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Less than a month out , who's our XI for Brisbane
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Faulkner, Cosgrove, Doolan and Maddinson/Marsh. Not even close.
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Everytime a Chairman of Selectors comes out and says we know the side already - things always turn pear shaped.
Warner should be no certainty to open unless the game is at North Sydney Oval and they are using a white ball - which they're not.
If Watson is out, then Faulner, Doolan and Bailey must all be strong chances of getting into the XI if we were living in a normal world.
At this stage
1. Rogers
2. Warner / Hughes
3. Doolan
4. Clarke
5. Smith
6. Bailey / Voges / White / Haddin
7. Haddin / Faulkner
8. Johnson
9. Siddle
10. Harris
11. Lyon
You pick players when they are in form - Bailey and White are white hot as is Doolan.
Invers just needs to shut up and let the performances pick the team for him.
Warner should be no certainty to open unless the game is at North Sydney Oval and they are using a white ball - which they're not.
If Watson is out, then Faulner, Doolan and Bailey must all be strong chances of getting into the XI if we were living in a normal world.
At this stage
1. Rogers
2. Warner / Hughes
3. Doolan
4. Clarke
5. Smith
6. Bailey / Voges / White / Haddin
7. Haddin / Faulkner
8. Johnson
9. Siddle
10. Harris
11. Lyon
You pick players when they are in form - Bailey and White are white hot as is Doolan.
Invers just needs to shut up and let the performances pick the team for him.
If Watson's injured they mighty look at Faulkner. If he can make some runs in 4 day cricket as his bowling'snot too far off the money.
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Faulkner seems slightly underrated by some people as a bowler.
He's a very good bowler. I don't see any reason to select Johnson ahead of him tbh.
He's a very good bowler. I don't see any reason to select Johnson ahead of him tbh.
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Now you're just being stupid. Bollinger's crap is still at FC standard. Johnson's crap is at grade cicket standard, and Johnson's crap is far more likely to occur than Bollinger's. Johnson's best is better than Bollinger's but Douggie produces his best far more often than Mitchell.
Johnson will start at the WACA unless injured, and rightly so, his record there is phenominal, but I'd take Douggie every day of the week and twice on sundays on any other ground.
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It seems that most of us agree that Usman is now at the back of the queue with no one raising his name to replace Watson if his unfit to play. If Doolan scores a big total against England in the Aus A game he'll be hard to not be selected you would think.
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Absolutely pissweak teams listed here.Pretty much the same team that got rolled by England with one change.
Poms wlil be licking their lips.
Bailey,Faulkner and Maxwell should be named as they have the attitude.
Poms wlil be licking their lips.
Bailey,Faulkner and Maxwell should be named as they have the attitude.
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Yes.I hate the way we categorise batsmen in this country into one day or test.
You are either good or bad.
Maxwell has tonnes of natural ability.
Id have him in the squad as backup.
You are either good or bad.
Maxwell has tonnes of natural ability.
Id have him in the squad as backup.
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XI that I think Inverarity and his cronies will pick
1. Rogers
2. Warner
3. Hughes (provided he makes runs in his first shield game back)
4. Clarke
5. Smith
6. Bailey
7. Haddin
8. Johnson
9. Siddle
10. Harris
11. Lyon
If I was selector...
1. Rogers
2. Hughes
3. Klinger (If it were any other series, I'd pick Doolan. But I think we need an experienced domestic player).
4. Bailey (need a player who knows his game well at 4. Since Clarke clearly bats better at 5, I'd have Bailey at 4).
5. Clarke (bats better there. better for the team if he scores 200 at 5 than <100 at 4).
6. Smith
7. Paine
8. Faulkner
9. Siddle
10. Harris
11. Hilfenhaus (Close to going Bollinger, but thought Hilfy's swing away from a right-hand based batting line-up in humid conditions gives him the nod)
No front-line spinner cause all we have is trash and the Gabba isn't that conducive to spin anyway. Smith can roll the arm over if need be.
1. Rogers
2. Warner
3. Hughes (provided he makes runs in his first shield game back)
4. Clarke
5. Smith
6. Bailey
7. Haddin
8. Johnson
9. Siddle
10. Harris
11. Lyon
If I was selector...
1. Rogers
2. Hughes
3. Klinger (If it were any other series, I'd pick Doolan. But I think we need an experienced domestic player).
4. Bailey (need a player who knows his game well at 4. Since Clarke clearly bats better at 5, I'd have Bailey at 4).
5. Clarke (bats better there. better for the team if he scores 200 at 5 than <100 at 4).
6. Smith
7. Paine
8. Faulkner
9. Siddle
10. Harris
11. Hilfenhaus (Close to going Bollinger, but thought Hilfy's swing away from a right-hand based batting line-up in humid conditions gives him the nod)
No front-line spinner cause all we have is trash and the Gabba isn't that conducive to spin anyway. Smith can roll the arm over if need be.
