Australia's squad

[Spikey]

not being doherty is a pretty big stand out feature

 

[Julian87]

****ing Doherty.

 

[Red]

http://http://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-world-cup-squad-2015-announced-watch-live-stream/2015-01-11

 

[Red]

Finch
Warner
Watson
Clarke
Bailey
Maxwell
Haddin
Faulkner
Johnson
Cummins
Harris

Smith
Starc
Hazelwood
Doherty

One off. I took Harris, they took Cummins.

 

[Monkey Allen]

I would like to see Adam Voges or Cameron White come into the side if Clarke can't prove himself fit .. they'd add that experience. I also would have hoped Steve Smith or Brad Haddin would have been named as vice. To me, the selectors are now going to find it hard to drop Bailey if he's not in form due to his leadership position.

 

[Spikey]

cant believe im living in a world where frickin doherty and 3 all-rounders get picked over harris

 

[Johnners]

****ing Doherty.

Indeed.

 

[Antihippy]

Eh, going by the way he's been hobbling in the last session I'd rather he be saved for tests from now on.

 

[Monkey Allen]

Indeed.

Probably should have gone with Boyce or Zampa. Doherty can hold up an end ... but he won't take any wickets. Jesus wept - bringing Krejza out of retirement might have yielded more wickets.

 

[Spikey]

Eh, going by the way he's been hobbling in the last session I'd rather he be saved for tests from now on.

Yeah well I live in a world where Harris would have been rested on a flat pitch/dead rubber too

 

[morgieb]

Why Doherty?

Also Harris should've been picked, though I won't complain about Cummins as he's not playing FC cricket anyway.

 

[Cabinet96]

Yeah well I live in a world where Harris would have been rested on a flat pitch/dead rubber too

It's kind of weird how it's just accepted that Harris should play a dead rubber test on a road but not the World ****ing Cup. I mean, I know he hasn't played much ODI cricket in recent years (basically since 2011) but wasn't it his 2009/10 one day form that got him his first test gig? Would argue he is almost certainly one of Australia's best ODI seamers and the world cup is realistically three 50 over games. The idea that he can't cope with that kind of pisses me off.

 

[Antihippy]

Yeah well I live in a world where Harris would have been rested on a flat pitch/dead rubber too

I don't disagree!

Also literally see no point in Doherty if maxwell is playing.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Reckon M Marsh plays if Doherty is in, Maxwell in if they take four quicks.

 

[dermo]

the way harris has been bowling his yorkers in tests looked like he could've fitted back into the odi team easily

cant say i was expecting them to pick him though, it's still a strong squad regardless

 

[vic_orthdox]

Doherty gets a rough run here, too.

 

[Dan]

Reckon M Marsh plays if Doherty is in, Maxwell in if they take four quicks.

Yeah, this.


And the reason for Doherty over Boyce/Zampa/Agar/Lyon is pretty simple -- ODI experience. You don't debut guys in a World Cup FFS.

 

[Prince EWS]

You don't debut guys in a World Cup FFS.

Agree. Lyon has played ODIs though.

I would've gone Lyon I think. I may have leaned towards Doherty if I thought I had to play a specialist spinner in every game, but Lyon could just play if it suited.

 

[Dan]

Lyon's still far less proven than Doherty in ODIs, obviously. And I suspect the selectors see him as a Test specialist these days -- don't want to risk his Test game by trying to turn him into an ODI bowler too.

 

[nevermind]

So if Clarke is fit, how would our best XI look? Do we even play Watson?

Finch
Warner
Smith
Clarke
Bailey
Maxwell
Faulkner
Johnson
Starc
Hazlewood
Haddin