Bevan = Hussey????

[King_Ponting]

FC for wa is Patchy? Come on mate u have to be joking

 

[howardj]

FC for wa is Patchy? Come on mate u have to be joking

No Im not. When was the last time he strung a few 800+ run summers together?

 

[Hoggy31]

Mate, Hussey is one of the most consistent batsman going around at the moment

 

[King_Ponting]

Umm last year and the year before last

 

[howardj]

Umm last year and the year before last

Umm

2000/01 FC Av 30
2001/02 FC Av 35
2002/03 FC Av 34
2003/04 FC Av 41

Granted, he had a stellar summer last year, averaging 55. However, as demonstrated by the preceeding years, he is an average cricketer at the FC level in Australia. If you can't even average over 42 in FC cricket for 4 of the last 5 years, it kind of says something.

 

[King_Ponting]

take into account his home ground is the waca which is a bowlers paradise. and in all those years bar one his average is improving which indicates he himself is improving as a player

 

[howardj]

take into account his home ground is the waca which is a bowlers paradise. and in all those years bar one his average is improving which indicates he himself is improving as a player

Improving? That would be OK if he was improving from an average of 45 to 50. But, as demonstrated, he was coming off a pitifully low base of 30. Besides, he's not in his early 20's. Fact is, he's 30 years of age; has had plenty of time to prove himself; and as his PC record this decade indicates, he is - at best - a solid performer for the Warriors.

 

[King_Ponting]

And an extremly good one day player for Australia?

 

[howardj]

And an extremly good one day player for Australia?

For sure man - there's no denying that.

 

[marc71178]

yawn

Sorry, but Bevan's Test record is 785 runs @ 29.07 - how does he belong in Test Cricket with that record?

And Hussey hasn't even played one, so you can't say he belongs in Test Cricket either, there's simply no evidence available.

 

[marc71178]

Umm

2000/01 FC Av 30
2001/02 FC Av 35
2002/03 FC Av 34
2003/04 FC Av 41

Granted, he had a stellar summer last year, averaging 55. However, as demonstrated by the preceeding years, he is an average cricketer at the FC level in Australia. If you can't even average over 42 in FC cricket for 4 of the last 5 years, it kind of says something.

Blimey, didn't realise he'd put up those numbers.

 

[King_Ponting]

Yeh neither did i. I misleadingly thought husseys record was a lot better than that

 

[aussie]

Hussey shouldn't be in the Test side - simply not Test class. His record in FC cricket for WA is very patchy. As Ian Healy eluded to back in June, there's no doubt that if Hayden fails in this Ashes series, he will get dropped for the following Australian summer. If that were to transpire, Hussey wouldn't be his replacement though - Phil Jacques would be.

absolute madness mate, what has made Huseey not test class forget about healy said last June, look at Hussey now u cant tell me he wont be successfull in test cricket.

 

[King_Ponting]

absolute madness mate, what has made Huseey not test class forget about healy said last June, look at Hussey now u cant tell me he wont be successfull in test cricket.

Bevan= brilliant one day batsman Bevan= Poor test batsman. Anything is a possibilty.

Although i believe hussey is test class and is a better player than katich.

 

[aussie]

Bevan= brilliant one day batsman Bevan= Poor test batsman. Anything is a possibilty.

Although i believe hussey is test class and is a better player than katich.

i dont think poor is the best classification of Bevan's test career. Anyway at this stage i would give Katich the slight edge of Hussey until i see him at test level.

 

[Mister Wright]

Improving? That would be OK if he was improving from an average of 45 to 50. But, as demonstrated, he was coming off a pitifully low base of 30. Besides, he's not in his early 20's. Fact is, he's 30 years of age; has had plenty of time to prove himself; and as his PC record this decade indicates, he is - at best - a solid performer for the Warriors.

Exactly. Had he been pilling on the runs in the late 90s and early this century he would have been pressing for an opening spot in the test side. However, ther were only 4 realistic options for Australia - Taylor, Slater, Hayden & Elliot. Than Langer got lucky and held his spot. I have no doubt that Hussey would have been a test opener if he was good enough.

 

[Mister Wright]

absolute madness mate, what has made Huseey not test class forget about healy said last June, look at Hussey now u cant tell me he wont be successfull in test cricket.

By that theory Symonds is also test class, yet people want to right him off after only 2 tests.

 

[aussie]

By that theory Symonds is also test class, yet people want to right him off after only 2 tests.

how does this theory make symo test class??

 

[Mister Wright]

how does this theory make symo test class??

Well, we're going on one day performances aren't we to judge if Hussey is test class? Just like Lee. Symonds has been the best batsman on tour.

 

[aussie]

Well, we're going on one day performances aren't we to judge if Hussey is test class? Just like Lee. Symonds has been the best batsman on tour.

well Symo is one of many good batsmen who have suffered form being australian, since looking at the batsman he is these days i would say he could make a decent test batsman.

Hussey on the other hand has scored prolifically as an opener in state cricket & over here for years and is definately the next opener behind Langer & Hayden.