welcome to australian odi selection policy for the last 4 years.Isn't the ODI team thin on batting?
If they start with Warner, Finch, Smith, Head, Maxwell as their top 5 who will be nos. 6 and 7 - Stoinis and Wade? Who is the reserve batsman? Cartwright?
That's not great. They needed someone like Bailey/Handscomb or even Khawaja.
they may not have really thought that deeply about the team they selected for a meaningless ODI series. Just pick some good players, rest some others, who cares, if the tail starts at no. 4 meh.Isn't the ODI team thin on batting?
If they start with Warner, Finch, Smith, Head, Maxwell as their top 5 who will be nos. 6 and 7 - Stoinis and Wade? Who is the reserve batsman? Cartwright?
That's not great. They needed someone like Bailey/Handscomb or even Khawaja in the middle to push Maxwell down to 6 and Stoinis to 7. I know Faulkner at 8 looks good, but relying on Faulkner's bowling against India isn't ideal.
What has happened to you?they may not have really thought that deeply about the team they selected for a meaningless ODI series. Just pick some good players, rest some others, who cares, if the tail starts at no. 4 meh.
Would have been good to see Handscomb (or even Lyon) selected for ODIs though, even just to show that the selectors aren't type-casting players to one form of the game unnecessarily as they have in the past.
I think he's referring to it being a meaningless series that he couldn't care less about hence he isn't worried because it just doesn't matterSmith says "He isn't worried about facing spin in India"
Is he referring himself or the complete Australian team?
Its not exactly meaningless though, they always split the OD leg of their tours to the year after their test tour. I wish India does the same when we go to Australia too. 3 months there takes its toll on all players. Would rather split the test and ODI tours to different years. And the turn out will be more too as people may have only 1 or 2 chances to see the Indian team there during the summer.I think he's referring to it being a meaningless series that he couldn't care less about hence he isn't worried because it just doesn't matter
which they get regardless of who winsYeah except for the big bucks both boards will make and help pay the players' contracts.