At the moment just going off the figures, but in 11 innings he has 1 ton, 4 fifties and scores at 75/100. Would seem he's still pretty aggressive in fc but is really starting to put a case together. I'm certainly not saying to fly him to SA, but assuming Hussey survives until the end of 12/13 then he may be right in the frame to take that spot at 6. Got another wicket also yesterday, and the abc commentators said he could be a star with the ball. Will keep an eye on him. If he can average high 40s with the bat and mid 30s with the ball then that screams No. 6 to me.
Rohrer is more a joke to slap down the Callum Ferguson fan club. I don't see him as a test player at all, just a very very solid fc player (although after the last test...). The Rohrer joke just becomes even funnier when you've now got Shipperd saying someone like Peter Forrest should play Aus A (as an opener!). Ben Rohrer is just shorthand for "are you really pushing (insert nuffy with sub 40 average here) for test selection?". In the Rohrer test if you are better than Ben you are a shot at test selection, otherwise be thankful for your Shield contract. Currently the Better than Ben list is very thin and of them Lynn has been injured (and needs to prove he can back up his first year), Katich is well we know, Smith is widely hated and still really needs to keep the runs coming this season, Rogers and Dave Hussey are too old, Cosgrove is too fat, Khawaja will play next test and Warner is likely to fly over as cover. That to me is pretty much it. We have some great young kids about like Maddinson, Harris, Maxwell, and maybe even older guys like Finch, Cooper and Forrest who may one day pass the Rohrer test, but they aren't there yet.
