Australian test selection 2018/19

[TheJediBrah]

Why are we talking about Dan Hughes in the context of selection? He'd be even further back than Travis Dean

 

[Burgey]

Lineage

 

[howardj]

Geez, Marcus Harris is putting up a compelling case for the Test team

Most Shield runs from 2016/17 season to present day

1951 @ 47.58, 5 x 100

Only 26 years old, and the youngest Australian to score a First-Class 150

 

[howardj]

And could the Hard Man of Australian cricket make a stunning return?

Matt Wade this Summer in Shield 412 @ 82.4, 1 x 100

Test centurion too

But would he fall foul of the "good bloke" criterion for selection?

 

[aussie tragic]

Test squad named

Aaron Finch, Marcus Harris, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (c), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Chris Tremain.

 

[Starfighter]

Head? ugh.

 

[aussie tragic]

Head? ugh.

Article said Hanscomb and Head fighting for 5 position (because obviously a Marsh can't miss out)

 

[TheJediBrah]

Test squad named

Aaron Finch, Marcus Harris, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (c), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Chris Tremain.

Harris yes! Great call. Renshaw keeps losing form at vital times.

I'm guessing Handscomb & Tremain to miss out. If Handscomb plays instead of Head though I'll be ecstatic.

Big call would be to leave Starc out for Tremain, which would probably be the right decision, but will never happen.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Of course there's also the possibility that khawaja doesn't pull up in time and the rest play

 

[aussie tragic]

How does Khawaja meet the Langer 'time in the middle' requirement?

 

[Burgey]

Harris yes! Great call. Renshaw keeps losing form at vital times.

I'm guessing Handscomb & Tremain to miss out. If Handscomb plays instead of Head though I'll be ecstatic.

Big call would be to leave Starc out for Tremain, which would probably be the right decision, but will never happen.

Four Victorians in a test side assured defeat, Mark my words. It’s bad enough if both Finch and Harris play, let alone the others.

Sorry, but Handscomb ain’t up to it. If he fills his boots at home against India he will just be the third Marsh - assuring selection for away tours where he will get obliterated.

 

[aussie tragic]

Not a bad top 6 that missed out

Burns
Renshaw
Doolan
Maxwell
Wade
Lehman

 

[TheJediBrah]

I completely forgot about Maxwell. Again he should definitely be playing.

 

[jimmy101]

It's funny how they give Maxy a go overseas, yet keep him out of the Test team at home. Clearly he'd be much more in his element here.

 

[social]

It's almost as if there's not another round of Shield to go

 

[Gnske]

Marcus Harris, Aaron Finch, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne playing test cricket for Australia in the same year

Australian cricket is over.

 

[Spikey]

Not a bad top 6 that missed out

Burns
Renshaw
Doolan
Maxwell
Wade
Lehman

No this is a bad top 6

 

[Starfighter]

Firstly, why is Siddle still in the squad?

Secondly, to Langer, Renshaw might have made more runs if you hadn't dumped him out of the team after an incident where he shouldn't have been fielding where he was but was to protect one of your/Hohns' apparent favourites, dip.

 

[howardj]

How does Head keep getting a job?

Check out his FC average

 

[aussie tragic]

No this is a bad top 6

Well so is the first top 6 so it's all relative.
If you replace Lehman with Handscomb or Head (whichever misses out on test) than I'd rate them pretty equal