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*Official* Australia in India 2010

Jono

Jono

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Tbh, only need a 50 partnership from Johnson and Paine and Australia will be right back in it.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
isaacnewton1 said:
Yeh but he would mainly be useful for his batting, which clearly this Australian side needs boosted at the moment.

North gone now, and hopefully forever.
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Smith's not remotely close to being amongst Australia's best four bowlers and he's not amongst their best six batsmen either. While Shane Watson exists there's no reason to pick a player who doesn't qualify for either of those criteria (other than the wicket keeper, obviously). The tail of Johnson, Hauritz, Hilfenhaus and Bollinger is actually quite strong by world standards so there's absolutely no need to drop one of the three best bowlers in the country to play a batting allrounder. If North can't score any runs he should be replaced by the next best batsman, not fuel further ammunition for people to get the flavour of the month into the team ahead of a bowler.
 
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Jono said:
Tbh, only need a 50 partnership from Johnson and Paine and Australia will be right back in it.
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Yeah exactly. The lower order collapse from India in the first innings was disappointing, if they had managed even 430-440 things would be looking so much better. You expect your tail to atleast show some brains and application even if they lack the ability and apart from Ishant, they didn't.
 
Spark

Spark

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If he didn't then the LBW was definitely on the cards, given how full it was. EDIT: Or not, cricinfo says going down leg.

My first reaction was he hit his boot, if he got an edge it was a tickle only. Can't really tell from my feed.
 
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Prince EWS said:
Smith's not remotely close to being amongst Australia's best four bowlers and he's not amongst their best six batsmen either. While Shane Watson exists there's no reason to pick a player who doesn't qualify for either of those criteria (other than the wicket keeper, obviously). The tail of Johnson, Hauritz, Hilfenhaus and Bollinger is actually quite strong by world standards so there's absolutely no need to drop one of the three best bowlers in the country to play a batting allrounder. If North can't score any runs he should be replaced by the next best batsman, not fuel further ammunition for people to get the flavour of the month into the team ahead of a bowler.
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The idea of Smith is a work in progress. I hate the mentality of letting players go until they are 30 before they are selected. The idea would be that Smith improves his bowling and takes Hauritz place as the main spinner, and a very handy batsman. Or alternatively, he plays along side Hauritz when two spinners are required. To be honest, Australia has nothing to lose at the moment. With the form slumps of so many of the older players, it would be prime time to test out some younger talent. If he fails, so be it. Go onto the next option.
 
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GotSpin

GotSpin

Hall of Fame Member
Australia well and truly ****ed right now. Hussey decision absolutely horrible. Wicket really needs to show more signs of breaking up for us to have a chance.
 
GotSpin

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Smith should definitely not be playing in the test side.

Hauritz is a far better spinner and there are far better bowling options. Furthermore, thought Hilf bowled pretty well in the first innings too

edit: I meant batting options
 
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Prince EWS

Prince EWS

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isaacnewton1 said:
The idea of Smith is a work in progress. I hate the mentality of letting players go until they are 30 before they are selected. The idea would be that Smith improves his bowling and takes Hauritz place as the main spinner, and a very handy batsman. Or alternatively, he plays along side Hauritz when two spinners are required. To be honest, Australia has nothing to lose at the moment. With the form slumps of so many of the older players, it would be prime time to test out some younger talent. If he fails, so be it. Go onto the next option.
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I disagree entirely with playing anything less than the best side at the time.

If you want Smith to come straight in for North, fine. Having him come in for one of the quicks in lunacy though.
 
NasserFan207

NasserFan207

International Vice-Captain
isaacnewton1 said:
The idea of Smith is a work in progress. I hate the mentality of letting players go until they are 30 before they are selected. The idea would be that Smith improves his bowling and takes Hauritz place as the main spinner, and a very handy batsman. Or alternatively, he plays along side Hauritz when two spinners are required. To be honest, Australia has nothing to lose at the moment. With the form slumps of so many of the older players, it would be prime time to test out some younger talent. If he fails, so be it. Go onto the next option.
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I don't know, the idea of letting players 'season' themselves before representing their country is a very Australian one and it works very well tbh.
 
Jacknife

Jacknife

International Captain
Spark said:
If he didn't then the LBW was definitely on the cards, given how full it was. EDIT: Or not, cricinfo says going down leg.

My first reaction was he hit his boot, if he got an edge it was a tickle only. Can't really tell from my feed.
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The repeat on Sky looked pretty clear that there was a clear edge onto pad.
 
Ikki

Ikki

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Someone said no one has chased more than 144 successfully...but I think that's misleading. 300 should be the minimum to hold out the Indians I reckon. Have a feeling Sehwag alone is going to romp 144.
 
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