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Australian Test Selection Thread 2017 - 2018
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stephen
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Usman probably feels more pressure to perform than most of the other guys in the side due to the lack of faith he was shown in Asia.
He's down on form at the moment no doubt but he's still hit two fifties this series. He should be retained for South Africa.
Bancroft on the other hand has some clear technical weaknesses which have been exposed at this level. If he doesn't perform in Sydney the selectors would be mad to keep him, particularly since he was largely picked for his performance in two shield games, one of which was on an absolute road.
It's telling that three other batsmen have scored double hundreds in the shield so far this season. Bancroft's performance at the start of the season looks less impressive in that light.
Renshaw did hit a half ton in his last innings for Queensland. If he can score a hundred or two in the tail end of the season he should definitely play over Bancroft in SA. Not that he should have been dropped in the first place.
The selectors have really been cheering Renshaw on to fail. They almost dropped him for India for not scoring in the warm up matches and he scored more runs than anyone not named Smith.
My side for SA:
Warner
Renshaw
Khawaja
Smith (c)
S Marsh
M Marsh (should be Maxwell but won't be)
Paine (w/k)
Cummins
Starc
Hazlewood
Lyon
12th: Bird (one poor performance where nobody was threatening should not be held against him).
He's down on form at the moment no doubt but he's still hit two fifties this series. He should be retained for South Africa.
Bancroft on the other hand has some clear technical weaknesses which have been exposed at this level. If he doesn't perform in Sydney the selectors would be mad to keep him, particularly since he was largely picked for his performance in two shield games, one of which was on an absolute road.
It's telling that three other batsmen have scored double hundreds in the shield so far this season. Bancroft's performance at the start of the season looks less impressive in that light.
Renshaw did hit a half ton in his last innings for Queensland. If he can score a hundred or two in the tail end of the season he should definitely play over Bancroft in SA. Not that he should have been dropped in the first place.
The selectors have really been cheering Renshaw on to fail. They almost dropped him for India for not scoring in the warm up matches and he scored more runs than anyone not named Smith.
My side for SA:
Warner
Renshaw
Khawaja
Smith (c)
S Marsh
M Marsh (should be Maxwell but won't be)
Paine (w/k)
Cummins
Starc
Hazlewood
Lyon
12th: Bird (one poor performance where nobody was threatening should not be held against him).
quincywagstaff
International Debutant
I reckon Usman is a certainty for South Africa. Bancroft is already on thin ice and could be replaced and Mitch Marsh - Perth ton notwithstanding - is a big risk to play at 6 in those conditions. So I don't think they would be looking to make any more changes to the batting than they have to and they'll just hope Khawaja regains his poise by then.
GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
Keep S Marsh in the middle order, that is where he has succeeded this series. Surely it has been well and truly proven by now that he is patchy outside off against the new ball, that will be less of a problem in the middle order.
Agar into the squad for Sydney !
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
Tough. I rhink the selectors would want 5 backups ideally.
Assuming the current XI all make the tour: Starc and Agar will be there plus most likely Sayers and one of Handscomb and Maxwell. With SMarsh or Khawaja able to open, i havent picked a reserve opener.
vic_orthdox
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Bloody hell, Dutchy stiff again.
Was Holland away the day they did the talent ID thing ?
Gnske
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Screw his bowling, what I want to really know is can he hold a bat and hit big wallops like Agar?
GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
Also worth noting Dutchy is very much in the Inzamam-ul-Haq mould as far as his fielding goes.
Gnske
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
This is about as slanderous a thing you can say about a person.
Can we verify this statement?
Second Spitter
State Vice-Captain
I'm gonna guess Ussie will be promoted to opener and Handscomb brought back. Personal preference is to bring back Burns, who has been the form opener of the early rounds of the SS.
TheJediBrah
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Does he get back in the team without doing anything to earn it though?
We can argue until the cows come home about whether or not he should have dropped, but the fact remains that since he did he's been terrible in domestic cricket. You can't just pick him again with no justification.
"He shouldn't have dropped in the first place" isn't a good enough reason