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***Official*** Super Series
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aussie
Hall of Fame Member
looking foward to this series now, expect it to be very competitve especially the ODI's with the super-sub rules in Australia will have the luxury of playing 7 batsmen & 5 bowlers, but its impossibe to say who will win the ODI's series it will be too close. But has i posted before Australia's ODI team should be:
Gilchrist
Clarke - The future has to be looked at in the ODI side, theirfore big matt should go
Ponting
Martyn
Symonds
Hodge
Hussey
Hogg or Watson
lee
Kasper
McGrath
Tait
With regards to the test match, i expect a result but looking at the R.O.W the only way AUS are going to win is if these individual weaknesses are exploited:
Smith - top bat but England had him covered in SA last winter with the ball coming back into him. So what i'm saying is if Hoggard of all people could get him in all sorts of problems i would back Pigeon or Lee to get him early.
Sehwag- another top dawg he was India's best batsman againt the aussies last year & has the KP like flair about him. Australia would need to get him early or the lad go take the game away. But since the PAK series his form has looked a bit iffy so good signs
Dravid - this bloke is off the hizzle, no weaknesses i can point out, but he has failed againts Australia when McGrath & Warne have played together & if Australia bowling can be consistent in that match & bowl to him similarly to how they did in India, he can be contained
Lara - no plan will work for this bloke other than the ones Pigeon has devised over the yearsin their gripping battles. But judging by the form he's in even though he hasn't played since WI last home season he justs needs a good net & if he gets away, trouble beakons
Kallis - tendulkar wont play & even if he did make it in time i dont think he would be a treat so Kallis should take over his spot. He has been a superb form in the past 2 years but his record vs AUS isn't that great, plus he's a slow scorer not likely to take it Australia with blistering strokeplay a la Sehwag or Lara, plus from memmories of the 2001 & 2002 series he looked succeptible to Warne so hopefully Warne could keep him quiet
Flintoff - just finished scaring the aussies with the ball & i expect that to continue, but the SCG wont offer him much help but i know he'll be accurate. With the bat he could take Australia apart of fail, that i hope he does.......
Boucher - Ha Sangakkara should have been keeping ahead of him plus he's a good hard-working keeper bastman dont expect him to be much of a headache
Pollock - top bowler but he's lost some pace but his accuracy & skill is still there, it will be interesting to see how he bowls but i honestly feel Australia may be able to handle him the best.....
Vettori - Everytime i've seen him bowl in test vs AUS he seems a different bowler, plus up to recent he batted very well againts AUS, on the turning SCG pitch he will definately be a force
Akhtar - inconsistent but on his day he can be devasting, fellow Aussies who remember what he did last season, the test i sharjah & the ODI at the GABBA in 2002 know where i'm coming from. If he brings his A-game dalm he'll be a bloody handful no doubt, i will be definately hoping thats not the case
Murali - best offie of all time-, he'll have a pitch that will turn so once he brings his A - game Australia have their work cut out. But one good thing is that in SRI in 2004 the aussies top-order played him extremely well even though he took 28 wickets i think his success came way after Australia had made big-scores. So their's hope
But the fact Australia have the experience of playing as a team make them favourites to me, but their bats & bowlers just have to be play well because if this R.O.W side can play has team i'll be turning off my telly.......
Gilchrist
Clarke - The future has to be looked at in the ODI side, theirfore big matt should go
Ponting
Martyn
Symonds
Hodge
Hussey
Hogg or Watson
lee
Kasper
McGrath
Tait
With regards to the test match, i expect a result but looking at the R.O.W the only way AUS are going to win is if these individual weaknesses are exploited:
Smith - top bat but England had him covered in SA last winter with the ball coming back into him. So what i'm saying is if Hoggard of all people could get him in all sorts of problems i would back Pigeon or Lee to get him early.
