India A tour of Australia 2014

[War]

These Australia A teams are far from the second best team. They're more an experimental team full of younger players or talented guys they're pushing to reach their potential.

Having said that I still don't agree with the side they've selected.

This is the team I would've chosen.

Silk
Hughes
Burns
Cooper
Lynn
White/Voges/Bailey
M. Marsh
Whiteman
Faulkner
Holland
Behrendorff
Hazlewood.

Hmm if might have played Khawaja, Cutting, Ahmed/O'Keefe over Silk, Behrendroff if i was really get specific about the best 2nd XI players, who i'd want to immediately step into the test team in case of injury.

Keeper spot is a bit subjective with Wade, Paine, Nevill fairly close - i guess Whiteman is doing himself no harms with this big innings here.

 

[aussie1st]

Great knocks by Whiteman and Marsh could be the breakthrough innings both needed.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Amazing innings by those two. With last day of play obviously this match is going to be draw. For all my Aussie folks, do you think these wickets should have been more sort of traditional wickets? Like good bounce carry and seam?

 

[Doodlesweaver]

Hmm if might have played Khawaja, Cutting, Ahmed/O'Keefe over Silk, Behrendroff if i was really get specific about the best 2nd XI players, who i'd want to immediately step into the test team in case of injury.

Keeper spot is a bit subjective with Wade, Paine, Nevill fairly close - i guess Whiteman is doing himself no harms with this big innings here.

It was no surprise that Whiteman was chosen for the A side. Gilchrist has been working with him and he was getting big wraps for his keeping all last season.

 

[Aravind.]

What a match for Naman Ojha 320 runs in a match.

 

[War]

It was no surprise that Whiteman was chosen for the A side. Gilchrist has been working with him and he was getting big wraps for his keeping all last season.

Ye admittedly I haven't be following Whiteman or the AUS back-up keeper situation that attentively in a long while.

 

[War]

Australia Cricket News: Sam Whiteman 'may even be as good as Gilly' - Ian Healy | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[aussie1st]

Another poor showing by the batsmen, only batsmen that stood up was Forrest. Faulkner was another 90, really needs to break that 100 duck he has.

 

[Spickery]

Another poor showing by the batsmen, only batsmen that stood up was Forrest. Faulkner was another 90, really needs to break that 100 duck he has.

Making a 100 is the one main hurdle Faulkner needs to overcome. We know he is capable of taking wickets with his bowling but he needs to prove to selectors he is the next all-rounder in line when Shane Watson retires by making consistent runs with the bat and making big scores. There is now some competition for who be Australia's next all-rounder with Mitch Marsh's excellent 211 in the first Australia A game and Moises Henriques will no doubt remind selectors of what he can do in the Sheffield Shield this season.

 

[aussie1st]

Looks like this season will decide who is the next all rounder, or so you would hope. Both Henriques and Marsh look to be getting some consistency into their batting and Faulkner is moving up the order.

Would have liked seeing how SOK would go on this wicket. Sayers at least looks more comfortable since his first innings in this series.

 

[abhi_jacko]

Naman Ojha has been excellent - yet another hundred. And whats up with Indian fast bowlers batting well .. Umesh Yadav getting a 90 :| More importantly, he got a 5fer in the first innings.

 

[Aalay]

Yadav is definitely playing in the wrong series.

 

[shravi]

Yadav is definitely playing in the wrong series.

he could take binny's place after that innings!

 

[abhi_jacko]

Just to note: Utthappa underperforming once again. 3 poor scores in 3 innings, where guys like Ojha and Rahul are doing so well. Includes throwing away 2 starts

 

[shravi]

Just to note: Utthappa throwing away 2 starts

why are you surprised? that is just classic uthappa