Should Australia drop Michael Clarke for the Fifth Test?

[M0rphin3]

White? No way in ****ing hell. Might be tempted to replace him with Khawaja though.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Drop Clarke, pick Khwaja

 

[Faisal1985]

Always been a fan of Cameron and the way Clarke is playing...why not.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Clarke will play in Sydney. And I can't see us going to Sri Lanka without him, with his reputation as the best player of spin (whether or not it is still fair, is maybe for discussion).

 

[Furball]

Clarke will play in Sydney. And I can't see us going to Sri Lanka without him, with his reputation as the best player of spin (whether or not it is still fair, is maybe for discussion).

Looked village against Swann at Melbourne. If you'd heard about Clarke's reputation but that Test was the first time you'd seen him, you'd be checking it was the same player you'd heard about.

Think his reputation stems from the fact that he's one of the few Aussies who seem comfortable using their feet against spinners. Of the top 6, only Clarke and Hussey seem to do it.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Looked village against Swann at Melbourne. If you'd heard about Clarke's reputation but that Test was the first time you'd seen him, you'd be checking it was the same player you'd heard about.

Think his reputation stems from the fact that he's one of the few Aussies who seem comfortable using their feet against spinners. Of the top 6, only Clarke and Hussey seem to do it.

More his early Test innings in general; not many players from the non-subcontinent go and have such a successful debut in the Asian nations.

 

[Nate]

Definitely think (and have thought) that Clarke needs a break in State Cricket. White coming in though, lol.

 

[Nate]

Dumb thread. Yeah he hasn't been good this Ashes but he hasn't been worse than Ponting, Hughes, Smith and is still our future hope.

People just seem to want a chance to bash Clarke whatever he does.

Pray tell why this is a dumb thread? He has averaged 21.14 this series! And looked terrible at the crease.

Australia have been very average in Test Cricket for a few years now, culminating in this series' failure, where we have been absolutely thrashed.

I'm sick of this loyalty to underperforming players, it is breeding overconfidence and not yielding results.

 

[Top_Cat]

Careful Nath, you'll have people thinking you know nothing about Australian cricket with such recklessness.

 

[biased indian]

Pray tell why this is a dumb thread? He has averaged 21.14 this series! And looked terrible at the crease.

Australia have been very average in Test Cricket for a few years now, culminating in this series' failure, where we have been absolutely thrashed.

I'm sick of this loyalty to underperforming players, it is breeding overconfidence and not yielding results.

and he might captain your side in the next test

 

[TumTum]

Pray tell why this is a dumb thread? He has averaged 21.14 this series! And looked terrible at the crease.

Australia have been very average in Test Cricket for a few years now, culminating in this series' failure, where we have been absolutely thrashed.

I'm sick of this loyalty to underperforming players, it is breeding overconfidence and not yielding results.

He is a good player. Thank god we didn't drop Hussey.

 

[morgieb]

Pray tell why this is a dumb thread? He has averaged 21.14 this series! And looked terrible at the crease.

Australia have been very average in Test Cricket for a few years now, culminating in this series' failure, where we have been absolutely thrashed.

I'm sick of this loyalty to underperforming players, it is breeding overconfidence and not yielding results.

Form is temporary, class is pernament, etc.

Move him down to #5 first, then we can talk about ****ing him off. He's done better than Smith, Ponting and Hughes....

 

[Edged&Taken]

too late - he's the captain now

 

[Nate]

Form is temporary, class is pernament, etc.

Move him down to #5 first, then we can talk about ****ing him off. He's done better than Smith, Ponting and Hughes....

I dont care about form vs class and whatnot. He has technical issues he needs to sort out.

He isn't doing better than Smith.

 

[Bun]

at Clarke made captain and reading this thread

 

[Spark]

Yeah it is somewhat ironic that Clarke gets the top gig days after this thread was made...

 

[Shri]

Anything different would have been surprising. Can't believe this is his first go at test captaincy.

 

[Spark]

There was kind of the small matter of one Ricky Ponting sitting in the job...

 

[Shri]

There was kind of the small matter of one Ricky Ponting sitting in the job...

Was he never injured or rested though?

 

[Prince EWS]

Was he never injured or rested though?

No.

Only India rest players from Tests, matches against Bangladesh aside.