***Official*** Australia in India 2017

[Prince EWS]

Oh yeah that's right. Not sure who he got dropped for though.

He actually got dropped for Maxwell.. who also batted three (technically four because of nightwatchman Nathan Lyon).

A dark and silly period.

 

[Spark]

MHussey is the only person who I can think of who had reasonable success at 6 in semi-recent years. Unsurprising as he's pretty much the prototypical specialist 6.

 

[mr_mister]

i mean symonds made two really good tons and averaged 40 but did he really have that great of a time at 6 either?

well now we're getting into weird territory because other than sobers not many batsman stayed at 6 and averaged much above 40

 

[mr_mister]

this is an inspired bowling change...

 

[Spark]

Number 6 being such a problem spot is recent tbh. It used to be 4 where we could never find anyone to score runs from.

 

[Gnske]

Hahahahahahaha, Saha is such a mischievous imp.

 

[Prince EWS]

Number 6 being such a problem spot is recent tbh. It used to be 4 where we could never find anyone to score runs from.

Yeah but that was a different problem -- the best batsmen in the team seemed to randomly fall off a cliff when batting in that position. This more recent problem is just the inability to find six good batsmen to fill all the slots - I'm sure Smith, Handscomb etc could score runs at six if they were picked there - particularly given they'd like one of them to bowl seam-up.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

i mean symonds made two really good tons and averaged 40 but did he really have that great of a time at 6 either?

Averaged in the 30s at 6 so not really. Batsmen with good records at 6 since 2005 for Australia are Hussey, Gilchrist and Clarke... but nobody really recent. Best recent one is Voges who averaged 40 at 6.

North, Symonds, Watson, Smith and M. Marsh all played a fair amount at that position and their records are all crap. Pretty bizarre.

edit: Back before 2005 it was a good position for Ponting, Steve Waugh and plenty of other people.

 

[Gnske]

That's assault btw, Smith should lay charges

 

[TheJediBrah]

MHussey is the only person who I can think of who had reasonable success at 6 in semi-recent years. Unsurprising as he's pretty much the prototypical specialist 6.

MHussey was the prototypical specialist everything

He could have batted anywhere and been just as successful IMO. Wasn't he always an opener until they forced him to no. 6 just to get him in a team already boasting Hayden and Langer?

 

[harsh.ag]

Badly want to see a Maxi 50 here. Come on, show!

Maxi what a beauty. Now hole out.

 

[Shri]

Saha!

 

[Spark]

MHussey was the prototypical specialist everything

He could have batted anywhere and been just as successful IMO. Wasn't he always an opener until they forced him to no. 6 just to get him in a team already boasting Hayden and Langer?

I thought it was the other way around? He originally got picked because there was a spot opening and they decided to shove him in, then Clarke (I think) got dropped and they shifted him back down.

 

[ajdude]

well now we're getting into weird territory because other than sobers not many batsman stayed at 6 and averaged much above 40

i just dunno about two tons though, i was never sold on symonds' career. was only handy with the ball too

 

[mr_mister]

i just dunno about two tons though, i was never sold on symonds' career. was only handy with the ball too

yeah i didnt rate symonds as much as most either

however there's hardly been any number 6 in history who was a gun bat and didnt get promoted up the order. Sobers the only one I can think of who mainly stayed at 6

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I thought it was the other way around? He originally got picked because there was a spot opening and they decided to shove him in, then Clarke (I think) got dropped and they shifted him back down.

He was an opener in first class cricket, but this is right. That was really the thing which kept him out of the test team for so long, Australia had a string of successful openers with Slater, Hayden, Langer etc, and Hussey never really dominated in the shield like he did in county cricket. Was picked after the 2005 Ashes loss for the opening spot and moved down when there was a middle order spot because he did well opening. Was definitely thought of as an opening option at the time though as far as I remember.

 

[ajdude]

that shot was so good.

 

[Moonsorrow999]

Bang

 

[mr_mister]

punishment for that obnoxious appeal. eat that jadders

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

yeah i didnt rate symonds as much as most either

however there's hardly been any number 6 in history who was a gun bat and didnt get promoted up the order. Sobers the only one I can think of who mainly stayed at 6

Border and Waugh both batted at 6 a lot and averaged over 50 there, though they did play more at 5 overall.