Will Shaun Marsh be better than his father for Australia?

[Top_Cat]

Dunno about Marsh. Exceedingly talented but it's telling the selectors went for Norf instead of him when number 6 was up for grabs. Need to be able to roll the arm over to get a 6 spot it would seem.

 

[NUFAN]

Dunno about Marsh. Exceedingly talented but it's telling the selectors went for Norf instead of him when number 6 was up for grabs. Need to be able to roll the arm over to get a 6 spot it would seem.

I don't agree with the selectors if that's the case with Watson in the team.

 

[Matt79]

Next middle order batsmen to get a go should be Smith and White IMO, maybe Khawaja. I'd like to see post-Ashes, barring any dramatic form reversals a batting line up of:
Katich
Hughes
Watson
Clarke
White
Smith

I reckon Ricky should go at the end of the Ashes, when people are still saying "why are retiring?" rather than "why haven't you retired?"

 

[Jakester1288]

Next middle order batsmen to get a go should be Smith and White IMO, maybe Khawaja. I'd like to see post-Ashes, barring any dramatic form reversals a batting line up of:
Katich
Hughes
Watson
Clarke
White
Smith

I reckon Ricky should go at the end of the Ashes, when people are still saying "why are retiring?" rather than "why haven't you retired?"

Agreed, apart from White. I'm still not sure on him, I've never seen him in FC and he hasn't done too well in Tests IIRC. That said, he has been shoved low down the order.

 

[NUFAN]

I really don't like that top 6!

Two left handers opening the batting followed by 4 RHs, with numbers 5 and 6 extremely suspect batting in difficult situations, IMO.

Watson is the difficult player to pick, because I'm not really comfortable having him in the top 3. I would like to see him from 4 to 6, but you get people saying he'd be no good at 5-6 cause he's not good against spin, personally I would pick him at 5 if the selectors want Hughes to open.

 

[Prince EWS]

I don't agree with the selectors if that's the case with Watson in the team.

Well the last time the selectors had to pick a new number six, Watson wasn't in the team, so I dare say that policy might have changed.

 

[Matt79]

I really don't like that top 6!

Two left handers opening the batting followed by 4 RHs, with numbers 5 and 6 extremely suspect batting in difficult situations, IMO.

Watson is the difficult player to pick, because I'm not really comfortable having him in the top 3. I would like to see him from 4 to 6, but you get people saying he'd be no good at 5-6 cause he's not good against spin, personally I would pick him at 5 if the selectors want Hughes to open.

Keep Watson as an opener and drop Katich to 3 if you're really worried about LH-RH partnerships. They're always strictly a bonus to me, not a reason to not select the best players. Besides L, L, R, R worked pretty well in the years of Hayden, Langer, Ponting and M. Waugh/Martyn!

Watson is a top 3 batsman and I've seen nothing to suggest it would be anything but a backwards step for him to go down to 5 or 6.

As for White and Smith, who would be better in those slots? The reality is any six we name with Ponting (especially) and Hussey missing is going to look unimpressive compared to a similar six that includes them. But it's coming fast.

 

[NUFAN]

Bump.

Looking forward to Shaun's first Test.

 

[adub]

Bump.

Looking forward to Shaun's first Test.

Hoping for Warner's debut myself.

 

[Cevno]

Whatever happened to Matt79?

 

[NUFAN]

141 AND 81, superb start to Shaun's career. Really looking good in these conditions, I hope that he is the permanent number 3 for a while now.

If the situation dictates I'm certain that he can bat more aggressively, at this point in time though, I have no problem at all with a few batsman in our XI batting slower, but putting a high price on their wicket.

 

[joker4life]

Too early to tell..ask me that in a couple of years..

 

[NUFAN]

Terrific thread, well done OP.

 

[Jono]

Nufers

 

[NUFAN]

Listening to the commentary right now made me think of this thread.

 

[NUFAN]

Geoff Marsh 2854 runs at 33.18
Shaun Marsh 2082 runs at 35.29

If you combine formats
G Marsh 7211 @ 36.98 (13 100s, 37 50s)
S Marsh 4521 @ 35.32 （11 100s, 21 50s）

 

[NUFAN]

Too early to tell..ask me that in a couple of years..

Will Shaun Marsh be better than his father for Australia?

 

[stephen]

That he played so many games is a damning commentary on where Australian cricket was at in the 2010s.

This

 

[stephen]

I like Marsh, but I don't like the idea of him in the Test team yet. It'd again send the wrong message that one's path into Test cricket is to look good at the crease.

Thoroughly agree. Should spend a couple more years honing his craft before being picked.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

the 39% who picked Syed Rasel can feel vindicated