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Injury cover for Marsh, who's dealing with a niggle
Hardie is in dreadful form and has played shit all red ball cricket of late. Correct decision made. Beau arguably heaps more dangerous with the rock in hand as well. I like it. I don’t necessarily think from his batting Marsh should be dropped but without green not having that extra bowling option does leave us thin.Well deserved for Webster. I thought they’d go with Hardie as cover for Marsh tbh.
Yes agreed current form Webster has Hardie easily covered. Overall as a cricketer I think Hardie is likely the better player long term.Hardie is in dreadful form and has played shit all red ball cricket of late. Correct decision made. Beau arguably heaps more dangerous with the rock in hand as well. I like it. I don’t necessarily think from his batting Marsh should be dropped but without green not having that extra bowling option does leave us thin.
For sure but Hardie just is not in the form to pick him even for development reasons. Really disappointed in him for well over 12 months now.Yes agreed current form Webster has Hardie easily covered. Overall as a cricketer I think Hardie is likely the better player long term.
When do we play the lesser countries?
Feels like we are perpetually playing India or England
Was talking to the kids about this the other night. Telling them about what an awful shock it was and how I still can't believe it happened. How you play cricket thinking it's a "safe" sport, maybe you roll an ankle, maybe you cop a shot to the jats. You don't walk out to bat thinking you could die.It's been 10 years since Phil Hughes left us.
Still can't believe it happened to be honest. So sad.
RIP mate.
These are the teams we need to blood the youngsters againstWe played West Indies and Pakistan last summer. We lost to the West Indies remember
Exactly why we should have blooded and opener last year instead of shifting Smith to opener.These are the teams we need to blood the youngsters against
Exactly why we should have blooded and opener last year instead of shifting Smith to opener.
Agreed, I'm a fan of McSweeney. I would like him to have the best chance in succeeding in the Australian team.I've been thinking about this and you know what, I'd put Smith back there. He's a walking wicket at the moment but can't be dropped because of his credits in the bank and Aus needs to start planning for the future, its hard to see them coming back from that first test disgrace to win the series, so I'd go:
1. Khawaja
2. Smith (c)
3. McSweeney
4. Inglis
5. Head
6. Webster
7. Carey
8. Starc
9. Lyon
10. Boland
11. Hazlewood
They won’t do that. We really need Marnus to find his form in the 2nd test. He’s key to how our batting lineup moving forward. They should have moved Marnus to opener from the start.I've been thinking about this and you know what, I'd put Smith back there. He's a walking wicket at the moment but can't be dropped because of his credits in the bank and Aus needs to start planning for the future, its hard to see them coming back from that first test disgrace to win the series, so I'd go:
1. Khawaja
2. Smith (c)
3. McSweeney
4. Inglis
5. Head
6. Webster
7. Carey
8. Starc
9. Lyon
10. Boland
11. Hazlewood