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*Official* Pakistan vs Australia in the UAE 2018

Starfighter

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Midwinter said:
There needs to be a serious answer to the question of putting a bloke who has had previous concussions in the spot in the field where he is most likely to get a concussion.
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I'm not sure what qualities Renshaw has in terms of short leg fielding anyway. The funny thing is, though I may be basing my impressions off a substitute catch he took years ago, I thought Labuschange was't bad at it. It's almost like short leg is a position to sacrifice the out-of-favour players rather than being filled by the best person for the role.
 
NUFAN

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Gnske said:
I'd actually disagree. I like Marnus Labuschagne, don't get me wrong. But he made 60, 37 and and a pair in the second match of the FC portion of the A series. Handscomb didn't fare much better, but if you forget Maxwell for a moment (really get into the mind of a selector on this one) and put Handscomb against Marnus. I don't see how taking Marnus will be better.

You're just giving a debut to a guy before his time has come and sacrificing him in a series with a foregone conclusion.
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Dont forget that the squad was named before the completion of the match where Labuschagne made a pair.

Also regarding Renshaw at batpad, you go through the XI that played and the only other potential fielder there would be Trav Head who wouldnt be fielding there ever for SA being captain.
 
Gnske

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NUFAN said:
Dont forget that the squad was named before the completion of the match where Labuschagne made a pair.

Also regarding Renshaw at batpad, you go through the XI that played and the only other potential fielder there would be Trav Head who wouldnt be fielding there ever for SA being captain.
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Usman still hasn't redeemed himself for his previous work at bat-pad, should have bit the bullet.
 
Burgey

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Pakistan batting so we get an early look at the vegan medium pacer from Victoria.
 
vcs

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They'll never get rid of Hafeez, will they? :laugh:

He'll probably have a good run in these UAE tests, get picked to open in SA, and promptly get rekt by Steyn and company.
 
harsh.ag

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Haven't followed the lead up to the series, but wow, no Maxwell, no Handscombe? Where are Cummins and Hazlewood? Why Holland over O'Keefe?
 
Prince EWS

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vcs said:
They'll never get rid of Hafeez, will they? :laugh:

He'll probably have a good run in these UAE tests, get picked to open in SA, and promptly get rekt by Steyn and company.
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At home in a post-Misbah, post-Younis world, Hafeez is a must. Haters gonna hate and he shouldn't play in SA (not that I expect whoever they'd pick in his place to do much better, unless it was Sami Aslam which it sadly won't be) but he definitely increases their chances of winning this series.
 
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Spark

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I think it was the last UAE tour where Cribb and I labelled Starc as "the slowest 145kmh+ bowler ever".
 
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