Bit strange the Blues went in for 8 overs. Only thing it did was make Johsnon's figures even worse.
Don't think Noffke would be a bad pick tbh. He's certainly been in fine form.
Haven't heard. Nothing on Fox Sports.
on the CA site it said he was ..but its only precautionary so he's ok
he's pretty good against spin.. i remember he hit Harbhajan for a few fours
hehehe's pretty good against spin.. i remember he hit Harbhajan for a few fours
watchout Murali
yes, hes been batting a damn lot better then his bowlng
So what were their first chance averages?Interesting arvo of cricket. Bracken and Clark bowled extremely well, both got the batsmen playing and missing a lot. Simpson and Noffke P&M about five of their first fifteen balls each and then went on to score big, was so frustrating. They got extremely lucky early on, but then settled down and bashed it. Lee looked very hittable all afternoon. And I'm not going to comment on MacGill, because no-one wants to hear it. Yuck.
In saying this, I don't think you can really read too much into Johnson and Lee's figures. By all means praise the great bowling by Clark, Noffke and Bracken, but Lee and Johnson were puting a lot into it and getting nothing back through little fault of their own. Maybe.
For the little I saw of Jaques, I liked. He hit an insane six over third-man which was just incredible. Cowan is a gun aswell.
Jaques sounds like a high risk player.. likes to chance his arm.. im guessing he'll play like this in the tests too..wish him the best!For the little I saw of Jaques, I liked. He hit an insane six over third-man which was just incredible. Cowan is a gun aswell.
He is very much a high risk player, and I think that gives Katich a shot at selection.
To be fair, they were only batting for about ten overs. But I guess in comparison to other players, Jaques plays his shots more often, yes.
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If you are going by straight results from the recent Pura Cup games then neither MacGill or Lee would be picked and Clark, Noffke, Hogg would be picked, but although all a worthy it's not likely to happen. MacGill would be very unlucky not to play given his test record and he has proven before even when he is not bowling well domestically he knows when to stand up. As Ponting said in the paper when really pressured sometimes McGrath were not perform at his best, but that is when MacGill really stands up, which is why he wants him in the team.Hogg should be in serious contention to make it to the test side now, MacGill did his chances a lot of harm by playing through with an obvious injury, he bowled pretty badly and his bowling figures in the recent match weren't the one's you expect of Australia's no.1 spin bowler
MacGill doesn't have much going for him atm, his hot-headed nature and temperament have always been under the scanner and now his form and fitness are also looking below par, so i don't how wise it would be expect MacGill to last till Ashes 09.
