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*Official* First Test at The Gabba

morgieb

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I think Australia pick:

1. Rogers
2. Warner
3. Watson
4. Clarke
5. Smith
6. Maddinson
7. Haddin
8. Pattinson (or Starc if Pattinson isn't back yet)
9. Siddle
10. Harris
11. Lyon
 

Maximas

Cricketer Of The Year
The number 6 batsman should be picked entirely on form IMO, with preference going to those with a decent FC or A tour record, the A game will be pivotal you'd think. Therefore I'm not calling the number 6 batsman yet. If they shift the order and throw Hughes/Khawaja/a debutant into no3 again I'll kill someone, new batsman establish themselves at 5/6, that's the new rule, unless they are specialist openers. Faulkner doesn't keep his place either, lets make that clear
 

Spikey

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The number 6 batsman should be picked entirely on form IMO, with preference going to those with a decent FC or A tour record, the A game will be pivotal you'd think. Therefore I'm not calling the number 6 batsman yet.
ok but what if the most in-form player is a **** like marsh or usman?

identify a group of 5 or so right now and then consider form, adaptability, technique etc. sample 5: bailey, hughes, voges, maddinson, doolan. something like that
 

Maximas

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ok but what if the most in-form player is a **** like marsh or usman?

identify a group of 5 or so right now and then consider form, adaptability, technique etc. sample 5: bailey, hughes, voges, maddinson, doolan. something like that
play them then, if they are the most form SS player at the time surely they shouldn't do too badly.

Then again, I think S Marsh, Uzi and Hughes should be banished from the side for a little while until their **** is sorted, an experienced guy like Bailey/Voges or a form debutant (Doolan/Maddinson/Burns) should probably play number 6 in the meantime
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
I would agree there, even if England are 1-0 up after Adelaide with Brisbane drawn i'd say it is game over. It would then be so long since a win for Australia you would be amazed to see them win 2 out of 3 and not lose the other.
Nah. I'd be amazed if Australia don't win in Perth.
 

andyc

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Was pretty annoyed last night when my mate told me we've got a ****ing seven match ODI series in India after the five in England. Means there'll only be 19 days turn around from Bangalore to the Gabba, probably with precious little first class practice in between for the Test players. Seriously, who schedules these ****ing things? I don't even want to watch five ODIs, let alone bloody seven.
 

flibbertyjibber

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Was pretty annoyed last night when my mate told me we've got a ****ing seven match ODI series in India after the five in England. Means there'll only be 19 days turn around from Bangalore to the Gabba, probably with precious little first class practice in between for the Test players. Seriously, who schedules these ****ing things? I don't even want to watch five ODIs, let alone bloody seven.
Seems crazy, would imagine Clarke, Warner, Smith, Starc and a few others will be in that squad. Could be underdone for the first test while England will have 3 warm up games and should be ready.
 

Cabinet96

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No test players will play the backend of that series at least, might play the first three or four. People moaning about too much cricket is a bit of a pet hate for me really, you'll get to see a few second string players get a go. No bad thing.
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
No test players will play the backend of that series at least, might play the first three or four. People moaning about too much cricket is a bit of a pet hate for me really, you'll get to see a few second string players get a go. No bad thing.
Too much cricket isn't the issue, it's too much of the wrong kind. A 7 match ODI series is spastic scheduling.
 

Tangles

International Vice-Captain
The scheduling is down to CA. The same mob who responded to a test loss with BB hype.
 

Adders

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Was pretty annoyed last night when my mate told me we've got a ****ing seven match ODI series in India after the five in England. Means there'll only be 19 days turn around from Bangalore to the Gabba, probably with precious little first class practice in between for the Test players. Seriously, who schedules these ****ing things? I don't even want to watch five ODIs, let alone bloody seven.
I heard about this on here yesterday too......I did chuckle:laugh:

Worst possible preparation.
 

Maximas

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the boys will be fine, the proper players will come home around the start of November and play 1 or 2 SS matches I imagine.

And about too much cricket - I reckon it's a problem, I don't wanna see second string players slug it out in low profile matches, it just devalues the prestige of international cricket, why not just build more hype for the big matches that matter?
 

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