FaaipDeOiad
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Symonds and Voges in for Martyn and Tait, as it turns out. Hard to say exactly who replaced Martyn, but I bet nobody picked Voges.
http://forum.cricketweb.net/showpost.php?p=995755&postcount=7FaaipDeOiad said:Symonds and Voges in for Martyn and Tait, as it turns out. Hard to say exactly who replaced Martyn, but I bet nobody picked Voges.
I posted that after the fact, so it's not really a "prediction". The only prediction I made on the subject was that they wouldn't pick Jaques in the middle order, which turned out to be right.Nnanden said:http://forum.cricketweb.net/showpost.php?p=995755&postcount=7
Tooting my own horn, but I want to see you get the Greigy.
Fair enough. Haha, I really though Bracken was a good shout for Australia`s middle-order.FaaipDeOiad said:I posted that after the fact, so it's not really a "prediction". The only prediction I made on the subject was that they wouldn't pick Jaques in the middle order, which turned out to be right.
Solid picks though, aside from Bracken.
indeed, Voges... cant see how they picked him really, ahead of Jaques, Cosgrove, Katich. Symonds will play and bat at 6 i would say with Husey and Clarke both moving up a spot.pasag said:Jeez Vogues and Symonds. Didn't see that coming either, day full of suprises.
If that was the criteria, pick Marcus North - good bat, fieldsman and bowls as wellFaaipDeOiad said:Hodge would have been picked, but he's injured. Jaques is obviously an "opener only" in their minds.
But players like Birt and Cosgrove have every right to be annoyed. One can only hope that the selectors, in watching Voges' big innings this year, have seen something that he hasn't really shown in the one dayers or in previous seasons, despite the flat wicket. I hope they haven't just selected him based on his good first class average, anyway.
I think Voges probably has more potential to be honest. North's got a poor reputation when the ball is doing anything, and he wasn't in the Australia A setup earlier this year, so I can't see him as a test prospect. Voges might well be a handy test batsman, but there's still a few guys who should have been picked in front of him.social said:If that was the criteria, pick Marcus North - good bat, fieldsman and bowls as well
No Mark Waugh or TubbyNnanden said:If they pick Symonds for the third Test, it will be our best fielding side in a Test Match ever IMO, or close to.
Yeah, our slip fielding will definitely be down on the late 90s. Ground fielding would probably be one of the best ever assembled, with Symonds, Ponting, Clarke and Hussey all in there.GoT_SpIn said:No Mark Waugh or Tubby