

Watson to 3, Ponting to 5, "heir apparent" to 4, White to 6.

Hughes
Katitch
Watson
Clarke
Ponting
White
Haddin

I'll leave the bowling picks for now.

 

[crownie]

most of these teams are just laughable, you dont make a heap of changes just cause of one defeat.

only thing possible is North getting dropped but they will give him one more test and rightly so.

 

[alfy!]

Probably unchanged.

A lot of the suggested changes are ridiculous.

 

[red+black]

Watson to 3, Ponting to 5, "heir apparent" to 4, White to 6.

Hughes
Katitch
Watson
Clarke
Ponting
White
Haddin

I'll leave the bowling picks for now.

I like your thinking, except you can't drop Hussey now even though he should have been dropped before the Summer. Something needs to be done at the top. Either Watto to 3 or one of the other openers around the country will have to slot into 1st drop. If an opener wants the opportunity to play for Australia, they need to be able to bat at 3 or 6 as well, cos sometimes it's just too hard to wait for an opening position.

 

[Thumpy]

Those of you that think that Hussey deserves to be dropped should seriously rethink. What more do you expect the poor bloke to do. Pump out a 100 every week or he deserves to get dropped. He's been probably our third best batsman this summer behind Katich and Watson and still there's people calling for his head. He's one of the teams best when we're under pressure and this has been witnesses before, most notably at the Oval when he scored 120something in the final innings. I think you'll find that if you remove him from the team and we'll perform worse than we have recently. I seriously believe that he can still keep a spot in the side for at least a few more years.

 

[Spiritof82]

Watson to 3, Ponting to 5, "heir apparent" to 4, White to 6.

Hughes
Katitch
Watson
Clarke
Ponting
White
Haddin

I'll leave the bowling picks for now.

Why have Clarke at 4, all he's done this summer is imitate a specialist fielder (and pretty badly at that), he can't bowl and even some of the bowlers are averaging better with the bat than him. Give him a test or two off so he and his husband Lara can go and work on their lost car keys story.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Probably unchanged.

A lot of the suggested changes are ridiculous.

If Katfish is fit, then he'll replace Hughes. Otherwise, as you were.

North may get a tap on the shoulder from the selectors to show why he should continue to be selected, but he'll get at least the Hobart Test. From memory, he was fairly reasonable during the Ashes six months ago.

 

[The Governor]

Here is my test XI for the Hobart Test Match:

Shane Watson
Phil Hughes
Ricky (CAPTAIN)
Michael Clarke
Michael Hussey
Cameron White
Tim Paine
Mitchell Johnson
Nathan Hauritz
Peter Siddle
Doug Bollinger

I would drop North and Haddin for Cameron White and Tim Paine.

 

[Spikey]

Is that the same Paine as the one who has in the past two FC seasons averaged 31.64 and scored no centuries?

Cause if so. I'm gonna keep (Pun intended) Haddin.

 

[JUBJUB]

Khawaja / Klinger


Thoughts?

My thought is you had to have been stoned when you posted this

 

[Axel.]

My thought is you had to have been stoned when you posted this

Have you seen Khawaja play?

 

[Zeke]

The test team I would take to Hobart.

Watson
Katich
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
S.Marsh
Haddin
Johnson
Hauritz
Hilfenhaus
Bollinger

In: Katich, Marsh, Hilfenhaus
Out: Hughes, North, Siddle

 

[dumb]

in: katich, white
out: hughes, north

same batting order. kat open, white at 6. no way in the world ponting will shift from 3.

i don't think the selectors will gamble with someone untried if they drop north, for what is almost certainly a live test match. one option i have not seen is and would not be averse to - out: north / in: smith, considering people rate him as a batsman. would not be surprised if the selectors squeezed him into the team that way, after all they are pretty eager to include him you'd have to say. but i think they'll play it safe if they drop north, bring white in. not least of all considering his slip-fielding skills.

hilf in for siddle if he's fit.

 

[Dez!]

The test team I would take to Hobart.

Watson
Katich
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
S.Marsh
Haddin
Johnson
Hauritz
Hilfenhaus
Bollinger

In: Katich, Marsh, Hilfenhaus
Out: Hughes, North, Siddle

I would sooner bring in Mitch Marsh before I brought in Shaun.

Hilfenhaus isn't fit and even if he is he won't have the match fitness or form, besides Siddle bowled well this Test but was very unlucky.

Although I applaud you on being one of the few who isn't dropping Hussey, his form in Australia has been very good recently and watching this innings he's the only thing holding us up. The only other bloke that pulled his weight in this innings has been Watson.

 

[bunsen burner]

Katich
Hughes
Watson
Clarke
Ponting
Hussey
Haddin
Johnson
Hauritz
Siddle
Bolly

Anyone know how long til Hifly is fit? Siddle bowls well but just isn't getting the rewards. Hopefully it will click for him.

Hussey has to stay. He's in form. Next time he has a slump he'll be out>

I'd dump Ponting as captain after the Hobart test and replace him with Katich. Tactically he's woeful. I'd bat 95% of the time after winning a toss, but that pitch was ridiculaously green and I'm at a loss how anyone would bat first on it.

 

[The 747]

Out North, in Smith. Need to get more out of the number 6 position than we are getting at the moment.

And just an observation, when people say this is no time for wholesale changes, well when exactly is right time for changes?

This team is going nowhere fast, we are struggling to beat the 6th and 7th ranked Test teams at HOME and are about to get thrashed (barring a miracle) at the SCG by Pakistan.

We lost at home to South Africa, we lost to India and we lost the Ashes. Will we be able to beat New Zealand in NZ with this side?

The only notable improver in the side is Watson who looks like our best batsman. Everyone else is either holding ground or declining.

 

[The 747]

I would sooner bring in Mitch Marsh before I brought in Shaun.

Hilfenhaus isn't fit and even if he is he won't have the match fitness or form, besides Siddle bowled well this Test but was very unlucky.

Although I applaud you on being one of the few who isn't dropping Hussey, his form in Australia has been very good recently and watching this innings he's the only thing holding us up. The only other bloke that pulled his weight in this innings has been Watson.

He was dropped 3 times by the wicketkeeper, all sitters. The only reason he is still there is because Akmal lost the plot.

Having said that, he is looking a lot better at the crease now.

 

[stickman11]

I doubt Katich will get back, if he does, I'd drop North. Hasn't performed all summer and is well old.

I'd love to see Hughes stay but moved to 4 where he can work out his game without the pressure of opening. Way too talented to be dropped, especially with our aging side. And to be fair, he showed more fight than the middle order.

I am not convinced about Haddin. I thought Paine was cleaner behind the stumps than Haddin and can handle the willow just as well, perhaps a little more consistantly.

Haddin is overated but will stay.

Can't really see klinger getting in. Just bit on the old side, he'd end up like North.

 

[Dez!]

He was dropped 3 times by the wicketkeeper, all sitters. The only reason he is still there is because Akmal lost the plot.

Having said that, he is looking a lot better at the crease now.

So what? He's still there, it's not his fault that Akmal can't catch.

Fact is he's 73 not out while besides Watson's 97 everyone else has been next to useless.