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    Where would you bat Ponting ?

    4th Test: England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 24-28, 1997 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 1st Test: Australia v India at Adelaide, Dec 10-14, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 1st Test: Sri Lanka v Australia at Kandy, Sep 9-11, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
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    *Official* Fifth Test at the SCG

    Actually, he was the only young batsman who looked a reasonably sure thing to be established in the test side when Ponting went, plus he had some captaincy experience at Under-19 level. I doubt his 'playing with no fear', ie playing some pretty shots but constantly falling to lame prods outside...
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    Where would you bat Ponting ?

    Final: Australia v India at Johannesburg, Mar 23, 2003 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 3rd Test: Australia v England at Manchester, Aug 11-15, 2005 3rd Test: Australia v India at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 2003 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 3rd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Perth, Nov...
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    *Official* Fifth Test at the SCG

    I agree that Beer should play for the sake of consistency, despite the idiocy of him being picked in the first place It'd be a good scenario to blood Khawaja, but it won't happen. Smith and Hughes have been awful but they were both long term selections, punting them now after just two tests -...
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    *Official* Fourth Test at the MCG

    It's a nice thought, but Tremlett has 3 inches in height and 10km/h in pace on Clark these days.
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    Tremlett would kill them all tbh
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    If all it took to get Johnson swinging the ball again was a week of intensive work in the nets, then why the **** has it taken Cooley 2 years to do it.
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    I can't think of any player inferior to Hauritz who has been shown the same level of favour by the selectors tbh. And as for Bollinger I think it's clearly a form/fitness issue...I don't think there are any underlying attitude/ego issues. While we're on this topic though Matthew Elliott is a...
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    Michael "Frosty" Beer

    Headline writer's dream....and probably an English batsman's too :ph34r:
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    Maybe by their logic two mediocre spinners = 1 good one ?? Can't think of any other explanation....If they'd picked O'Keefe instead of Beer then at least if he doesn't get alot of overs he can still contribute with the bat and in the field...
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    I'm pretty meh about the selection of Smith, on the one hand they've finally given North the boot and there is something special about Smith, he has some good skills and plenty of potential, I'm reasonably confident he'll develop into a very good player for Australia down the track. On the other...
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    I think Siddle's place is in some serious doubt here, or at least it should be. Siddle and Harris are very similar bowlers, I know Harris was touted as similar to Hilfenhaus before Adelaide, but I think he's got more in common with Siddle in terms of the skiddy trajectory and fullish length (at...
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    I agree Ponting didn't handle him particularly well, and if the talk of him being asked to tinker with his action is true then I'm sure that didn't do him any favours either...But did Ponting instruct him to bowl two loopy half-volleys per over to Tendulkar and Vijay in Bangalore? I think he...
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    Lol what series were you watching? He was absolutely terrible, granted the wickets there don't really suit him, he's at his best when there's a little more pace in the pitch. But he was overpitching several times per over and was never able to build any pressure at all, he turned the ball a fair...
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    Ian Botham and Ian Chappell in car park dust-up after Adelaide test

    This, they're both ****heads....but Botham is a significantly bigger ****head.
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    I hope they go with something like this. Dussey may be getting on, but he's the best batsman in the country outside the test team. They picked Darren Lehmann to replace Mark Waugh for Ashes 02/03 despite him being 33, because he was the best candidate, it's the same situation now. An Ashes...
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    *Official* Third Test at the WACA

    God I hope not... I think the best team Australia could pick for Perth would be - Watson Katich (Hughes if he's unfit) Ponting Clarke Hussey Hussey Haddin O'Keefe/Hauritz Harris Hilfenhaus Bollinger I know Siddle was great in the first dig in Brisbane, but he's been pedestrian since, and I...
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    Who will be James Anderson's 200th?

    Marcus North in his final test innings...
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    *Official* Second Test at the Adelaide Oval

    George Bailey lol ? In all seriousness Katich is the best man to captain the team if Ponting was for some reason unable or unwanted, but he's only going to be around another two years tops, so no use.
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    *Official* Second Test at the Adelaide Oval

    This would be seriously awesome if true, picking D Hussey one match after discarding Johnson would go a long way to restoring my faith in this selection panel.

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