Prince EWS
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Right now? Only Smith and Khawaja unfortunately, as they're the only blokes in the squad.
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***Official*** Australia in India 2012/13
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ajdude
International Coach
he said in australia right now #canread
Spikey
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pup11
International Coach
We shouldn't/couldn't drop Hughes now as he has done all there is to do at the domestic level, he is the best batsman in Australia by some distance and whatever technical problems are there should be worked on within the national set-up, as for Cowan, for the next test Khawaja should come into the side in his place.
Does it well tbf, beautful high elbow...
dermo
International Vice-Captain
you want to drop the bloke who just faced 100 balls of top quality spin and keep the bloke whose been dismissed 4 times for 6 runs to spin #inveritythoughts
Prince EWS
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Now I like Hughes, but....
ganeshran
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SJS
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very very very ordinary but don't miss Gavaskar stating how the catch was difficult since Dhoni couldn't reach it since he moved the wrong way to start with. Silly excuse for this happens with all inside edges. Then replay shows Dhoni did not just reach the ball he over-reached it and the ball actually hit the wrist of his catching hand and not finger tips. Promptly Mr all-time-legend gavaskar defended that as well. "See this is what happened, the ball hit his wrist. If it had hit the palm he would have caught it" Oh yes and if Hughes had got that sweep in the middle of the bat it would have been a boundary instead of a wicket for Ashwin
pup11
International Coach
For a man who doesn't score a whole lot of runs he sure as hell plays out a lot of balls, I think on an average he plays out atleast a 50 balls in every innings and that somewhat makes his failures especially in these conditions a lot more inexcusable.
marc71178
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Yeah, so England should've kept picking Hick and Ramprakash through the 90s then should they?
Frequently he's not looked up to it (and let us not forget that the selectors couldn't pick him for the SA series as they were afraid about him being exposed by that attack) - so how can you justify picking him?
Burgey
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Not a bad day in isolation, but unless these two get us to within 50 or so at worst, the match is lost.
Nice job Ed. Gutsy effort. Seeing as he got to 20 odd, stumps is a good thing for him. Maybe he can contour another 30-50 tomorrow and set an innings up. Unlikely, but who knows.
Nice job Ed. Gutsy effort. Seeing as he got to 20 odd, stumps is a good thing for him. Maybe he can contour another 30-50 tomorrow and set an innings up. Unlikely, but who knows.
Burgey
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England did keep picking Hick and Ramps in the 90s, didn't they?
pup11
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21 FC centuries at the age of 24 tells me he is a pretty damn good player and his achievement looks even more unique, when you take into consideration that many batsmen in Australia don't have half the amount of runs or centuries he has despite playing domestic cricket for almost a decade, unfortunately this is also something that makes him an easier target for the fans and journos every time he fails.
Prince EWS
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Yeah but you just said he was the best batsman in Australia by some distance!
Heard of Michael Clarke?
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This is such a **** post.
Frequently Hughes has looked up to it. He's getting horribly found wanting against spin bowling in sub continental conditions, which is foreign to him and gets exacerbated by the fact that he's an opening batsman being made to play exclusively against spin bowling on turning wickets.
Hughes' strengths lie in playing pace bowling. He went away and worked on his technique against pace bowling and developed a much more balanced game, utilising both sides of the wicket. Now you're flying in here, never actually seeing him play in the last two years and calling for him to be black listed on the basis of you looking at cricinfo and seeing he's had a **** tour to India. Give me a spell.
I wouldn't care if Hughes is dropped for the next two matches, but he should be recalled for the next series as he's shown he is in Australia's top six best batsmen. He just needs to develop his play against spin bowling on these wickets.
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