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The 'unfairly shafted by Australian selectors' XI

Crazy Sam

International 12th Man
Martin Love is up there. I thought Lehmann could've played more tests.... he would be a handy all-rounder right now....
 

MartinB

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Laurie Nash

One player from the 30's that would fit this 11 is Laurie Nash:
  • Dropped after his first test for being "wild and unruly"
  • Only played 2 test's but finnished with a bowling average of 12.6 which is one of
    the lowest (4th ?) in test history.
  • Keith Miller described his non Selection as the Greatest waste of Talent in Australian
    Cricket Test History. His non selection was probably partly due to BodyLine.
  • Was picked in the Australian Rules Football team of the century in 2003.
  • Virtually all his First Class match's are from his Teanage years playing for Tasmania.
    Victoria never picked him for a shield match.


Laurie Nash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Laurie Nash | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
 

oldmancraigy

U19 12th Man
I thought Rob Quiney was very properly shafted?? Nothing wrong with his sacking at all.

Unless you're saying they shafted him by picking him in the first place?
 

Spikey

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sid barnes got shafted.


reacted in proper fashion. taking the piss as 12th man instead of going to his mum. (and then he killed himself)

 

benchmark00

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Lol some of the names here. Half of them should never have played, let alone get described as unfairly shafted.
 

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Rogers
Katich
Law
Hodge
Lehmann
Blewett
Haddin
McDonald
Hauritz
Bichel
Kasprowicsz

Squad members: Love, SOK, McGill
 

Red

The normal awards that everyone else has
Guys like Law, Hodge & Blewett weren't shafted. They just weren't among the best 6 batsmen in Australia at the time.
 

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Guys like Law, Hodge & Blewett weren't shafted. They just weren't among the best 6 batsmen in Australia at the time.
Hodge and Blewett (and Lehmann) were definitely amongst the top 6 batsmen in Oz for periods when they were in stellar form and not being picked

Id say that Hodge is still just about one of the top 6 bats in Australia

As for Law, it depends upon to whom you speak
 

morgieb

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Hodge getting dropped for Martyn and Clarke despite doing nothing wrong screams of shaft IMO.

Blewett getting dropped for Hayden though wasn't really a shaft, Blewett just wasn't good enough.
 

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