Aussies announce tour thread; Casson, Noffke, Katich among notable inclusions

[mattfb]

Picking Casson was a great choice. Hes going to dominate on West Indies pitches.

 

[Cricketdude]

Wrong Casson can spin the ball...

Seriously, what a joke. This peice of crap played better Cricket for WA, then goes to NSW and gets way overrated. Gee, if you want to play Test Cricket for Australia all you need to do is jump states.

Gilchrist, Bevan, Hauritz, Casson, Stuart Macgill, Simon Katich.
You can now add to the list.

 

[aussie1st]

Casson was overrated last season and a bit of this season. But the back end he delivered the goods especially when Macgill was away.

Marsh didn't set the world on fire, if they wanted the future of the Australia team it's Pomersbach.
Let's remember Hauritz came to NSW hasn't got near the Aussie side again, so coming to NSW doesn't always get you a Baggy Green.

 

[Hooper]

Read the above post Syl. You are kidding yourself if you think that going to NSW doesn't mean you are 100 times more likely to get a baggy. Add Stuey MacGill and Katich to that list CDM.

 

[angryangy]

The thing is, Hilf won't play and Casson's only hope is if the selectors take a fancy to a flat or dusty surface. If a bowler goes down, their first choice will be Noffke. With both Bollinger and Siddle looking at post-season layoffs, there would seem to be little choice but to continue to work with Hilfenhaus. The Windies would have to double their recent performances to make Australia sweat about playing 4 pacemen and many would suggest the attack would improve if Johnson was absent. I'm sure they would have picked McGain if they couldn't use MacGill, but they've got him. There's little point taking a 35 year old for the sake of development and experience.

In the ODI side, I think they've picked well apart from the glaring lack of spin. Well, actually there are 4 players who could quite reasonably be expected to bowl spin, but no specialist.

It's smart to pick a top-order batsman among your reserves, especially with few one-day openers to look at and concerns over fatigue to Test players. Marsh was highly consistent this past season and maybe even the most improved player in the competition. Pomersbach, apart from not being an opener, does not know his one-day game yet. Does his List A record warrant ODI selection? To pick him on talent alone is to deny that Marsh is himself a very classy stroke maker who also has been able to convert some of that potential into runs. I'd also expect Travis Birt and Phil Hughes took substantial consideration.

 

[aussie_ben91]

Shaun Marsh averages 33 in first-class cricket!

Michael Clarke is a better bowler then Casson anyway IMO. Just a waste of a selection really.

 

[aussie1st]

Read the above post Syl. You are kidding yourself if you think that going to NSW doesn't mean you are 100 times more likely to get a baggy. Add Stuey MacGill and Katich to that list CDM.

Never said anything about more or less likely to get you a Baggy Green.
But yes you are more likely to get one switching to NSW.

It's smart to pick a top-order batsman among your reserves, especially with few one-day openers to look at and concerns over fatigue to Test players. Marsh was highly consistent this past season and maybe even the most improved player in the competition. Pomersbach, apart from not being an opener, does not know his one-day game yet. Does his List A record warrant ODI selection? To pick him on talent alone is to deny that Marsh is himself a very classy stroke maker who also has been able to convert some of that potential into runs. I'd also expect Travis Birt and Phil Hughes took substantial consideration.

The selectors usually base their ODI selections on FC and partly OD. If they didn't Noffke, Johnson wouldn't have had a look in the ODI team. I see your point though, never really thought about the position factor.

 

[smssia0112]

True. The ODI arena is basically a place to experiment with youngsters. Only a select few ODI specialists are picked there for their OD form and not FC too. Most players are picked based on their Pura Cup form, first in ODI and then Test.

 

[Therbs]

Hilfenhaus was selected on the previous season as well as whatever potential teh selectors have seen. Casson was selected on the back of a good end to the domestic season where he outperformed any spinners coming against him, including McGain. Young batsmen like Pomersbach generally get a grounding in first class cricket in Australia and England before Test selection. More often than not a huge tally in both competitions puts them at the top of the list. However to get into the XI someone has to miss out. The selectors feel as though they have the best batting line-up possible. Pomers will have to wait for someone to lose form or get injured. But he should be in the selectors' minds. He is a very good young bat.