Australian test selection 2020/21

[Shady Slim]

I hate that Rudd ruined that saying. It's "Fair suck of the sauce bottle".

i heard the phrase first used by uhhhhh oj simpson so i can’t talk hehe

 

[the big bambino]

I should point out that my opinion expressed earlier regarding Maxwell was done in the context of the thread's title, "Australian Test Selection 2020/21".
I agree that he may have been unfairly overlooked by selectors in the past, especially with regard to having the opportunity to represent his country at home.

Coulda been worse. Coulda been Callum Ferguson. Plenty have been treated unfairly but Maxi’s had plenty of international as opposed to just test opportunities and hasn’t really nailed them.

 

[Flem274*]

maxwell isn't as unlucky as a brad hodge but his continual non-selection in favour of mitch marsh et al stinking up the joint was pretty unlucky.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Coulda been worse. Coulda been Callum Ferguson. Plenty have been treated unfairly but Maxi’s had plenty of international as opposed to just test opportunities and hasn’t really nailed them.

This is also true, result of him being pigeon-holed. Played more ODIs than he should have, but not played as many Tests as she should have.

 

[Red]

Callum Ferguson. Getting 1 test then getting dropped is woeful treatment by the selectors. If a guy is good enough to get selected in a test match, surely he gets at least 3 tests to show what he's got.

Worst treatment of an Aus cricketer I've seen.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah absolutely appalling. And to think one of his dismissal was a run out too.

Bowling equivalent was Bollinger's last test. Diabolical.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Callum Ferguson. Getting 1 test then getting dropped is woeful treatment by the selectors. If a guy is good enough to get selected in a test match, surely he gets at least 3 tests to show what he's got.

Worst treatment of an Aus cricketer I've seen.

Even funnier that it was followed up by cleaning house and Nic Maddinson coming in to replace him, who then got 3 Tests failing miserably despite earning no where near the kind of chance Ferguson should have

 

[Spikey]

thankfully callum ferguson didn't even deserve one test match so it all worked out

 

[Red]

thankfully callum ferguson didn't even deserve one test match so it all worked out

He absolutely did. He was in great form leading up to that selection

 

[Spikey]

yeah and picking on form is dumb.

back me up prince ews

 

[mr_mister]

Better to pick on nepotism like the Marshes and their aussie spirit like Harris

 

[Spikey]

Better to pick on nepotism like the Marshes and their aussie spirit like Harris

as I recall, Siddle was the great Australian and Harris was "like a little brother"

 

[Spikey]

humans can't pick cricket teams. hand it over to robots already

 

[mr_mister]

That'd churn out Maxwell in our test middle order due to a shield average over 40. Hell yeah

 

[Red]

yeah and picking on form is dumb.

back me up prince ews

whaddya pick on? gut instinct?

that's doubly scary with Langer as coach!

 

[Midwinter]

Even funnier that it was followed up by cleaning house and Nic Maddinson coming in to replace him, who then got 3 Tests failing miserably despite earning no where near the kind of chance Ferguson should have

Dont forget also dropping Neville for not winning tests with his batting despite him doing better than the top order failures and then bringing in Wade who takes three tests to get a score better than Neville had made.

And then there is Joe Mennie.....

 

[stephen]

Yeah Nev's treatment was terrible. Wade should never have been picked again.

 

[morgieb]

Mennie getting dumped was fair enough I think. Really wasn't up to Test standard.

Nevill's treatment was awful though. I get that he hadn't done well in the Tests he played but he was set up to fail. Either he came in at 5/500 (and couldn't score runs) or 5/100 (and had to basically stave off a collapse in tricky batting situations). When this wasn't the case his numbers were actually fairly OK. In saying that, he did lose form significantly at FC level after a while.

Ferguson and Burns were also hard done by.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Mennie getting dumped was fair enough I think. Really wasn't up to Test standard.

I think he means the selection of Mennie in the first place was questionable

 

[mr_mister]

Paines batting has only been slighty better than Nevills and his keeping id say has been worse

But good captain