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Watson & Marsh

Who Should Be Selected As The Allrounder In The 2nd Test

  • Shane Watson

    Votes: 6 20.0%
  • Mitchell Marsh

    Votes: 24 80.0%

  • Total voters
    30
  • Poll closed .

TheJediBrah

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Has to be Mitchell Marsh.

Watson was picked over Marsh for his bowling, but he's only bowling 10-15 overs in a match, so I'm not convinced that his tight line and length merits inclusion over Marsh, who is all-round the much better option. Yeah he bowls a few bad balls, but he also consistently looks more like taking wickets. On top of that, Marsh has a regular sized front pad, not one of those novelty sized ones that Shane Watson seems to wear.

Not to be 'that guy' and obviously he's not Cricket Australia's best buddy right now, but James Faulkner has a better first class record than Marsh, and has been playing his cricket in England for the last few months...
I would not be at all surprised if it turned out that Faulkner would have been the one called up rather than Cummins if not for the incident.
 

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