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Nightwatchman I imagine.Krejza taking some wickets. don't quite understand why Meth was pushed up the order. ZIM 201-5 after 90 overs.
Nightwatchman I imagine.Krejza taking some wickets. don't quite understand why Meth was pushed up the order. ZIM 201-5 after 90 overs.
Meth is in the team as an all-rounder so couldn't have been asked to go out and be nightwatchman. If they wanted to use a nightwatchman i think Vitori would've been a suitable choice. I think it was just some experiment which didn't work out.Nightwatchman I imagine.
He was going to bat eight in the normal order so I think it's perfectly conceivable that he was used as a nightwatchman. Mark Boucher, afterall, has been used in the roll.Meth is in the team as an all-rounder so couldn't have been asked to go out and be nightwatchman. If they wanted to use a nightwatchman i think Vitori would've been a suitable choice. I think it was just some experiment which didn't work out.
Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle have a fair bit of experience now. How do you know they are just not making the batsmen play?This is all just so meaningless, I mean the Zimbabwean batsmen obviously have decided that they would just shut shop against the Aussie quicks and try their hand against the spinners and as a result Krezja and Beer have been getting some cheap wickets.
I sincerely hope this tour would have no bearing over which bowlers get selected for the Lankan test tour.
Siddle is probably our best bowler against the tail. There goes Chatara.Chigumbura gone.
He scored a steady 37 & 21 in his only Test and then his last FC match before this one he scored 135 & 36 (Derbyshire vs Kent 24-May).....where is the "another failure" coming from?Another failure for Khawaja... Ferguson would strengthen his case if he can score some more runs on this tour.
First thing first.. don't think the Australian selectors take county performances into account, Khawaja more or less failed to perform in the later half of the shield season when the Ashes were in progress which lead to Smith getting a chance ahead of him.He scored a steady 37 & 21 in his only Test and then his last FC match before this one he scored 135 & 36 (Derbyshire vs Kent 24-May).....where is the "another failure" coming from?
First thing first.. don't think the Australian selectors take county performances into account, Khawaja more or less failed to perform in the later half of the shield season when the Ashes were in progress which lead to Smith getting a chance ahead of him.
Also without sounding too harsh I don't think a steady 37 and 21 should be good enough to nail a place for yourself in the test side, that is of course if we are serious at all about rebuilding a strong side.
With the Sri Lankan tour coming up strong performances here by Ferguson could tilt scales in his favour if Khawaja doesn't put up any runs on this tour.
37 and 21 certainly doesn't nail a Test slot but it was his debut batting at # 3 which is arguably where the best batsman should normally bat....Ponting himself had to drop to #6 for awhile before locking in the # 3 position.First thing first.. don't think the Australian selectors take county performances into account, Khawaja more or less failed to perform in the later half of the shield season when the Ashes were in progress which lead to Smith getting a chance ahead of him.
Also without sounding too harsh I don't think a steady 37 and 21 should be good enough to nail a place for yourself in the test side, that is of course if we are serious at all about rebuilding a strong side.
With the Sri Lankan tour coming up strong performances here by Ferguson could tilt scales in his favour if Khawaja doesn't put up any runs on this tour.
Yeah Ferguson really needs a year or two playing some county cricket where he can improve his game and get some more first class matches under his belt. Injuries and Australia ODI selection has of course limited his matches, but yeah it does look odd seeing Hughes as the more experienced partner.Interesting to see the live stats of Hughes and Ferguson batting together...Hughes is 5 years younger but has 2 FC matches more and 1600 more runs and an average 16 runs higher...
Do you really think success against this bowling attack should be worth more than county Cricket?First thing first.. don't think the Australian selectors take county performances into account, Khawaja more or less failed to perform in the later half of the shield season when the Ashes were in progress which lead to Smith getting a chance ahead of him.
Also without sounding too harsh I don't think a steady 37 and 21 should be good enough to nail a place for yourself in the test side, that is of course if we are serious at all about rebuilding a strong side.
With the Sri Lankan tour coming up strong performances here by Ferguson could tilt scales in his favour if Khawaja doesn't put up any runs on this tour.