Sehwag- another top dawg he was India's best batsman againt the aussies last year & has the KP like flair about him. Australia would need to get him early or the lad go take the game away. But since the PAK series his form has looked a bit iffy so good signs
Dravid - this bloke is off the hizzle, no weaknesses i can point out, but he has failed againts Australia when McGrath & Warne have played together & if Australia bowling can be consistent in that match & bowl to him similarly to how they did in India, he can be contained
Lara - no plan will work for this bloke other than the ones Pigeon has devised over the yearsin their gripping battles. But judging by the form he's in even though he hasn't played since WI last home season he justs needs a good net & if he gets away, trouble beakons
Kallis - tendulkar wont play & even if he did make it in time i dont think he would be a treat so Kallis should take over his spot. He has been a superb form in the past 2 years but his record vs AUS isn't that great, plus he's a slow scorer not likely to take it Australia with blistering strokeplay a la Sehwag or Lara, plus from memmories of the 2001 & 2002 series he looked succeptible to Warne so hopefully Warne could keep him quiet
Flintoff - just finished scaring the aussies with the ball & i expect that to continue, but the SCG wont offer him much help but i know he'll be accurate. With the bat he could take Australia apart of fail, that i hope he does.......
Boucher - Ha Sangakkara should have been keeping ahead of him plus he's a good hard-working keeper bastman dont expect him to be much of a headache
Pollock - top bowler but he's lost some pace but his accuracy & skill is still there, it will be interesting to see how he bowls but i honestly feel Australia may be able to handle him the best.....
Vettori - Everytime i've seen him bowl in test vs AUS he seems a different bowler, plus up to recent he batted very well againts AUS, on the turning SCG pitch he will definately be a force
Akhtar - inconsistent but on his day he can be devasting, fellow Aussies who remember what he did last season, the test i sharjah & the ODI at the GABBA in 2002 know where i'm coming from. If he brings his A-game dalm he'll be a bloody handful no doubt, i will be definately hoping thats not the case
Murali - best offie of all time-, he'll have a pitch that will turn so once he brings his A - game Australia have their work cut out. But one good thing is that in SRI in 2004 the aussies top-order played him extremely well even though he took 28 wickets i think his success came way after Australia had made big-scores. So their's hope
But the fact Australia have the experience of playing as a team make them favourites to me, but their bats & bowlers just have to be play well because if this R.O.W side can play has team i'll be turning off my telly.......
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I think both Martyn and Hayden will be dropped for the ODI series. It'd be good to see Clarke get an extended run at the top of the order and I'd love to see Hopes get a continued run also. Kaspa will be lucky to get picked, as I think Tait will become a regular member of the side. There isn't as much risk in playing both Lee and Tait in the ODI side given Lee is an excellent ODI bowler.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Jono said:
Yeah, it was about this amount of time before the last World Cup that Australia started looking towards different players for the World Cup by dropping the Waugh twins. I don't know if it will happen right away or after the Super Series, perhaps the Chappell/Hadlee trophy or the home VB series will be when it happens, but I wouldn't be surprised if one of Hayden or Martyn are dropped for the super series.
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
the matter that hoggard bowled was full into his pads which got him LBW a few times & if that didn't work he would give smith a full one which smith would foolishly go after (on the basis of thinking his off-stump was a lot closer) & was caught in the slips a few times, i dont see why McGrath & more so Lee cant bowl to him like that.......marc71178 said:
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
well yea that could be usefull, but its just one test anything can happen but hopfefully its in Australia's favour...greg said:Sorry.
"no plan will work for this bloke other than the ones Pigeon has devised over the years in their gripping battles", except the ones that England have employed against him over the last three series vs Windies I guess you mean
Adamc
Cricketer Of The Year
Apart from the one today against Zimbabwe, he hasn't played a Test since the Pakistan series. And since he scored 173, 36, 81, 15, 201 and 38 in that series, I'm sure he's in fine form. His ODI form is fairly ordinary, but bears little or no relevance to his Test form.aussie said:Sehwag- another top dawg he was India's best batsman againt the aussies last year & has the KP like flair about him. Australia would need to get him early or the lad go take the game away. But since the PAK series his form has looked a bit iffy so good signs
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Why not Martyn? He won't last until the next world cup. Get him out now, and get someone new in there. As I said maybe not for the super series, but for the upcoming Australian summer.aussie said:
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Yes, someone that sees what I see.Adamc said:
Sehwag was in blistering form in Pakistan, and since then has just played a whole load of ODIs, which he's never been outstanding at anyway. He's merely a dangerous ODI batsman, whereas he's a world class test opener who has been scoring consistently for about 24 months now. In the middle of those brilliant test knocks always came inconsistent ODI knocks. That's just Sehwag the player.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Sehwag out to Blessing Mahwire for 40 odd against Zimbabwe.