Australian Test Selection 2016/2017

[Gnske]

To replace who from this XI?

Usman, without a single doubt in my mind.

 

[honestbharani]

Was Handscomb passable with the gloves? Will they play Shaun Marsh for Wade in India then?

 

[TheJediBrah]

No Handscomb is not going to be wicket-keeper for Australia it seems

It'd be great if he could be genuinely good with the gloves and not losing batting form but I can't see them doing it

 

[Red]

With our top 5 now pretty settled, Cartright looking ok at 6 and the option of SMarsh hopping in there if needed, surely we can now select the best keeper we have who can average at least 25-30?

 

[TheJediBrah]

With our top 5 now pretty settled, Cartright looking ok at 6 and the option of SMarsh hopping in there if needed, surely we can now select the best keeper we have who can average at least 25-30?

Hopefully. You were 100% right about Wade. I was expecting him to be a lot less **** than he's turned out to be these last 4 Tests.

 

[NUFAN]

Hopefully with our top 5 settled Cartwright gains a W from Red Hill.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Is that a wine from Red Hill? Yes please if so.

 

[Spark]

Cartwright's longevity in the side will depend on other players as much as himself.

Right now they're prioritising batting over bowling for their number 6, but if seamers start breaking down and everyone else is scoring runs?

Step up, Mitchell Marsh

 

[Gnske]

Hopefully with our top 5 settled Cartwright gains a W from Red Hill.

What Cartwright needs to grow is a pair that the ***en number 6 needs, my god man . Its been awhile ay, since the number 6 had any testes to speak of, but cartWRONG. It s all right. Because I mean, say this. He has nothing, but a neckbeard, on his neck. Not a p;roper foliage of grass on his face. But only on the neck. LOW TEST

 

[adub]

Is that a wine from Red Hill? Yes please if so.

whine

 

[TheJediBrah]

What Cartwright needs to grow is a pair that the ***en number 6 needs, my god man . Its been awhile ay, since the number 6 had any testes to speak of, but cartWRONG. It s all right. Because I mean, say this. He has nothing, but a neckbeard, on his neck. Not a p;roper foliage of grass on his face. But only on the neck. LOW TEST

The **** are you on about

 

[ImpatientLime]

Yeh, but if he can bowl 5-10 economical overs a day in the subcontinent it'd be handy. And a small step above Ponting is a pretty handy bowler fwiw.

What we want ideally is someone who can average 40ish with the bat at #6 and be able to bowl up to ten tidy overs a day.

Cartwright looked assured with the bat today. Think we are making some solid selections with Rod Marsh gone.

so, you want paul collingwood? that sort of player?

 

[ImpatientLime]

The **** are you on about

he accidentally clicked on cricketweb instead of /sp/

 

[Compton]

Yeh, but if he can bowl 5-10 economical overs a day in the subcontinent it'd be handy. And a small step above Ponting is a pretty handy bowler fwiw.

What we want ideally is someone who can average 40ish with the bat at #6 and be able to bowl up to ten tidy overs a day.

Cartwright looked assured with the bat today. Think we are making some solid selections with Rod Marsh gone.

 

[stephen]

With a settled top 5, M Marsh would slot in nicely. The problem was that with an old Voges and an out of form Burns, we needed more runs from our number 6.

Particularly if we're playing two spinners Marsh would be a good pick. If he could raise his batting to average 32 instead of 27 he'd look a lot better.

If we play Neville and Marsh I'd actually prefer to see Neville come in ahead of Marsh.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I agree 100% with the above post.

 

[Tangles]

What Cartwright needs to grow is a pair that the ***en number 6 needs, my god man . Its been awhile ay, since the number 6 had any testes to speak of, but cartWRONG. It s all right. Because I mean, say this. He has nothing, but a neckbeard, on his neck. Not a p;roper foliage of grass on his face. But only on the neck. LOW TEST

If you're going to do drugs bring enough to share.

 

[Johnners]

wrong thread

 

[Red]

so, you want paul collingwood? that sort of player?

Collingwood would be ok. If Cartright could average 40 with the bat at #6 and bowl some economic overs, that'd be ok. He only needs to be able to bowl 5-10, maybe 15 decent overs a day to be a real benefit. I loved Collingwood but he didn't take a big bowling load in tests really.

 

[Red]

With a settled top 5, M Marsh would slot in nicely. The problem was that with an old Voges and an out of form Burns, we needed more runs from our number 6.

Particularly if we're playing two spinners Marsh would be a good pick. If he could raise his batting to average 32 instead of 27 he'd look a lot better.

If we play Neville and Marsh I'd actually prefer to see Neville come in ahead of Marsh.

This is actually really true now. I am a fan of Marsh but I was advocating his dropping on the basis of his output with the bat. And Nevill was (wrongly) dropped because it was perceived Wade was a better bat. I'm happy to stick with Cartwright now, but TBH this doesn't look too bad right now with our top 5 making enough runs, and with O'Keefe having a FC avg of 30:

Warner
Renshaw
Khawaja
Smith
Handscomb
Nevill +
MMarsh/Faulkner
O'Keefe
Starc
Hazelwood
Lyon