Australia vs India First Test - Adelaide Oval - Dec 9 - Dec 13

[Gough]

Not really and obvious candidates to replace him.

Cowan is a known quantity.
Silk not in particularly great form.
Bancroft's in good form but way too early.

Burns I guess but I'd rather he didn't open against England in the Ashes.
Bring him in at number 4.

I guess this is where we sit around and ponder the impact that Hughes' death will have on the team make up going forward. It would be difficult to argue that he wasn't the next cab off the rank should Clarke have not played. It's like the bizzaro 90s and 00s in Shield cricket at the moment, international standard bowlers everywhere and a dearth of batsman.

 

[carnthemlions]

Haddin's wonderful recent run of scores is:

28, 0, 9, 1, 13, 3*, 22, 0, 10, 13, 0

He's going the way of Matt Prior at the moment.

Dont see this happening but we will know tomorrow morning:

Might've just been a back spasm IF this turns out to be true.
Having had a back spasm once myself, Clarke's reaction did look a bit familiar. Not pleasant, but you can recover reasonably quickly. Might be a bit different if you have a degenerative back issue, though.

 

[AM]

Not really and obvious candidates to replace him.

Cowan is a known quantity.
Silk not in particularly great form.
Bancroft's in good form but way too early.

Burns I guess but I'd rather he didn't open against England in the Ashes.
Bring him in at number 4.

The only one of them who could act as advisor to Smith if he was to become skipper (and that's what the conversation was about) is Cowan. Somehow think 'Boof' has ruled a line through his name.

 

[The_Reaper]

The only one of them who could act as advisor to Smith if he was to become skipper (and that's what the conversation was about) is Cowan. Somehow think 'Boof' has ruled a line through his name.

Why can't Rogers?

Captain of Middlesex in English county cricket for many years.

 

[Super Hans]

Not really and obvious candidates to replace him.

Cowan is a known quantity.
Silk not in particularly great form.
Bancroft's in good form but way too early.

Burns I guess but I'd rather he didn't open against England in the Ashes.
Bring him in at number 4.

I reckon Cowan would be a good bet as long as he is opening. In pretty good touch. Probably after the ashes though.

 

[AM]

Why can't Rogers?

Captain of Middlesex in English county cricket for many years.

Geez! My comment was he may not be around too much longer. To make it clearer, he'll need to perform better in the middle or he'll be dropped.

 

[Righteo]

Nah you just need Teriyakicat from the cats board. 16,000+ posts since joining in March... That'll do the trick

Just does my head in, I have roughly the same amount of posts after 4 years and I reckon I drastically need to cut down. Dayum.

 

[The_Reaper]

Geez! My comment was he may not be around too much longer. To make it clearer, he'll need to perform better in the middle or he'll be dropped.

My bad. I have no idea how I missed that- given I replied to your first post.

I think the selectors will back him though given that we no longer have an obvious replacement

 

[Impunity!]

I couldn't give a shit if we win or lose the test on the back of Michael Clarke going off injured.

If him playing helped him, or any other person in the Australian side move on, then it was the right decision in my book.

I think I need to open the batting in the Boxing Day test to help me move on, can you please arrange this with Cricket Australia?

 

[King Elvis]

The only one of them who could act as advisor to Smith if he was to become skipper (and that's what the conversation was about) is Cowan. Somehow think 'Boof' has ruled a line through his name.

If Smith is Captain, he has Lehman to 'advise' him.

If he's captaincy material and he's up to it, then he shouldn't need his hand held.

 

[Righteo]

I'm sure his frustration is due as much to the commentators and the media circus about this than anything else, I'm glad I'm not the only one to be honest. There's a lot to be said for a dignified, simple memorial and then getting on with the job.

Pretty sure you can use mute, like I did today, if it frustrates you to the point of shit posting on a cricket board.

 

[AM]

If Smith is Captain, he has Lehman to 'advise' him.

If he's captaincy material and he's up to it, then he shouldn't need his hand held.

'Boof' and others will be good mentors. Won't help him when the heats on in the middle though.

I'm not opposed to Smith getting the job. Suspect Haddin will be around for awhile as an on-field shoulder to lean on anyway.

 

[happy_eagle]

I'd be comfortable with anything over 450 although given we probably wont have Clarke in the second dig, closer to 500-550 would be better

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Always feels like winning the toss is the most crucial part of this Test.

Just like the Pak series in the UAE.

 

[L_W_P]

Simon Kerrigan 2.0

Watching the replay Id say Karn is closer to Milo Kerrigan...

 

[Plugger35]

Smith's well and truly established in the test team by now surely- and is our in form ODI batsman. That's no longer a barrier to him taking on the Captaincy.

I get they don't want to pressure him too early but I'm not convinced he needs protection. A guy like Rogers can help him out if he needs Captaincy advice anyway.

Smith is the best batsman in the side now and is the natural choice as next captain, he's improved his technique a hell of a lot the last few years, his technique was all over the place when he first started playing test cricket but it's solid and dependable now so form isn't a problem.

He's captained NSW sides a few times so he's obviously being groomed for the role, Haddin will retire soon and Watson's spot is shakey so there aren't many other options for captain besides Smith.

 

[peternorth]

Smith is the best batsman in the side now and is the natural choice as next captain, he's improved his technique a hell of a lot the last few years, his technique was all over the place when he first started playing test cricket but it's solid and dependable now so form isn't a problem.

He's captained NSW sides a few times so he's obviously being groomed for the role, Haddin will retire soon and Watson's spot is shakey so there aren't many other options for captain besides Smith.

cam white

 

[Plugger35]

cam white

He'd probably need to make the test team first, if tests were reduced to 20 over innings he might be in with a shot.

 

[eth-dog]

cam white

Unfortunately hasn't started the shield season well.

He'd probably need to make the test team first, if tests were reduced to 20 over innings he might be in with a shot.

Yeah, he only has a FC average of 40, with 18 centuries among them. Dumb comment.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Unfortunately hasn't started the shield season well.

Yeah, he only has a FC average of 40, with 18 centuries among them. Dumb comment.

I'd love to see White get another chance but first he has to get to the top of the queue and making low scores isn't going to do that.

The way the shield season has started he's probably slipped behind Cowan in the queue as well!

 

[Power Raid]

The reason Haddin replaced Wade were other than form. Given what has happened to Clarke today, that's the same reason he will be playing and most likely Captain in Brisbane. Last I heard, the view was the next six where all in a line and Whiteman was the most likely due to age and scope for improvement in that as a total package he rated near the top on both scales.

whiteman would be a good choice

 

[Plugger35]

Unfortunately hasn't started the shield season well.

Yeah, he only has a FC average of 40, with 18 centuries among them. Dumb comment.

If he was that good he'd be batting at 6 ahead of Marsh but he isn't, I don't think the selectors rate him as a test candidate anymore.

He should be in the frame for our ODI and T20 sides though.

 

[fiction]

What's up with Pattinson? Haven't seen him play in almost a year.

 

[western royboy]

What's up with Pattinson? Haven't seen him play in almost a year.

Remodelling the action.

 

[King Elvis]

Hopefully they don't ruin him.