The only other player we can blood is Voges. The reason to play Ponting is to get some practice before the Champions trophy. Voges probably could come in for Hussey and Ponting in for Hopes.
Australia vs England ODI Series - 7 matches - Sep 4 to Sep 20
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The only other player we can blood is Voges. The reason to play Ponting is to get some practice before the Champions trophy. Voges probably could come in for Hussey and Ponting in for Hopes.
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Ferguson is god, get him in the test side asap.
White got a hundred? What a joke the English bowlers are eh?
Ponting may as well sit back and relax at home. But how crap is Clarke aye? Hes batting as if this ODI was in the early 90's. :what
White got a hundred? What a joke the English bowlers are eh?
Ponting may as well sit back and relax at home. But how crap is Clarke aye? Hes batting as if this ODI was in the early 90's. :what
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After taking 3-0 lead, now Eng is in trouble,they hneed to win next one or the series is goen,winning 4 on trot is quite difficult,lets see how they play now, once again wickets feel for Eng at regular intervals,while this time, Aus middle order clicked...
piriyanth
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White scored a century
, I must be dreaming.
Looks like Hopes is the one that have to make way for Ponting.
, I must be dreaming.Looks like Hopes is the one that have to make way for Ponting.
Why? Not trying to be an ass here or anything but these two teams are pretty bad, and two bad teams will generally showcase bad cricket. Of course when England get their selections right and Pietersen returns their one day cricket should improve, same could be said for Australia too.
Congrats to Cameron White too, his international career was probably on the line this series but he's been very consistant. Hopefully when Ponting comes back White doesn't get pushed to far back down the order.
White will probably move down to 5, our selectors have marked him down as the next Symonds. Ferguson at 6 and if Hussey is still wanted then he will be 7. Add Ponting and our lineup is almost complete. Just missing that blazing opener. Watson hasn't really delivered since his Scotland knock, Haddin is handy but not really a guy that can be destructive in the opening 10 overs consistently.
piriyanth
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Watson seriously needs to fix his LBWs problems.
RoboRocks
Chairman of Selectors
Shah can't be persisted with. He's played 63 games and has only one hundred, which isn't good enough from the top order, Ravi has yet to score a hundred and neither has Prior.
Joyce deserves another shot. He's scored nearly 1000 runs in OD cricket this season. Trott is a must, and I would bring Davies in for Prior (Sureshot won't agree
).
Rashid has to be included in the next game. I feel in modern ODI and Twenty20 cricket that two spinners are worth their wait in gold with teams now attaining bigger scores through the batting power-play. Plus as we've said, Rashid is a genuine all-rounder who contributes with bat and ball.
If Wright can't do the part then I would certainly choose Napier. He can bowl yorkers at 86mph and is a big hitter coming in at 7-8. I would certainly stick with Wright though since I feel that he's an all rounder and should bowl a lot more than he does now.
The order would look like this:
Strauss (c)
Davies (wk)
Joyce
Trott
Morgan
Rashid
Wright (can move up when needed)
Broad
Swann
Sidebottom
Anderson
Joyce deserves another shot. He's scored nearly 1000 runs in OD cricket this season. Trott is a must, and I would bring Davies in for Prior (Sureshot won't agree
). Rashid has to be included in the next game. I feel in modern ODI and Twenty20 cricket that two spinners are worth their wait in gold with teams now attaining bigger scores through the batting power-play. Plus as we've said, Rashid is a genuine all-rounder who contributes with bat and ball.
If Wright can't do the part then I would certainly choose Napier. He can bowl yorkers at 86mph and is a big hitter coming in at 7-8. I would certainly stick with Wright though since I feel that he's an all rounder and should bowl a lot more than he does now.
The order would look like this:
Strauss (c)
Davies (wk)
Joyce
Trott
Morgan
Rashid
Wright (can move up when needed)
Broad
Swann
Sidebottom
Anderson
My best Australian XI would be:
1.Watson
2.Haddin (WK)
3.Ponting (C)
4.White
5.Ferguson
6.Hussey
7.Hopes/?
8.Johnson
9.Lee
10.Hauritz
11.Nannes
Wouldn't be to bad would it, although having someone else at seven may be a better bet. Hopes isn't really needed if you have Watson bowling with pace again.
1.Watson
2.Haddin (WK)
3.Ponting (C)
4.White
5.Ferguson
6.Hussey
7.Hopes/?
8.Johnson
9.Lee
10.Hauritz
11.Nannes
Wouldn't be to bad would it, although having someone else at seven may be a better bet. Hopes isn't really needed if you have Watson bowling with pace again.
piriyanth
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No Clarke? I know he's pretty slow but still he's the vice-captain.
RoboRocks
Chairman of Selectors
At least, Clarke can deal with it. He fights through it and the rest of team bat around him. England batsmen just throw their wickets away in comparison!
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