Road to the 2017-18 Ashes in Australia

[GIMH]

Who do people who work in STEM think is going to win the Ashes?

 

[Burgey]

They've decided to let the market work it out. It's the only fair way.

 

[Second Spitter]

The futility of selecting Paine is that he's likely to be on the shortest hook for getting dropped. And after that who's Plan B?

 

[vicleggie]

Marsh back?
90s England like selection 'policy'

 

[Flametree]

So Australia have abandoned their recent need to shoe-horn an all-rounder into the side ? As has been mentioned earlier, going in with only four bowlers seems a very bold policy given the injury history of two of them. Who's first in line to get a bowl if Cummins breaks down half-way through his second spell?

 

[cnerd123]

FC Centuries since 2007
Tim Paine: 0
Darren Lehman: 1
Nathan Hauritz: 2
Jason Krejza: 2

 

[Gnske]

So Australia have abandoned their recent need to shoe-horn an all-rounder into the side ? As has been mentioned earlier, going in with only four bowlers seems a very bold policy given the injury history of two of them. Who's first in line to get a bowl if Cummins breaks down half-way through his second spell?

Chadd Sayers on stilts and 50 ccs of speed.

 

[howardj]

All-rounder policy abandoned

Youth policy abandoned

Keeper policy...there is no policy

 

[stephen]

I didn't ever really notice the lack of all rounder. It makes Maxwell's/Cartwright's droppings even more stupid. What the **** does Shaun Marsh offer that Maxwell doesn't except the probability of breaking down at a really inconvenient time after scoring five scores under 20.

 

[Furball]

Have Australia just based their selection policy on Cricinfo comments or something?

 

[howardj]

The comments on Newspaper sites are even funnier

Some people need to go follow another sport

 

[Tangles]

Having Paine, Darsh, Cummins and Starc all getting injured at the same time would have fabulous humor to it. Got to give the selectors that.

 

[Starfighter]

Have Australia just based their selection policy on Cricinfo comments or something?

Can't have. The Paine advocacy was strong there around 2012-13 or so but not much recently.

 

[Burgey]

How many blokes have had eight recalls in a major sorting career? Fmd even NSW Origin selectors haven’t done that. Yet.

 

[Tangles]

Would love to know what Ferguson thinks of that. 1 and out vs never out.

 

[howardj]

More recalls than a KIA

 

[TheJediBrah]

The comments on Newspaper sites are even funnier

Some people need to go follow another sport

Cricket Australia Facebook page comments are great. Always ends up full of Indians and Pakistan fans arguing about something completely unrelated to the article. Occasionally there will be a comment by an Australian.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Selections don't become good in hindsight.

Of course they do. If anything selections only become good in hindsight.

From a certain point of view

 

[Spikey]

Would love to know what Ferguson thinks of that. 1 and out vs never out.

Ok but he never should have been picked anyway

 

[cnerd123]

Ok but he never should have been picked anyway

neither should have SMarsh