LOL, nice way of skewing stats in your favour. Quoting Hughes' career OD stats, yet only using what Marsh has done this season.
LOOOOOOOL. what??
Read the post again Einstock? It's stats from
THIS SEASON
(ok - the thing I got wrong was the 300 runs - it's 240 this season, I just couldn't read - but it's still 3 half centuries vs 1)
I'll put it right here again for you (it's in italics)
Hughes has scored 300 runs in the domestic format, including 3 half centuries. That's after a slow start.
Sean Marsh has scored 151 runs, including one half century - has a worse average and a worse strike rate.
You bring in their domestic T20 form, Marsh has scored 43 runs in 3 games, Hughes 145 in 3 games. And Hughes' average is 5 times greater than Marsh's in that format of the game (unsurprisingly...)
That's THIS SEASON MATE.
I don't care what Hughes has done in the First Class arena, it's a completely different format of the game so it's pointless using his FC record to make a case for selecting him in a limited overs match.
I was just pointing out his first class record because it shows that he is in dazzling form. And also pointing it out because it shows that here's a young batsman (20) who can build big innings. Did you know that in his 16 first class matches he's already scored as many centuries as Marsh has in 51?? Marsh's 34 first class average suggests that he's not a top line player - sure he had a good T20 tournament in India, but that was a while back now...
FTR, I most certainly think Hughes is one for the future, but you can hardly build a case for his inclusion in the ODI team when he's really not doing anything spectacular in the Domestic OD arena. Especially when considering the incumbent ODI opener (Marsh) has done nothing wrong in his (albeit short) international career to date.
So you're telling me that if Hughes' had been 1 year older (ie, been doing everything that he's done 1 year earlier) then they still would have picked Marsh?
Sure he's the incumbent, but Hauritz is also the incumbent test spinner. McDonald the incumbent test no 6. Hayden the incumbent test opener. The list goes on - if someone isn't in form what are they getting picked for? It cost us the test series against the Saffies - why jeapordize the ODI series too?
Like I said earlier, I hope Marsh does really well in the ODI series - but it'd be a complete about face in his year to date form if that were to happen.
FTR only 3 players have gone past 50 more times than Hughes in the domestic one day arena this season. So if he's "not shown anything" in that format, then pray tell, who has????
(the answer is
D Marsh, Klinger and Dighton - none of whom were picked either).
What's the point in calling someone else a joke when they really have a pretty solid argument?
Give some facts to show why it's "such a joke" that someone should suggest Hughes ahead of Marsh?
