Australian test selection 2021-2

[Number 11]

They will probably keep Starc to start with for team spirit and loyalty reasons. If he continues to under perform I can see Richardson playing later in the series using the 'rest and rotation' premise.

 

[morgieb]

It really wouldn't be ballsy at all. Records are in the past, now is what matters, or the only way guys would drop out of the team is if they retire. There's a frustrating inability to admit the obvious. Just because somebody has bene good in the past doesn't mean they deserve to stay in the team if there is someone better now. Incumbency is taken too far as a concept.

FTR I'm not saying it should be ballsy. But it's definitely on the ballsy side by most national selector standards.

Like I would have little hesistation (at this point) in picking Richardson over Starc, and that's coming from someone who's (relatively) a Starc defender (I wouldn't drop Starc for Neser let alone a Boland/Abbott). But the higher up's do give a lot of leeway towards incumbency.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

I don't think giving weight to incumbency is inherently a bad thing, certainly preferable to constant chopping and changing in the hope something sticks

It is of course different when there is a clear strong alternative option there, but I don't believe at all in dropping players because they "need to go" or some bullshit like that

 

[Nintendo]

I don't know what Renshaw has done to even be close to selection but otherwise I like it

Averages 50 odd since moving to the middle order for Qld with 3/4 tons.

 

[social]

Looks like Carey will get the gig

Hope that he does well but totally underwhelming as he’s neither the best keeper or batsman

 

[stephen]

Looks like Carey will get the gig

Hope that he does well but totally underwhelming as he’s neither the best keeper or batsman

I'm not outraged but it's still annoying that the selectors have the "pecking order never changes" mentality about selections.

 

[Gob]

I don't think there is a huge gulf between Inglis and Carey as batsmen. Both are better than Paine by a considerable margin

I've said this before too that there are 3 tours to the subcontinent for this WTC cycle. So keeping up to spin is massively important and I have no idea who is better at it. Maybe Inglis slightly

 

[Nintendo]

I don't think there is a huge gulf between Inglis and Carey as batsmen. Both are better than Paine by a considerable margin

I've said this before too that there are 3 tours to the subcontinent for this WTC cycle. So keeping up to spin is massively important and I have no idea who is better at it. Maybe Inglis slightly

Neither are wade tier of lol-bad to spin and that's all that we need to worry about honestly. Inglis is the better batsmen vs spin and has a higher ceiling than carey, but carey has marginally better fc stats and is an established international cricketer in odi's, don't mind either.

It's not an england buttler vs foakes type situation where one player has significantly better fc stats, is a better keeper and for a large period had a better test record but didn't get picked because the other was an odi ATG and england love picking white-ball cricketers who are mediocre in red ball for some reason.

 

[CricAddict]

Yeah, I think Carey will get the gig too.

Is Green locked to start Ashes?

 

[Nintendo]

Yeah, I think Carey will get the gig too.

Is Green locked to start Ashes?

Fairly safe to say he is, was our best bat bar smith and marn in the india series on debut and has done nothing wrong domestically since then, top run scored in the shield after that and averaging 40-odd this season.

 

[WICFan]

Averages 50 odd since moving to the middle order for Qld with 3/4 tons.

Steve Waugh wants him opening for Australia.

 

[Nintendo]

Steve Waugh wants him opening for Australia.

Steve waugh is a bozo.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Steve waugh is a bozo.

That's Mark Waugh

 

[Nintendo]

That's Mark Waugh

Mark Waugh is a complete and utter madman (***), doesn't mean tugga isn't a bozo for a **** take.