Not sure about that as very much a team effort
Neser WTF. Didn't realise his season was THIS good. 40 wickets at 17 and as many runs as Sutherland.
And probably won’t be in the Ashes squad despite being perfectly suited for conditions
Nah I reckon heyll get picked. Him and Boland should be rotated in like Siddle and Pattinson last time.
What?
Why on earth would you not take neser who A)from all reports was the hardest Aussie quick to face in the nets last ashes in England, B) just took 40 wickets @17 in a shield season and C) is purpose built for English conditions and has 2 seasons of county experience with Glamorgan under his belt.
Completely agree with you FYI, starc only playing one in the first four tests then not playing the fifth was weird, as was bringing marsh and Siddle back at the same time. More just saying that like last time AUS can afford to rotate their Quicks, which is a neseccity in a series with 5 tests so close together.
Neser should be ahead of even Boland in England, let alone Morris.
If Carey is making runs I wouldn't mind seeing them give green a rest in the 4th /5th test and play neser at 7 instead honestly. Green has a ton of cricket either side of the ashes and nesers batting in the past few years has genuinely been #7 quality.
I think this is why there's a lot of hope around the new generation of 18-22 year old bats like Kellaway, Wyllie, and the rest of the most recent U19 WC cohort. Of the previous generation only really Head and Green (if you want to put him in that generation) have stood out before, obviously Pucovski should have made it too but for horrible luck (and technical deficiencies on his behalf).
Yes.
I agree with you but don’t see them replacing Morris with Neser after selecting the former for India
Yeah it's a hard one isn't it. I'm interested to see how selectors approach handscomb coming into the England tour if he has a good county season given that hes in career best form and did well in India but also competing with head and green who I realistically don't see him displacing.
Given that Warner appears to be a lock, it wouldn’t surprise me to see them give Handscomb the same treatment as Nes and go with something like
The selectors have shown a willingness to make conditions based selections before though, like ditching Starc and selecting Siddle for the 2019 Ashes. Neser's ability in those conditions will be very hard to ignore.
