Mate, he can't even get a regular guernsey for Tas (can't even beat off the challenge of Doherty!) yet Casson has broken through a really impressive bunch of bowlers to play regular games for NSW, ahead of Krezja when he was in Blue too. Casson is the best of a fairly ordinary bunch and should have been well ahead of Krejza in the pecking order. Better bat too. Can you tell me why you reckon Krezja is a better option? I ain't seeing it.
Look dude all i asked you was what has India being was once called the land of 'golden sparrow' gotta do with this series or Indian cricket, its not like the Indian cricket is begging to fill its coffers or anything, the management at BCCI has always sucked, so what's new with that, but obviously people like me aren't going to understand views of scholars like you....
Whatever little i have seen of Krezja hasn't impressed me much, ok he can turn the ball, but so can Dan Cullen, and tbh i would say Dan Cullen is a better finger spinner than Krejza, anyways as T_C said that spin talent isn't great in Australia atm, and among all the spin bowlers in Australia atm Casson looks like the most likely candidate to play a serviceable role in the Aussie side in the longer run, and yeah his batting too is handy down the order.
That was an undercooked pitch as simple as that, and top layer of the surface was coming off within the first 10 overs of start of the game, iirc the South Africans were even contemplating about complaining about the standard of the pitch to the ICC.
these guys have to focus and come back to the top of their games. on paper, Ind should be looking to beat OZ 2-0 but their first hurdle is coming up with a good performance at B'lore, which is not a happy hunting ground for India .... looking at the two teams, some would be inclined to think that no matter what 11 India fields, it should be able to get the better of the Australians but let's not forget how other teams like SA, Pak [in 2006] and Eng [in one of the series] have fought against India and made a series out of it
I just think he'd be a better bowler on surfaces that took spin, basically. He doesn't get much response from Australian surfaces and Casson being a wristy is affected less by this. It's not so much that I think you should always take a finger spinner to India, but that I think this finger spinner in particular would benefit a great deal from Indian pitches in comparison to what he gets at home, and therefore improve his record. If Casson had done more than performed decently for half a season I'd have him in there, but with none of the spinners actually have a genuine case at all, I'd go with the one I've always thought had something to him, which is Krejza.
Exactly
I guess the good thing about Watson is that we can try a novice spinner and if it doesn't work we can use him (and hopefully Katich & Clarke) as backup for the first Test to minimise the impact. Dunno, worth the risk and can't be worse than Mitch at this stage.
Why waste a position on a novice with virtually ZERO chance of success - the guy isnt fc standard let alone test quality
Hey I agree re: Symonds. And I don't see why it's 'virtually ZERO chance of success', as Prince explained, just because he has a poor FC record doesn't mean much, here he'll be playing on spin friendly pitches so the previous stats become somewhat irrelevant.
Put it this way
Yeah point is his Australian stats are a bit irrelevant and here I'd trust the selectors eye as to who they think would do best in Indian conditions.
It's got nothing to do with Indian conditions, it's no more than a "Hail Mary" attempt to find a spinner
Time to give Jack McNamara a go, IMO.
Except you're not playing Aussie FC teams on those wickets. At best, it would be a wash and he'd maintain his record. At worst, he will be slaughtered.
Bingo!
I'm hoping they see some cracks and pick McGain and Krezja. That'll be one of the happier days of my life (yes, that says more about my life than the Australian selection, but still
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Was more referring to next year tbh, but I'll let you have that.
