***Official*** Australia in the West Indies 2015

[adub]

Marsh has been batting at 5/6 for WA coming in after Voges. So that's not all that impressive imo.

Totally agree and a point I've made many times. But he's the incumbent and you don't drop incumbents with those sorts of numbers on the back of a ton in the warm up match.

Also agree that if TPC wants three nows the time. Maybe even if he doesn't want it which is why I suggested him there as my preferred option.

 

[Furball]

Who would be next in line to replace Rogers once he calls it a day (assuming he does so after the Ashes?)

Would it not be an idea to debut him at 3, then move Smith up to 3 once Rogers replacement moves up to open?

 

[Spark]

 

[Furball]

lol @ that SMarsh ball.

 

[morgieb]

Who would be next in line to replace Rogers once he calls it a day (assuming he does so after the Ashes?)

Would it not be an idea to debut him at 3, then move Smith up to 3 once Rogers replacement moves up to open?

Most likely Joe Burns.

 

[Beamer]

Anyway, Leon Johnson completes his pair, Theophile fails and gets one start, Chandrika makes a 50 and a golden duck. Literally no questions have been answered for the WI selectors on who to take ahead of Shiv.

In absence of any real opening options, maybe they'll keep Hope there and bat Holder at 7 to bring in C Brathwaite after his gun showing here?

Agree that Carlos was gun in this tour match and that we could do with 5 bowlers so naturally the selectors didn't pick him at all. They have, however, picked Chandrika who although very talented still hasn't scored an FC ton. What the hell is going on?

They've picked Shane Dowrich who was the standout batsman in the tour game and is definitely one of the best young batsmen in the Caribbean. I think they'll move Shai Hope down to 5/6 and bring in Chandrika to open. Either that or they'll keep Hope opening and bring in Dowrich for Shiv.

 

[Tangles]

Who would be next in line to replace Rogers once he calls it a day (assuming he does so after the Ashes?)

Would it not be an idea to debut him at 3, then move Smith up to 3 once Rogers replacement moves up to open?

Not sure about Burns opening in Test cricket tbh. I don't think we have the room or luxury of playing Rogers replacement. We need to win the Ashes and worry about that later.

 

[Dan]

An opener being picked without an FC ton to his name. FMD. Only in the West Indies.

They can't actually play Chandrika, surely.

 

[Dan]

I mean, when you have less FC tons than Tim Paine, you have to know that you aren't a Test-ready opening batsman yet.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Replacing a guy with 71 FC tons to his name with a kid with 0, to face Australia is, uh... not very smart.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Replacing a guy with 71 FC tons to his name with a kid with 0, to face Australia is, uh... not very smart.

Not very normal, hindsight will prove if it was smart. The look to the future approach I like about the choice. But you're right that he might be a bit green yet

 

[Riggins]

This is the sort of series we get dicked in before playing well in the important one. Hopefully we suck and England beat lolzealand comfortably and we can get some juicier odds.

 

[Spikey]

Riggins to then use the profits to hire better umpires for Adelaide grade cricket

 

[Spikey]

 

[Prince EWS]

Replacing a guy with 71 FC tons to his name with a kid with 0, to face Australia is, uh... not very smart.

I think it's more about the fact that they rate Hope than the fact that they rate Chandrika; they didn't want to have to make Hope again. Perhaps they should have asked Chanderpaul to open instead.

 

[Dan]

Holder to Tastle it and open IMO.

1. Holder
2. Brathwaite
3. Bravo
4. Samuels
5. Hope
6. Chanderpaul
7. Ramdin +
8. Blackwood
9. Taylor
10. Roach
11. Bishoo

 

[morgieb]

Why is Blackwood batting 8?

Also why is Chanderpaul still there?

 

[Dan]

A hypothetical response to Cribb's point re Chanders opening to get Hope in the middle order as the WI selectors want.

 

[Top_Cat]

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/67328-official-australia-west-indies-2015-a-10.html

Chappelli's latest, hits the usual check-points; back-in-my-dayness, coaches are useless, Cook is a wuss and he even shoehorned in a Clarke should bat higher dig at the end. A tour de force! One wonders whether he'd have written the same article had Dizzy accepted the job, but.

 

[Spikey]

he 100% would have, tbf