Champions Trophy squad

[cricketnut14]

15 man squad announced:

T.Head
M.Short
M.Marsh (vc)
S.Smith
M.Labuschagne
A.Hardie
G.Maxwell
M.Stoinis
J.Inglis
A.Carey
P.Cummins (c)
M.Starc
N.Ellis
A.Zampa
J.Hazlewood

Changes from the 2023 World Cup squad:
Out: Warner (retired), Green (injured), Abbott
In: Short, Hardie, Ellis

 

[ioppolo]

Aaron Hardie is very lucky isn't he?

 

[yabsy]

Aaron Hardie is very lucky isn't he?

He is indeed, but Stoinis is the big one for me...Just can't understand why he's still getting selected in this format.

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[Cleavy]

who is next in line for the quicks if Cummins isn't fit?

 

[010203]

Hopefully the JFM hype will die down a touch after the selectors rightly left him out.

 

[Black Diamond]

Hopefully the JFM hype will die down a touch after the selectors rightly left him out.

Young guy, time to give him some space.

Yes, I have been a critic too.

 

[cricketnut14]

who is next in line for the quicks if Cummins isn't fit?

maybe abbott, as he'll already be in sri lanka ?

morris, bartlett, johnson, dwarshius, sutherland are others who've had exposure at ODI level.

 

[Cleavy]

maybe abbott, as he'll already be in sri lanka ?

morris, bartlett, johnson, dwarshius, sutherland are others who've had exposure at ODI level.

seems like first choice

 

[Tugga27]

Aaron Hardie is very lucky isn't he?

Hardie before Webster or Connolly staggers me.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Stoinis, HOW. He shouldn't even get a state game let alone an ODI. Absolutely ridiculous

 

[eth-dog]

Going with one spinner in a subcontinental tournament seems strange to me. Also going very batter heavy, only 5 specialist bowlers, even if it's stacked with A/R's. I would have changed:

In: Connolly, Agar, Kuhnemann
Out: Stoinis, Ellis, Hardie

No offense to Ellis but I don't think you need a fourth front line seamer in Pakistan/UAE

 

[010203]

Marcus Stoinis in ODI cricket since Jan 2019: 43 innings, average 19.84, strike rate 90.31. Last ODI 50 was 6 years ago. Woweee.

 

[Cleavy]

The media reckons that if Cummins is ruled out, then Webster might be the replacement. Not knocking Webster, but huh?

 

[cats_09]

The media reckons that if Cummins is ruled out, then Webster might be the replacement. Not knocking Webster, but huh?

Maybe because of flexibility to be an extra pace or spin option?

 

[Around the Wicket]

Aaron Hardie is very lucky isn't he?

yea 100%, he had one good Big Bash season and even that was nothing special, look at Hardies short form stats, they legit suck.

 

[corbies]

Going with one spinner in a subcontinental tournament seems strange to me. Also going very batter heavy, only 5 specialist bowlers, even if it's stacked with A/R's. I would have changed:

In: Connolly, Agar, Kuhnemann
Out: Stoinis, Ellis, Hardie

No offense to Ellis but I don't think you need a fourth front line seamer in Pakistan/UAE

ODIs in Pakistan since they started playing matches there again:

Pace: 211 wkts @ 36.04, econ 5.86
Spin: 133 wkts @ 43.79, econ 5.54

The pitches don't turn for ODIs. They're just flat.

We're just off the back of a successful World Cup in the subcontinent where we went 3 quicks + Zampa + 10 overs of all rounders (mostly Maxwell). No need to change it.