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If Wardandi is the name for Bunbury, is Wilman the word for bypass?

Very glad they made this call. Eventually.

This Champions trophy has been an absolute fizzer for Pakistan. Abandoned games, forced to play India at a neutral venue, out in straight sets, Afghanistan allowed to compete. At least Mitch Starc has updated his withdrawal reason from "personal reasons" to "personal views".

Allan and Baker, eh? Sure you can't find us a Reid?

I know that Swans have done more than their share to smooth out some rough edges on players. That's a good thing. But for me, Tarryn Thomas might be a bridge too far.

I'd like to take the away game against Richmond in Round 9

One key factor - that he did nothing wrong?

Yeah, but we got Lucca Grego instead. Hard to be too disappointed about that. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Kuhnemann's action is definitely borderline. The bend of the elbow is in the direction that is really helpful for a finger-spinner: it's the direction normal people's elbows bend. The question is whether it's more or less than 15 degrees. If it's more, he'll have to learn how to bend it less...

Slow motion replays do look troubling. Bit surprised he got this far before being pulled up. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Champions' Trophy squad looking very thin now Starc has pulled out. Abbott, Dwarshuis, JFM, T Sangha, Hardie, Johnson, M Short is a large contingent of fringe players.

Plus Marsh and Green. This is our reserves. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

I hope Cam Green comes back batting at 3. That's where the opening in the Australian test team will be...

Vandersay bowled some good balls, but for the most part they were serving up pies. Prabath's run-up and action is almost comically lazy.

Good side picked. Head already justifying his position at the top of the order. But if we win I'd still like to see Konstas, McSweeney and Boland in the second test.

Scorchers have had a few issues this year, when compared with the past: Death bowling (Tye old, Kelly coming back from injury) Wrist spin (We'd love Brad Hogg or Fawad Ahmed again) All round contributions (Marsh unavailable, Hardie unable to bowl) Imports (ouch) Load management (I have no idea...

We need Hurricanes to win. Glad they’re opening the bowling with - checks notes - Tim David and Marcus Bean… On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Can we get Bangers back? 1000% upgrade on Hurst. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Yes, they're also probably better options. Maybe Jack Edwards too. Hardie very lucky.

Will Sutherland would have been a better choice than Hardie on current form. But he's not a genuine top 6 batsman, which is what they're still hoping they get from Hardie.

I'd quite like to see some player rotation on the SL tour. India do it, SA do it, and I think it benefits us in the medium term. First test: Konstas Khawaja Labuschagne Smith Head Webster Carey Starc Kuhnemann Lyon Boland Second test: Konstas Head McSweeney Smith Inglis Webster Carey Connolly...

Bit of a shame that Richardson and Rocchicioli missed out. But Sri Lanka can be a graveyard for fast bowlers, so I'm not sure it's the place you want to be reintroducing someone after injury. Also, Todd Murphy did well in India, and offers a different (flatter, skiddier) trajectory to the other...

This series is a free hit, too, now we've qualified for the WTC final. So we can take players and develop them for the future. That means Inglis, McSweeney and Connolly over Handscomb and Maxwell. But it should also mean one of the bowlers in your list over Abbott.

The alternative would have been to cobble together 4 overs from Connolly, Turner, Marsh and Hardie. In past years, this would have been no problem at all, but this year it's a dodgier proposition. Hardie not bowling at all, the others unreliable.

We have a lot of players on our list whose best position isn't clear. That will initially be exacerbated by a new game plan. Our youth now looks promising, but they're some time away from being at their best. So I expect us to have a poor first half of the year. But in the second half of the...

Happy for them to play franchise cricket. But Afghanistan the country should be penalised by exclusion from international fixtures. What's happening there is as bad as apartheid.

Rashid Khan 10 wickets and counting, plus a pair of 20s at a run a ball. He's some player, in all formats. But we should still exclude Afghanistan from international cricket while the current regime is in place.

Hurst out for 3 off 7, and offered chances on both his scoring shots. What’s Joel Curtis doing? And who is our overseas talent scout? On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

You can look up any school’s finances on the My School website. Government schools funded most, then Catholic, then independent. It’s not easy to make like-for-like comparisons, particularly with the high-fee independent schools - but you can compare public funding of local primary schools with...