Shane Lee as an Allrounder is another worth a shout. Played decent amount of odis. No superstar but I mean, they pick MMarsh fairly consistently these days when he’s available and I don’t know that guys like Lee were worse players than he is.Yeah thats not a bad shout. I definitely think Adelaide Oval runs were easier than runs at Hobart. If we dont factor in bowling, I definitely can see Brayshaw being a better option.
Did I miss anyone else?
Much as I love Noffers Noffke, I think he's about as good as Neser - not good enough to make it on his bowling and his batting isn't going to set the world on fire. 'dat peak tho.Doing some more research and I think the following deserve a mention:
Phil Jaques
Ashley Noffke
Dirk Tazelaar
Shaun Tait
Andrew McDonald
Matthew Inness
Jason Arnberger
Ryan Campbell
Matthew Nicholson
I think Jaques, McDonald and Tait are good chances to make your squad James/would make my squad at least.
Can you pick one definitively better if we disqualify both Bevan and Smith?Yes but only because of Smith. I reckon I might be able to pick two entirely separate lost generation batting lineups better than the one selected last summer to play India.
Yeah thats fair. I was just including guys with good shield careers who werent mentioned but had a chance of making James squad.Much as I love Noffers Noffke, I think he's about as good as Neser - not good enough to make it on his bowling and his batting isn't going to set the world on fire. 'dat peak tho.
Yeah I think NUFAN's lineup with Hodge in for Bevan and Jaques in for Di Venuto would be very likely to outperform a Smithless current Australian batting lineup. I only say "very likely" because players with limited Test experience are not easy to predict but my money would be on them.Can you pick one definitively better if we disqualify both Bevan and Smith?
Yeah he had a bad back injury. He had surgery on it and expected everything to be fine, but even though he reported little to no pain afterwards he was never the same batsman after that for whatever reason. He was averaging 60+ in First Class cricket at the time he played his last Test I think (or at the very least high 50s), and his Test record wasn't exactly bad either (three tons in 11 games, average 48). He fell away massively after that to the point where his spot in both Australian and English domestic cricket was being propped up by hope/reputation for a while.Yeah Phil Jaques was absolutely cruelled by injury wasn't he?
Yeah he had what was meant to be routine surgery and ended up legit losing about an inch and a half in height. Was such a shame. When I think about how Australia’s dynasty was supposed to continue, I see his and Stu Clark’s injuries as the main reasons it didn’t for a few more years tbh.Yeah he had a bad back injury. He had surgery on it and expected everything to be fine, but even though he reported little to no pain afterwards he was never the same batsman after that for whatever reason. He was averaging 60+ in First Class cricket at the time he played his last Test I think (or at the very least high 50s), and his Test record wasn't exactly bad either (three tons in 11 games, average 48). He fell away massively after that to the point where his spot in both Australian and English domestic cricket was being propped up by hope/reputation for a while.