Road to the 2017-18 Ashes in Australia

[TheJediBrah]

He's comfortably outperformed Wade, Nevill & Carey with the bat in the early Shield rounds, and is a very good keeper.

Not so crazy when you think about it.

 

[morgieb]

He's comfortably outperformed Wade, Nevill & Carey with the bat in the early Shield rounds, and is a very good keeper.

Not so crazy when you think about it.

Yes, those two innings were outstanding. Make him captain.

 

[cnerd123]

In this day and age, how do you go 11 years as a wicketkeeper in the highest level of professional cricket without scoring a FC century.

Amazing. I so want him to play the Ashes now.

 

[Nate]

He's comfortably outperformed Wade, Nevill & Carey with the bat in the early Shield rounds, and is a very good keeper.

Not so crazy when you think about it.

He's kept three times in the last two years!

Cricket Australia are an absolute joke from head-to-toe.

 

[cnerd123]

He's kept three times in the last two years!

Cricket Australia are an absolute joke from head-to-toe.

Wait so he's a specialist batsman who's last FC ton came 11 years ago

bahahahahahahahahahahahah

 

[harsh.ag]

He's kept three times in the last two years!

Cricket Australia are an absolute joke from head-to-toe.

How much do they hate Nevill

 

[Cabinet96]

Should we make the 1st test thread btw?

 

[vic_orthdox]

How much do they hate Nevill

Yeah, I think this is the main point, as Spikey alluded to earlier and a few of us have mentioned in the past twelve months.

Steve Smith calls for a side that cares, his state teammate gets dropped and hasn't had a look back in despite averaging around 60 last year, even though he's had a poor start to this season. And he's up there in the argument for best gloveman in the country.

 

[Spark]

IDK why Howard is calling for selection to be left exclusively to the coach and captain, that's clearly already what happens.

 

[Spark]

Should we make the 1st test thread btw?

why even ask

 

[TheJediBrah]

Eh, we'll see. If Paine keeps tidily and averages anything above 30 with the bat then it'll be a successful call.

 

[Gnske]

It's 2017 and we're living in the age of the Tim Paine renaissance.

This parallel universe is interesting.

 

[vic_orthdox]

IDK why Howard is calling for selection to be left exclusively to the coach and captain, that's clearly already what happens.

It creates a more honest and direct sense of accountability. Maybe don't have a "chairman of selectors", make that the coach.

 

[harsh.ag]

Eh, we'll see. If Paine keeps tidily and averages anything above 30 with the bat then it'll be a successful call.

Selections don't become good in hindsight.

 

[Spark]

It creates a more honest and direct sense of accountability. Maybe don't have a "chairman of selectors", make that the coach.

I was being facetious tbf.

 

[S.Kennedy]

He is shadowing Wade in Tasmania, correct? So Wade is deemed not good enough to keep for Australia and is dropped for the guy who is not good enough to take the gloves from Wade for Tasmania! Haha this bloody Ashes.

 

[Gnske]

He is shadowing Wade in Tasmania, correct? So Wade is deemed not good enough to keep for Australia and is dropped for the guy who is not good enough to take the gloves from Wade for Tasmania! Haha this bloody Ashes.

You have to wonder how quick and late this decision was made, given Wade was clearly deemed to still be in the race until the last round. And this,

Foxsports.com.au understands Tigers coach Adam Griffith was made aware that Paine was in contention to play in the first Test, which heavily influenced captain George Bailey’s decision not to declare despite Tasmania leading by more than 450 runs on day three.

It is not clear how heated the conversation between Bailey and Griffith became. What is known is that Bailey’s primary objective was to allow his bowlers enough time to take 10 Bushrangers wickets to gain outright points after a miserable first two rounds, while for Griffith winning was a dual objective alongside getting Paine into the Test team for the first time since 2010.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/how-selectors-decided-tim-paine-was-their-man/news-story/3e3cc49d75fa25aaab5b6bc6ec80a763

I almost want to like this selection based on how it ****s all over Matthew Wade and just for Paine's redemption arc that seems inevitable now.

 

[Cabinet96]

why even ask

Because you wouldn't have done it for me otherwise.

 

[Pup Clarke]

How tf has Renshaw been dropped? That's almost as bizaree (if not more so)

 

[harsh.ag]

Okay so England can win now.