Yeah, Watson's actually averaged 26 over the last two years. Next to that Cowan's 34 in the same time doesn't seem like the figure to be **** on.He's been in **** batting form for more than a year though. It's not that he can't do it, it's that he's done bugger all for ages
It's said to be a minor fracture, so I don't think there'd be too much doubt over him playing the 1st Test. Probably done for the WI ODIs though.Out for how long?
Yeah not what I'd pick but I think that's the likely outcome.Jolimont spies have leaked the following 16 man squad
Clarke
Watson
Cowan
Warner
Hughes
Usman
Haddin
Wade
Maxwell
Lyon
Doherty
Pattinson
Starc
Johnson
Siddle
Bird
Wouldn't it be great if Clarke decided he was keen for a bit of a bowl on this tour? I don't see it as likely at all as he's suffered a few injuries lately (albeit unrelated to his back..) but a tour of India in which your batting allrounder's bowling has been scrubbed and your spinner is a right arm off break bowler seems the perfect storm for Clarke to decide to bowl 10-15 overs a day, and then just shelve it for a while afterwards again. It'd really solve a lot of the balance problems we're having we're the side at the moment.
Let's not get excited with this 34 talk. Cowan only averages 32.Yeah, Watson's actually averaged 26 over the last two years. Next to that Cowan's 34 in the same time doesn't seem like the figure to be **** on.
I suppose there's just an air of "settling for acceptable" with Cowan, which naturally rubs people up the wrong way. There hasn't been much to suggest he'll average much higher or lower than 34 in the long run.