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Australia v India - pre series discussion
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I guess we'll find out tomorrow when they apparently announce the squad...
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If he's never more than that level then why does he consistently outperform the rest of the other contenders?
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Konstas's time will come but McSweeney will be picked as Khawaja's opening partner. Time to move on from Harris and Bancroft as both have had their time.
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He wouldn't be the first person that just can't go to the next level despite dominating at a lesser level. Some players just have a mental edge which allows them to step up to the next level despite perhaps been less talented, half the battle in cricket is in your head.
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I hate all our options. What we really need is a time capsule.
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At Shield level? Hes a good domestic player
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Just pick the 19 year old, what do we have to lose?.... he can clearly bat, just put him in there and hope for the best.
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What an infuriating attitude to take to the national team.
In the extreme examples like Will Pucovski and Nic Maddinson, you literally lose players/prospects by picking them on talent before they've earned it.
He'll be primed if he has a couple good shield seasons to come in for Usman after the Ashes next season. Chances are Head is going to open in the tests in SL at the start of next year considering how well he opening in India last BGT, so realistically we just need someone to hold their own this home Summer. Best case scenario imo is that we pick McSweeney, he does well enough to hold his spot for SL, then its just a simple swap in the order for those two.
Renshaw too never managed to turn it around after he was initially dropped, it's a big risk.
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Nail meet head. Cowan spot on.
Takes a former test opener to understand it seems.
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Listened to this whole podcast the other day, it was dreadful. Cowan completely exposed himself as someone who has watched absolutely zero domestic cricket recently. The amount of things that him and Middlemas spouted that simply were not accurate was mindblowing. Mugs
As a lifelong Australian cricket fan, I implore the selectors to pick Cameron Bancroft. He's earned his chances & deserves a shot at redemption for being the fall guy for the ball tampering saga. George Bailey, do the right thing & pick him for the 1st test.
He literally played in the first test series he was available to be picked in after his ban ended
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Best player in that side by a mile, which goes to show the gulf in quality between shield and the worst fc county
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Herald Sun saying that McSweeney to open, Inglis to be spare batsmen, Boland to be spare bowler in the predictable squad.
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Pat Cummins (capt), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc
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McSweeney to open in first Test, Inglis handed call-up
Scott Boland is the reserve fast bowler in a 13-player squad to face India in Perth
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| AUS Best XI | #. | IND Best XI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nathan McSweeney | 1 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | ||
Usman Khawaja | 2 | Abhimanyu Easwaran | Rohit Sharma | |
Marnus Labuschagne | 3 | Shubman Gill | KL Rahul | |
Steven Smith | 4 | Virat Kohli | ||
Travis Head | 5 | Rishabh Pant c + | ||
Mitchell Marsh | 6 | Sarfaraz Khan | ||
| Josh Inglis | + Alex Carey | 7 | Dhruv Jurel | Washington Sundar, R Ashwin |
c Pat Cummins | 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | Nitish Kumar Reddy | |
Mitchell Starc | 9 | Jasprit Bumrah | ||
Nathan Lyon | 10 | Harshit Rana | Pradish Krishna | |
| Scott Boland | Josh Hazlewood | 11 | Akash Deep |
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Yup good to seePat Cummins (capt), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc
McSweeney to open in first Test, Inglis handed call-up
Scott Boland is the reserve fast bowler in a 13-player squad to face India in Perth
marnus would want some runs been very average so far
Cleavy
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worth noting that the squad is only for the 1st Test...
Marnus seems to be copping the heat more for some reasond but Head has been no better in tests the past 12-18months
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That's reasonable but I'm not sure why people would think sending in a player to open against bumrah and co who has essentially never opened in his first class life is going to produce better results. One would argue on the way that Bancroft has previously played at both test and shield level that he's a better bet than what we have. If we are picking mcsweeney it shows how flawed our selection is.
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