The Ashes 2010-2011

[Bucking Beads]

Hussey is the only player pulling his own weight

about time he has had a free ride for the last 2 years.

 

[langer77]

He has allways done well he is the not out king lol on odi

But last 09 10 tests he did well I think

We need warne I love to c him

 

[andrewhaigh]

Does anybody know what happened to Nathan bracken? That kid just dropped off the face of the earth!

I know he was only really a ODI player, but geez he had some talent...

 

[Bucking Beads]

Bracken had serious knee injury. Making comeback next year

 

[Browny]

My 11

Haddin (To go on the attack Michael Slater style)
Jacques (Need someone composed like Katich - not sure of his form tho)
Ponting
Clarke/Khwaja
Hussey
Watson
Smith
Hauritz
Harris
Bollinger
Johnston/Siddle/McGrath?

 

[langer77]

Hadden is playing well as well he should not be droped

 

[Bannermania]

get fatty Cosgrove in there to have a go.

 

[Beachy]

3rd Test squad: Ponting, Clarke, Beer, Haddin, Harris, Hughes, Hilfenhaus, M.Hussey, Johnson, Siddle, Smith, Watson

Doherty, Bollinger, North, Katich OUT. Smith, Hilfenhaus, Johnson, Hughes & Beer IN

 

[Meat77]

Wow - Hasn't Beer played like 5 games? I saw Warney call for him to be in the side the other day but that's a massive call.

 

[Beachy]

5 games ... 16 wickets at a shade under 40. Best bowling 3/108.

They've got an obesession with left arm orthodox spinners at the moment.

Phil Hughes has just made a 9 ball duck for NSW too [eusa_doh

 

[Bucking Beads]

Another pathetic selection to add to the list of selection Fark ups... Surely O'keefe who took 4 wickets against England would be much more worthy of a baggygreen than some reject from Victardia who has played 5 games for WA. I give up on these jokers.

 

[Russo]

Hilditch should be first dropped [icon_pray.

 

[Beachy]

It should be pointed out that Beer probably won't play

 

[Big Pete]

You know something...I'm okay with the Beer selection if it goes ahead.

And really, the rest of the squad is fine.

No complaints from me.

 

[Fozz]

Dropping Bollinger for the WACA is sheer lunacy.

At least North is gone.

 

[Major JW Hochstetter]

My thoughts...

Doherty - Props for giving him a go, but in the end it's clear that it was a failed experiment. So good call.

Hughes - Rubbish the way he was treated during the last Ashes series. And although he's not setting the world on fire at the moment, it's clear that someone as young and as talented as he is needs to be given a good, proper chance to settle into Test Cricket and work out his game on the job - something we'll have to get used to with young players as we rebuild. Good call again.

Smith - Fantastic. A talented, attacking lower order batsmen who can bowl a bit (and that's how he should be classified for now). Handy that he's a leggie for variety. Same deal as Hughes - they've been identified as a fantastic young talents, so give them a solid run of Test Cricket and we'll judge them down the track.

Johnson - Pour le sake de fark, are you kidding me? What was the point of dropping him in the first place? What has he done to earn a spot back in the team? Make no mistake, I want Mitch to be firing on all cylinders and in form, but the fact is he's not. Not even close.

Bollinger - Same deal with Mitch, but roles reversed. Why bring him in on an Adelaide road and then toss him to the curb (and keep Siddle to boot). Total madness IMO. Mitch has done nothing for a long time, but it took forever for him to lose his spot. The Rug has easily been our best quick for the last 12 months, and now they drop him after one bloody game. It's a complete and utter circus.

Beer - I'm all for giving the new breed a crack, that's what we need. But do we have to go straight to the most inexperienced player that we can possible pick? Is O'Keefe not manlovable enough for Ponting and the selectors? We'll see how he goes anyway.

Hilfy - Can't argue. But it'd be a great selection if he came in for Siddle.

North - _woohoo_ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M _woohoo_

 

[Big Pete]

Is O'Keefe not manlovable enough for Ponting and the selectors?

NSW don't even love him enough, let alone Australia.

Bollinger did not look fit.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Beer is like 26, can he really be any good if he was playing behind old man McGain from Victardia