Australia Test squad - 2014
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Cowan should be miles ahead of S Marsh.
Funny, Marsh has made a duck followed by a century for WA... That is what we have come to expect from him.
Funny, Marsh has made a duck followed by a century for WA... That is what we have come to expect from him.
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Could well just be the media - I have to remember that their website is usually just opinion pieces with stuff like this.
I really wouldn't be surprised if we went with Watson at 3 and Marsh at 6 though. I'd rather we didn't but I could see the reasoning.
Still people lack the acceptance that we wont have blokes averaging high 40's in shield cricket that are knocking down the door. It just isnt going to happen anytime soon. Players will be averaging lower and getting gigs in the test team.
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To be fair, Cowan's four innings so far this Shield season - 0, 100, 105, 13.
Fixed. After Mitch Marsh getting two tests, no-one can have any illusions anymore.
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Hughes would need a score to be considered, and to not get out to a spinner.
Marsh needs to show he does it for consistent games, not just ONE.
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Guess if Hughes makes 150 and gets out to a spinner he can't be in the team then? Your logic on so many things is flawed.
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If he makes 150 that is good going. The issue has been every yob spinner in the country has been getting him out, and then he compounds that by showing very little footwork in his dismissal against NSW against a quick. I rate Hughes, I do, but for mine he needs a good 12 months. Needs a season playing domestically in the sub continent in our off season too. Doesn't have natural footwork against slow bowlers.
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You do realise that they have their domestic seasons the same time as ours?
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Please. Shaun Marsh should be a mile ahead of Cowan (and is).
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Exactly, the one thing I am so over is these players being so rubbish against spinners. Go to India and get some practice. If you miss a few Shield games, so be it!
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If he repeats it next game....knowing Shaun $5 says he'll flop and fail like he always does after getting a ton.
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And breach their state contracts? Don't think it's that simple.
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That is the point. There comes a time where we have to be flexible with these state contracts. If they miss a game or two it isn't the end of the world. You would be talking MAYBE 5 players, if that a season. Go over there play some cricket in India for 4 weeks (which they could do while the Big Bash or the Metrador Cup is on). This way they have the best of both worlds, not missing Shield cricket, and they need to improve against spin. Enough of getting out to spinners, develop your game against spinners.
This is where my idea of a player exchange system should come in.
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Or a cannon? It may come to that at T20 matches, if the game is boring. They'll start firing players out of cannons onto the field to get them to the middle for their turn to bat.
What chance the BCCI would agree? They want India to be a fortress.
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If I were Hughes, I'd be pushing for a spot in the IPL, just to get some sort of gametime against spin in subcontinent conditions.
If you were an IPL team...why would you pick him?
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Well, whether they want him is another thing, but I'd be doing my best to get the experience if I can if I were him. His limited overs record is quite good on paper (albeit his strike rates are kind of low), so it might fool someone into giving him a shot.
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Just saw this on Cric.info
Given the overseas players available and the limits on them playing, I doubt whether he would get a look in.
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