*Official* Australia in Bangladesh

[TT Boy]

With the ball or bat?

Aus should just send a development side but if Watson, Lee and the other IPL players are not selected, they would just go play that, so better them in Bangladesh playing for their country, than in the IPL playing for Delhi Belly.

 

[howardj]

This squad will be announced at 10am, at which time Australia's next captain and vice captain will be named.

Seriously, if all of Ponting, Mussey and Lee get named in this ODI squad then the world's gone mad.

 

[Nate]

It is 10am. Do you mean 11am?

 

[howardj]

Brisbane time....a wee bit behind up here.

 

[Nate]

Would be amazing if Nathan Lyon was named. Or O'Keefers.

 

[howardj]

O'Keefe is a certainty, IMO.

 

[Nate]

What do your spies say?

 

[howardj]

They say green light for O'Keefe.

Time called on Krejza.

 

[Spark]

We go through so many spinners it's not even funny.

 

[howardj]

Michael Clarke (c) NSW 29-years-old
Shane Watson (vc) QLD 29-years-old
Xavier Doherty TAS 28-years-old
Callum Ferguson SA 26-years-old
Brad Haddin NSW 33-years-old
John Hastings NSW 25-years-old
Mike Hussey WA 35-years-old
Mitchell Johnson QLD 29-years-old
Brett Lee NSW 34-years-old
Tim Paine TAS 26-years-old
James Pattinson VIC 20-years-old
Ricky Ponting TAS 36-years-old
Steve Smith NSW 21-years-old
Cameron White VIC 27-years-old

 

[howardj]

Lee, Ponting and Mussey?

They must be waiting until the next round of contracts before the cull begins.

 

[Jarquis]

Watson
Haddin
Ponting
Clarke
White
Mussey
Smith
Johnson
Hastings/Pattison
Lee
Doherty

Ferguson could come in for White I guess, though Australia having their T20 captain as a T20 specialist would be a long way from the days of Clarke captaining their T20 side.

 

[Spark]

Clarke will be 30 by the time the tour starts.

 

[Jarquis]

Get your tips in early then... who's the next captain after Clarke?

 

[Sylvester]

Not surprised but disappointed. Hopefully James Pattinson gets a game or two else we would have gained nothing.

 

[Spikey]

your spies ****ing suck when it comes to spinners howard

 

[howardj]

haha got krejza right

 

[Noble One]

Straightforward squad with no real surprises. It would have been nice to see a fresh face in the batting order like Finch or Bailey.

It looks like David Hussey has been dropped. This might spell the end of his international career. He did all that could be expected of him over the past three months and is not one of the players who can be blamed for our World Cup defeat.

 

[howardj]

Dussey's not available as his missus is having a Bussey (Baby Hussey)

 

[outbreak]

Dussey isn't available because his wife's giving birth to a future australia test player.

Pretty standard squad. I hope Pattinson gets a run this tour and would have liked to have seen Finch get a spot aswell.