GotSpin
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We're just used to having the best of everything.
Don't know about Victoria, but it's so bizarre in WA. For example, in cricket, they'd tell the scores and provide an update on how North played too
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Don't know about Victoria, but it's so bizarre in WA. For example, in cricket, they'd tell the scores and provide an update on how North played too
flibbertyjibber
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Could be worse you could have a former county captain doing a national radio breakfast show constantly hyping up Bloopara.
I have stopped listening to Talk****e these days as Irani does my head in.Used to be fun listening to Alan Brazil but since he got paired with the confused Lancastrian it has gone downhill.
Spark
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Or taking, in the case of Watson/Katich.
GotSpin
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Even without them we'd still have some of the best openers in the country.
Prince EWS
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We've picked up Watson and Katich but we've lost these guys.
Spark
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Fair point but even so - the fact remains that NSW by chance, skill, perceptiveness or scoop, have assembled a truly scary team for a domestic side.
I mean - drop Hughes or Smith for Ponting (who lives in Sydney nowadays anyway) and you basically have a perfectly justifiable Australian test batting lineup (even without Ponting it holds its own). It's just silly.
I mean - drop Hughes or Smith for Ponting (who lives in Sydney nowadays anyway) and you basically have a perfectly justifiable Australian test batting lineup (even without Ponting it holds its own). It's just silly.
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pup11
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Feel really bad for Hauritz, when someone like Chappell comes out and says he sees potential in a bloke like Beer, who has virtually done nothing whatsoever.
If people like him get considered to play test cricket for Australia, then can't help but think, that it seriously devalues the baggy green....
Won't have been this shocked, had they even considered someone like Aaron Heal.
If people like him get considered to play test cricket for Australia, then can't help but think, that it seriously devalues the baggy green....
Won't have been this shocked, had they even considered someone like Aaron Heal.
Howe_zat
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You'd think so. I bet Cameron White or David Hussey captains them. O'Keefe might get a look? I daresay he's behind Smith in the pecking order though.
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Must be tough being a cricketer in WA; get your tyres pumped up at every opportunity but when you don't live up to the hype and someone 5 years younger comes along, you get thrown under a bus.
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Johnners
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Is much the same here in QLD unfortunately. Makes it a bit meh when James Hopes is the only QLD squad player who may be in contention for a National team spot (although I doubt he has much chance now with Smith/Hastings getting more game-time)
howardj
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Australia A: Cameron White (Captain), Tim Paine (Vice-Captain), Mark Cameron, Callum Ferguson, Peter George, Phil Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh (subject to fitness), Steve O’Keefe, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc.
Hughes
Marsh (FFS!!!)
Ferguson
Usman
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O'Keefe
Paine
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Cameron
George
Hughes
Marsh (FFS!!!)
Ferguson
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Burgey
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Any real surprises there, aside from Marsh? Should be four or five more NSWmen, but you can't have everything I guess.
Prince EWS
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I like it. Pleasantly surprised, tbh. I wouldn't have picked Starc or Marsh (or Ferguson in all honesty) but they were always going to be there and they aren't prank-cricketers.
andyc
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No surprises in them picking Starc and George, thought he'd have been in there instead of Cameron though. Pleased to see that they picked O'Keefe and not Doherty, though.
Prince EWS
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Yeah I'd imagine it'd be Cowan or Klinger.
I actually think Cameron's near enough to being the best bowler in the country when he's fit. Despite having an extremely broken career where basically every game he's played has been either his comeback from injury or under an injury cloud, he's taken 56 First Class wickets @ 23.
I don't think he's actually moved ahead of Siddle or Harris in the pecking order though - the selectors know what they can do; I think they'd be considered part of the extended squad. Especially Siddle.
Johnners
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Yeah I don't see it at all that he's moved ahead of Siddle/Harris in the pecking order (or Starc & George for that matter). Just thought it may have been a good chance to give them a chance to get another FC game under their belt given they're both coming back from injury and they might have a part to play in the ashes in the event of an injury.