What do you guys think of Warner as an opener? To me he comes along as someone who should bat middle order and therefore should switch batting position with Watson who did good last time he opened.
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hoerpi said:What do you guys think of Warner as an opener? To me he comes along as someone who should bat middle order and therefore should switch batting position with Watson who did good last time he opened.
Cyivel said:Jesse Ryder in a critical condition after being assaulted.
Hope he will be alright obviously.
movingtarget said:Warner does not convince me as a test player. He gets out playing too many bad shots and is too impatient. Watson should be opening with Cowan or Hughes. If Warner is going to be in the team he should be batting at 6. Clarke is having ongoing back problems and now hamstring problems as well. He is no certainty to be ready for the first Ashes Test. Which would make Australia's task even harder if it happens. Australia was woeful against India and we need to find some more, quality spinners.
movingtarget said:Warner does not convince me as a test player. He gets out playing too many bad shots and is too impatient. Watson should be opening with Cowan or Hughes. If Warner is going to be in the team he should be batting at 6. Clarke is having ongoing back problems and now hamstring problems as well. He is no certainty to be ready for the first Ashes Test. Which would make Australia's task even harder if it happens. Australia was woeful against India and we need to find some more, quality spinners.
Cyivel said:Jesse Ryder in a critical condition after being assaulted.
Horrible news but he gave his family a thumbs up today! Still in induced coma though.
Hope he will be alright obviously.
Alphabet said:Jesse is in a coma . This could be the end of his career.
Alphabet said:I notice we are following the tour of England with a 7 match meaningless ODI series with India in India, just a couple of weeks before England come here.
What a stupid decision taken by CA. It would have been better to get those JAMODI's out of the way now, 60 days (or thereabouts) before going to England. With this series taking place in the no-mans-land that separates the two Ashes series, all it's going to do is ruin our preparation for the home series. If we were hosting India for them, then it wouldn't be as bad, but now the players will only get one or two Shield matches (at best) in that two week period to find form in Australian conditions.
movingtarget said:That is crazy. They could have had a short break and played them now. I'm surprised the ACB agreed to this but then they played some tests in India without selecting a spinner. So decision making is not their strong point.
hoerpi said:I'm sorry but BCCI will never schedule anything during their beloved borefest called IPL.
The IPL numbers proved this conclusively last year when sponsorship revenue dropped to Rs 245 crore from 65 brands compared with Rs 265 crore from 70 brands in 2011. Meanwhile, rating points also dropped marginally from 3.7 in 2011 to 3.6 in season 5. So, when MSM announced a rate of Rs 5.5 lakh per 10 seconds for IPL 6, it found sponsors staying away or even backing out.
Alphabet said:The worst thing about the IPL is that it has inspired other countries (Australia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) to start their own T20 leagues modelled on the IPL way of signing expensive foreign stars as well as overpaying local talent. And this will ruin the upcoming generation in those countries.
England and South Africa appear to be the only places left now where domestic 4-day matches take priority over domestic T20 leagues. If even a tenth of the funding poured into the various T20 leagues around the world was funneled into developing long-form cricketers then the standard of test cricket today would rise immeasurably and you'd no longer see matches finishing inside three days, whitewashes, teams getting shot out for 45 etc. which have been incredibly common in the last 18-24 months.
Zam_Olyas said:
movingtarget said:AUSTRALIA'S ASHES SQUAD
Michael Clarke (c), Brad Haddin (vc), Jackson Bird, Ed Cowan, James Faulkner, Ryan Harris, Phillip Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson, Chris Rogers, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Shane Watson
AUSTRALIA A SQUAD
Brad Haddin (c), Steve Smith (vc), Ashton Agar, Jackson Bird, Alex Doolan, Ryan Harris, Moises Henrqiues, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, James Pattinson, Chadd Sayers, Peter Siddle, Jordan Silk
No Johnson which is no surprise. One spinner. No Hilfenhaus who I thought would have been in the squad. Rogers is probably a good inclusion. Cummins must still be on the way back from injury. The good thing is that the squad may be added to according to the coach and they are being flexible. Hopefully Harris can stay injury free. Watson dropping from vice captain is probably a good thing for him. Not a great Ashes side on paper but many of those players will be out to cement a position which means the competition and the pressure will be high and hopefully bring out the best in them.
hoerpi said:1. Watson
2. Cowan
3. Hughes
4. Warner
5. Clarke
6. Khawaja
7. Haddin
8. Siddle
9. Pattinson
10. Lyon
11. Bird
That would be my starting XI but it will probably never become reality. There are no middle order batsmen in the squad except for Clarke which is a big problem, that's why Warner needs to bat at 4.
Alphabet said:Whenever it says "Ryan Harris", I read "Mitchell Johnson has been called up as a back-up" .
It's a far better squad than the army of timewasters we took to India, but we're really going to struggle to win the series in England. Best case scenario we lose 2-1 or 3-2 with some dignity and some good experience for the youngsters to build on and hopefully make a real fist of trying to win them back in Australia.