Australia Squad Discussion

[Crazy Sam]

Nice to see Brisbane Heat legends Mitchell Johnson and Shane Watson make the squad......

 

[dermo]

hodge in and no horsehead a huge loss for benchmark00

 

[Spikey]

shareholders about to revolt

 

[morgieb]

Hodge is a pretty WTF selection.

 

[Prince EWS]

I'd like everyone to sit down and think about the fact that Shaun Marsh is in the Test squad but not the T20I squad.

 

[benchmark00]

I'd like everyone to sit down and think about the fact that Shaun Marsh is in the Test squad but not the T20I squad.

I was going to raise this earlier but decided to choose my battles.

 

[Spikey]

the T20I squad is one squad where an average of 18 ain't good enough

 

[andyc]

From the CA Facebook page, apparently

 

[adub]

I'd like everyone to sit down and think about the fact that Shaun Marsh is in the Test squad but not the T20I squad.

Surely it's better for our sanity to not do this.

 

[adub]

I think White will be pretty stiff to miss out on a top four spot and I'd probably look at him opening. Boi really seems to have turned his game around.

Surely the Maxwell batting anywhere up the order experiment is done for a while too. He'll play for his overs, but I'd bat him below Rad.

Something like:

Finch
White
Watson
Warner
Bailey
Haddin
Maxwell
Faulkner
Johnson
Starc
Hogg

Would give us good variety and deep batting.

Cutts not making the cut is a big miss for mine. Said to the missus as he walked out against the Poms "watch this boi clear the fence" and he didn't disappoint. Reckon he would have been a much better option than Christian. Hodge over Lynn was also a bit iffy.

 

[benchmark00]

Nah the thing which works with Maxwell up the order in t20's is that if he fails he doesn't soak up balls failing. He just gets out. So he literally just either explodes or gets outs he doesn't make 5(15) often. You're not really losing anything with him up the order.

 

[Jono]

Nah go Hodge. He's a dick but this is cool.

 

[benchmark00]

Don't see how jobs for the boys is cool itbt.

 

[Jono]

Because this job for the boy involves Brad Hodge. Look forward to him describing the grounds in Chittagong as "well, its not exactly Lord's"

 

[uvelocity]

if people liked you you would

 

[Jono]

if people liked you you would

Also would need to be a boy i.e. not a girl.

 

[uvelocity]

Also would need to be a boy i.e. not a girl.

a further reason being the ability to perform a job

 

[vic_orthdox]

Nah the thing which works with Maxwell up the order in t20's is that if he fails he doesn't soak up balls failing. He just gets out. So he literally just either explodes or gets outs he doesn't make 5(15) often. You're not really losing anything with him up the order.

Yup, then have a bloke like Lynn/Hodge down the order as the reliable finisher.

 

[Jono]

Key word there is Hodge.

 

[Spikey]

brad hodge cant even correctly finish putting his pants on