***Official*** India in Australia 2011/12

[Spark]

Inverarity media conference starting soon. Clarke conference in an hour.

 

[Spikey]

Clarke, Haddin, Christian, Cowan, Hilfenhaus, Hussey, Lyon, Marsh, Pattinson, Ponting, Siddle, Starc, Warner

god damn it

 

[Spark]

No Watson.

Khawaja and Hughes dropped.

 

[ajdude]

No Watson or Harris, Marsh, Hilfy, Cowan in. Hilfy. ****.

You'd think they would also bring in cover for Ponting, maybe keep Khawaja on stand by.

 

[Spark]

So what I hope happens, then, is

Warner
Cowan
Marsh
Ponting
Clarke
Hussey
Haddin
Siddle
Pattinson
Hilfenhaus
Lyon

 

[Viscount Tom]

Lol what? They're not trying to win.

Nah no prac matches in between tests. This is it.

They should, going for the win in all the matches.

Its not like most of the bowlers lack any number of overs bowled in the recent weeks.

 

[TumTum]

Sack the selectors, etc

 

[howardj]

Clarke, Haddin, Christian, Cowan, Hilfenhaus, Hussey, Lyon, Marsh, Pattinson, Ponting, Siddle, Starc, Warner

god damn it

Old news, I exclusively revealed this hours ago

 

[Spikey]

nah **** that i'd rather fail with starc than fail with hilf

 

[Vroomfondel]

Haha. I'm a huge Sachin fan but its obvious he gets nervous in the 90s. Everyone's got their faults and that's one of his.

Ironic though since the guy with the most 100s ever gets nervous in the 90s. Imagine how many 100s he would have if he didn't get nervous!

he values his milestones. that's one of the reasons he has so many of them. and also one of the reasons he does something daft as he nears them.

 

[Prince EWS]

Never thought I'd say this, but I'm happy to see Hilfenhaus there, with all the injuries. The fact that he was vastly over-rated and picked over superior bowlers for a little while there and it's finally been recognised does not mean he can't be picked any any circumstances. Obviously Harris and Bollinger aren't considered fit enough yet and that's fair enough, although one has to ask questions over why Marsh has been given a golden ticket back into the side if that's the way they're looking at it.

 

[Spark]

Wait... Cowan batting at #3?

Wut?

Is ABC24 just going mad? Could have sworn he said that Marsh would be at #3.

 

[Vroomfondel]

someone put ishant on the field while nobody was looking.

if he has to break down, i hope he does it today and not on boxing day

 

[Prince EWS]

So what I hope happens, then, is

Warner
Cowan
Marsh
Ponting
Clarke
Hussey
Haddin
Siddle
Pattinson
Hilfenhaus
Lyon

Yep, AWTA. Now that we've gone with Hilf and not Harris/Bollinger we definitely don't need Christian.

 

[ajdude]

Wait... Cowan batting at #3?

Wut?

Is ABC24 just going mad? Could have sworn he said that Marsh would be at #3.

I just switched over from Fox Sports, it says "Cowan and Marsh to open"? wtf?

 

[howardj]

Conservative panel, isn't it

Going back to Hilf, retaining familiar and failing players like Hussey, Ponting, and Haddin.

At least Hilditch was striking out in his dying days - Cummins, Lyon etc.

 

[Spark]

They have debuted three players in two Tests, tbf.

 

[robelinda]

Well Hilf might not play, they may have decided Starc will play but need cover, and there's bugger all other bowlers in any sort of form. And the NSW brigade can **** off from posting a picture of Lalor.

 

[morgieb]

How come Darsh was fit but Watson wasn't?

 

[Prince EWS]

I think our best fully fit, available bowler who wasn't selected is Hogan.

I never thought I'd say that. Sad state of affairs.