Yeah he and McJerk are meme “grown up playing T20” players, though Davies is a lot better
Mukesh or Prasidh you think? Mukesh seems like the safer bet on pitches with some help but Prasidh has more upside. On tamer Australian surfaces both will probably get flogged.
Mukesh is definitely the better bowler but he's definitely more reliant on conditions; he'd probably like to dig up this deck and carry it around the world in his pocket. On the basis that Test pitches are usually not quite as spicy as the Shield MCG (which is consistently very tough in the last few years) you'd want the guy with a bit more upside on flatter decks.
It's weird because davies has been a bad Whiteball player so far at the professional level. Has played the odd bbl innings but he's more known for the redball stuff atm.
This is actually not that unusual amongst players who only know how to hit boundaries and can't play high, but not extreme, tempo cricket, and thus don't know how to navigate the middle periods of ODIs were the key is often to score off every ball rather than hitting boundaries all the time.
Oh I think Davies is a really talented player and could easily "make it". Which is why it frustrates me to see him getting out with wild hacks like four times this summer; he's too good for that.
Came here to comment on this. Webster has done himself no harm so far. Finished off the first game with a good 50 and did a great job covering the neser injury this game. If he gets a red ink here he's definitely sent the selectors a message.
Rohit
Need more batting, I'd play Jadeja rather than Harshit. He has very limited red ball experience and didn't play any IND A vs AUS A fixture. Our weak point is batting, I'll rather go with Jadeja and hope the 3 pacers + Washi, Jadeja take care of the bowling