Mister Wright
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Won't bother. Most of it will be on when I'm asleep anyway, can pop up to the olds' place on the weekends if I'm desperate.
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**Official** Australia in West Indies
- Thread starter James
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yea will start at 1am i recn, *sigh
on weekends i'll sleep late but on weekdays will try to get up early
radio coverage would be nice - but that very unlikely
roseboy64
Cricket Web Content Updater
The ones highlighted have no hope of doing anything except be unknown quantities to the Aussies. I hope sincerely that people like Barath, Bennett, Nash, and Miller are ahead in the pecking order and will at least be in the Tour match team. The highlighte dones are hopefully just there for the camp to gain exposure and whatnot because if they're in contention ahead of the others I named the selectors have hit new lows.
pasag
RTDAS
Not allowed to talk about that on CW, cheers.
Anyways, don't know why people are worried, should be a thrashing and a nice easy tour for our out of form players to get back into form.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Agreed. Im quite happy to take an Avatar bet on Aus not losing a Test.
Will be an easy series.
whoops. my bad
roseboy64
Cricket Web Content Updater
I was right. Just there for match practice.
These posts should be remembered at the end of the series.
LongHopCassidy
International Captain
Am worried about Johnson in overseas Tests. Still treading water in regards to his Test place and if he reverts to bowling unthreatening wide balls - which is often - it's a gaping hole in our attack, which can't be plugged by Warnie anymore. Honestly can't see us taking 20 wickets with any ease overseas with two seamers and a half-crocked MacGill. Not even 20 Windies wickets.
Would breathe easier with Noffke in there. Quality no. 8, too.
Would breathe easier with Noffke in there. Quality no. 8, too.
Top_Cat
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I got the feeling from Johnson's bowling of full wide deliveries that he was just struggling for rhythm a bit. He's usually at the batsmen and moving them away so I think the Aussie heirarchy have been encouraging him to work at his in-swinger. This obviously necessitates him throwing them a bit wider, playing for the swing which on a lot of occasions didn't come because he's not used to bowling that way. I reckon he'll put the experimentation in the cupboard for a while and bowl a bit straighter against the WI.
If he doesn't go too well in the first couple of Tests then throwing Noffers in there would be a legitimate option. But Johnson has chipped-in enough with a few wickets here and there and been threatening enough that he should be in the XI for the first Test. I reckon it would be unfair in the extreme to drop a young bloke who bowled his guts out and didn't go for many runs and, a few spells notwithstanding, was at least threatening. I'm really going on a gut feeling more than anything but I just think he needs a little more faith, a bit more time and he'll start ripping out some sides.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I've just heard Clarke has pulled out/will pull out of this tour in its entirety. Good source, yet to confirm the reasons though.
howardj
International Coach
You're meant to say that:
"My spies have informed me..."
Anyway, confirmed.
Hodgey gets a reprieve. Frankly, I'm surprised DHuss didn't get called up.
sideshowtim
Banned
Me too.
This should mean that Katich gets the spot in the team, though. What a superb comeback from a man whose international career was thought almost certainly dead 12 months ago. He certainly deserves the spot.
Nooo poor pup 
He would've been perfect on these slow and low tracks...also his SLA and fielding as usual would've been handy.. that said Katman isnt a bad replacement at all as can bowl a bit and field well... and also play on those kind of tracks well
Hope he guns it
He would've been perfect on these slow and low tracks...also his SLA and fielding as usual would've been handy.. that said Katman isnt a bad replacement at all as can bowl a bit and field well... and also play on those kind of tracks well
Hope he guns it
aussie tragic
International Captain
I don't think Hodge is confirmed as cricinfo states
"Michael Hussey has been handed the vice-captaincy and a shadow player, probably Brad Hodge, will be named when the selection panel meets.
aussie tragic
International Captain
With Clarke out, only 2 of the likely first Test XI will now be under 30
Jaques - 29
Hayden - 36
Ponting - 33
Hussey - 33
Katich – 32
Symonds - 32
Haddin - 30
Lee - 31
Johnson - 26
Clark - 32
MacGill - 37
Imagine if Noffke (31) plays ahead of Johnson, Jaques then becomes the only under 30 (just)
Jaques - 29
Hayden - 36
Ponting - 33
Hussey - 33
Katich – 32
Symonds - 32
Haddin - 30
Lee - 31
Johnson - 26
Clark - 32
MacGill - 37
Imagine if Noffke (31) plays ahead of Johnson, Jaques then becomes the only under 30 (just)