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Australian test selection thread 2015/16
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Red
The normal awards that everyone else has
No other options. One thing Rogers did retiring now was throw away a chance to captain Aus in a test. Just a Smith injury away from being Aust test captain if he'd played on.
TheJediBrah
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don't worry Maxwell will take it when Voges gets dropped
vic_orthdox
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dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Yep.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
In fairness having S Marsh in the touring party does give the Aussie bowlers great practice in the nets in preparation for Imrul Kayes.
AndyZaltzHair
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Red
The normal awards that everyone else has
Don't disagree, but when was the last time a bowler captained Australia?
Tangles
International Vice-Captain
Why not both?
Julian87
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From my experience vice captaincy is so far from equalling 'next best tactical captain'. It should be the bloke most capable of offering the captain, team and squad support. It should be a player who leads by actions and is a core part of the team. Nathan Lyon should have been vice captain ahead of Warner. To give it to Voges, who was a bee's dick away from being dropped and marked never to play again, is insulting.
Fuller Pilch
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I think a few Bangladeshis will juice up theirs as well.
adub
International Captain
I kind of agree that not giving Lyno the VC is a bit sus. Maybe he's too much of a shrinking violet? Don't know, but as said being VC doesn't even mean you're the next Captain cab off the rank as Haddin showed this summer. I agree it's harder for keepers and bowlers to captain, but not impossible and many of both have made very good leaders.
That said I think if Smitteh were to break a leg Voges is probably the guy you'd turn to as a stand in Captain so that's probably why he got the gig.
That said I think if Smitteh were to break a leg Voges is probably the guy you'd turn to as a stand in Captain so that's probably why he got the gig.
Gnske
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Warner really isn't the wrong choice nor is Voges, both have good experience captaining/vice captaining, nothing to suggest apart from some hot unsubstantiated juice on Warner that either of them aren't team men.
Gaz would be a nice choice, legend of the people, great team man, but i'm guessing the selectors want a VC ready to go rather than one who hasn't done much if not no captaincy at Domestic level.
Gaz would be a nice choice, legend of the people, great team man, but i'm guessing the selectors want a VC ready to go rather than one who hasn't done much if not no captaincy at Domestic level.
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Really surprised by the backing Lyon has in this thread as a captaincy aspirant.
Seems obvious to me that he is about as far from a leader of men as you can get
Seems obvious to me that he is about as far from a leader of men as you can get
VC does not necessarily equal captaincy aspirant