The second most correct person ever (behind Mark Waugh)
(after the end of the fourth test of the 2019 Ashes)
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(on why dropping Bancroft for Harris after the second test was dumb)
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(the same subject but post made at the start of the third test)
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(after the start of the fifth test, which saw Harris/Warner retained after Aus won the fourth test despite more dire performances from Harris, and Head dropped for MMarsh as an all-rounder was deemed necessary)
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(also look at me and Former Mod Dan)
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I also refer to my post made earlier this year on the subject (with some typos fixed up):
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/threads/usman-khawaja.89589/#post-4934876
tl;dr Dropping Usman in 2019 was not made for any particularly good reason other than he had the least compelling narrative of the 6 batters in the team and because Australia had created a selection logjam of their own making and because Australia lacked the guts to drop Harris after one test (but a lack of courage that was perfectly obvious). Usman's form both over the last 10 tests and over the previous 3 tests was clearly not worse than players who got selected for the fourth test (of course those names being Harris & Warner, and within touching distance of Wade) and his career to that point obviously suggested he was better than Harris and Wade. It was poor selection at the time. It was obviously poor selection at the time. It has turned out to be poor selection.