Australia's test side for the Ashes in Australia

[the big bambino]

Just on Cutting, surely worth a punt as an ODI international soon.

 

[uvelocity]

#betterthanjohnson

 

[dermo]

nah cutting is a rubbish white ball bowler, his power with the bat makes people forget what a **** bowler he is

 

[uvelocity]

someone else **** with the white ball, mick lewis also #betterthanjohnson

 

[morgieb]

Just on Cutting, surely worth a punt as an ODI international soon.

IIRC he's pretty dire at ODD, so no even if he is a gun lower-order hitter.

 

[howardj]

Warner
Rogers
Watson
Clarke
Doolan
Smith
Haddin
Johnson
Siddle
Harris
Lyon

Agree so much with what Chappelli said about Bailey

 

[Maximas]

what if Watto isn't available?

 

[howardj]

Fiery Phil

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Hughes hasn't made anything significant for while has he? Just if he's not currently in the test side (which I don't think he is) and he's not currently in the A side, he shouldn't be picked?

 

[The Battlers Prince]

1. Warner
2. Rogers
3. Watson/Khawaja
4. Clarke
5. Smitteh
6. Doolan/Khawaja (battle in progress)
7. Haddin (Hartley the reserve)
8. Maxwell (if he even takes just one wicket and scores 30+)
9. MJ
10. Sidds
11. Harris

 

[Tangles]

Maxwell for Lyon in India was dire but at home it's inconceivable. If Watson can't bowl you only have 2 frontline bowlers. If your aiming for a high scoring draw at least pack the batting lineup and replace the 2 all rounders with actual batters.

 

[Ray.]

1-Cowan
2-Rogers
3-Watto
4-Warner
5-Clarke
6-Bailey/Smith
7-Haddin
8-Sidds
9-Rhino
10-MJ
11-O'Keefe He's been consistently performing with ball over last two seasons in shield plus he's quite handy bat aswell.

 

[Tangles]

Smith just made a test ton yet he is fighting for 6 against "idontscoreredballruns" bailey?

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Maxwell for Lyon in India was dire but at home it's inconceivable. If Watson can't bowl you only have 2 frontline bowlers. If your aiming for a high scoring draw at least pack the batting lineup and replace the 2 all rounders with actual batters.

Don't worry too much, I'm sure Lyon has the spot. More of a Invers being a moron side than a side I want to see. Particularly with that Maxwell call. Actually only that one the rest is pretty much how I see it. But not sure how long Warner can last if he doesn't make runs at the 'Gabba

 

[Burgey]

I haven't felt less confident watching a bloke bat for Australia than I am when Khawaja plays since Greg Ritchie and Andrew Hilditch played against the West Indies in the 1980s. He's that bad.

 

[adub]

tbf Hildud did score a ton and a 70 against the Windies in the 84 Boxing Day test.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

I haven't felt less confident watching a bloke bat for Australia than I am when Khawaja plays since Greg Ritchie and Andrew Hilditch played against the West Indies in the 1980s. He's that bad.

I feel the same way about Hughes. With Khawaja I feel more comfortable against pace. But the poms throw the ball to Swann and something happens in Uzzie mind, just horrendous against spin. Who did he get out to first ball in the ODD comp? Whoever the selectors go with though, they need to give a decent shot at it though.

 

[Spikey]

Khawaja didn't deserve to play in the last Ashes and he doesn't deserve to play any time soon

 

[Flem274*]

Khawaja is a sitting duck. You can bowl in his no touchy zone and hone in on off stump until he takes the bait and prods. Unless you're dropping short or on his legs he can't do anything to you. Boggles the mind as to how he scores runs domestically.

lrn2drive

 

[Spikey]

Khawaja is a sitting duck. You can bowl in his no touchy zone and hone in on off stump until he takes the bait and prods. Unless you're dropping short or on his legs he can't do anything to you. Boggles the mind as to how he scores runs domestically.

lrn2drive

well domestic bowlers shouldn't be as good as test bowlers and hence should slip in length and line to a greater extent. It's worth noting though, that Usman has averaged about 30 in the shield since he got dropped from the test team following the NZ series. 11 matches.