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Maxwell has good hand eye and times the bowl very good for his technique in First Class. I presume the consensus is that he performs as well as Finch would, which in reality Maxwells on the verge of a 40 average and Finch on 30. If he slowed down his game (his FC SR is Hughes' ODI SR) he'd pump up the numbers even more.
I'd still go with Bailey for the First Test with Doolan his immediate back up. They'll both get a game, from a Clarke/Watson injury, so it's just a preference to who you'd rather see first. Faulkner needs a couple of shield tons before being considered as an all rounder.
I'd still go with Bailey for the First Test with Doolan his immediate back up. They'll both get a game, from a Clarke/Watson injury, so it's just a preference to who you'd rather see first. Faulkner needs a couple of shield tons before being considered as an all rounder.
The GABBA is no spinners graveyard, even the much maligned lyon has enjoyed success with 11 wickets@24, plus clarke probably doesn't want to get suspended for over rates half way through the series and our rate is truly shocking even with a spinner in the side.
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Oh, FFS.
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Serves the idiot selectors and administrators right for playing a meaningless ODI series on flat Indian roads just before an Ashes series. We lost our form bowler at the time in Doug Bollinger before the 2010 series due to playing a crap meaningless 2 test series in India last time. Now we might lose Watson.
We deserve to get hammered 5-0. It will end up only 3-1 or 2-1 to England but going on the way both teams have treated this series England deserve to win 5-0. They have rested up and are out here as a unit playing warm up games while we are scattered all over the place and not knowing what we're doing. Just a basket case atm.
If Watson is out then you can't play Johnson as he is too much of a risk in a 4 man attack. Bollinger deserves a spot imo.
We deserve to get hammered 5-0. It will end up only 3-1 or 2-1 to England but going on the way both teams have treated this series England deserve to win 5-0. They have rested up and are out here as a unit playing warm up games while we are scattered all over the place and not knowing what we're doing. Just a basket case atm.
If Watson is out then you can't play Johnson as he is too much of a risk in a 4 man attack. Bollinger deserves a spot imo.
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I agree with slow over rates, but there are other ways to alleviate that problem other than playing a spinner for that purpose (i.e telling players to hurry up during overs, no no-balls etc). I don't think it's reason enough to play a spinner for that solitary reason.
Re: your comment with the Gabba - Kev Mitchell has already said that he is preparing a green top. Should be a bit of moisture in the pitch so I doubt there'd be much for spinners.
One thing we know about the gabba, if the pitch has plenty of pace it will also have bounce which would certainly help lyon and ahmed.
He also said the pitch will have "a green tinge on the first day", those gabba pitches tend flatten out half way through the match and so you still need a spinner.
4 quicks and no spinner just seems to work out so badly for us anywhere outside of the WACA.
He also said the pitch will have "a green tinge on the first day", those gabba pitches tend flatten out half way through the match and so you still need a spinner.
4 quicks and no spinner just seems to work out so badly for us anywhere outside of the WACA.
warne bowled well on the gabba. you always take a spinner into a gabba test
you bag everyone teams and then give us maxwell
you bag everyone teams and then give us maxwell
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Going off some of your other posts on this board I'm sure you only want Maxwell in because he's Victorian.
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If Watson is out my team would be.
1. Rogers
2. Hughes
3. Doolan
4. Clarke
5. Smith
6. Bailey
7. Paine (won't happen, so Haddin).
8. Johnson
9. Siddle
10. Harris
11. Lyon
12th man - Faulkner.
1. Rogers
2. Hughes
3. Doolan
4. Clarke
5. Smith
6. Bailey
7. Paine (won't happen, so Haddin).
8. Johnson
9. Siddle
10. Harris
11. Lyon
12th man - Faulkner.
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Maxwell? Please...
A slogger isn't neccassarily going to be any good in test cricket. The game is completely different, the equation is completely different.......................
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Invers said that the squad would be 13 if a player was struggling to meet fitness.
Rogers
Warner
Watson
Clarke
Smith
Bailey
Haddin
Johnson
Siddle
Harris
Lyon
with Faulkner/Doolan at 12 and 13. Faulkner's improving with the bat but no way in hell would I risk having a batting lineup that had Haddin at 6 for the first Test of an Ashes series. Doolan a straight swap for Watson, or wouldn't be surprised if they moved Smith up to 3.
Rogers
Warner
Watson
Clarke
Smith
Bailey
Haddin
Johnson
Siddle
Harris
Lyon
with Faulkner/Doolan at 12 and 13. Faulkner's improving with the bat but no way in hell would I risk having a batting lineup that had Haddin at 6 for the first Test of an Ashes series. Doolan a straight swap for Watson, or wouldn't be surprised if they moved Smith up to 3.
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