sachin
International Coach
Kasper,shouldn't be left out!this is test cricket not ODI,so it will be alot different for hussey.Knowone deserves to be dropped,therefor knowone should.
Mike Hussey
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Will p
International Cricketer
The thing about Lee is that most times he has played against England (bar one or two) he has been smashed.
Gillespie is in miserable form, but i can see the selcetors picking him anyway
I think Hussey has to be in there somewhere, but again they might not pick him
Gillespie is in miserable form, but i can see the selcetors picking him anyway
I think Hussey has to be in there somewhere, but again they might not pick him
Geraint Jones
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Mike Hussey should be a test match player, he should be in their for Clarke.
squiz
International Coach
He is in terrible form, but I don't think he'll get dropped, mainly of his reputation
aldersley
Club Cricketer
Langer
Hayden
Love v/c
Martyn
Symonds
Hussey
Gilchrist c
Warne
Lee
Tait
Mcrath
Last time England came to Australia Martin Love (Queensland) got 2 double centuries on warm up games and he got a 300 in a county game just before. First test 62 no, last test he played he got 100 no and was dropped. The season jsut gone for Queensland he hada poor season because of a broken thumb but got 2 hundreds in his last 2 innings including one in the Pura Cup final. he used to be my favourite player. this team is mainly picked from people i like but also they are all good enough to play test cricket. i reely do not like Ponting. i dont no why but i just don't.
Langer and Hayden are the best opening partners ever, martyn pure technique can just hit fours without trying, Symonds and Hussey great form and symonds can add to the bowling attack and he is very accurate. Gilchrist and Warne speak for themselves. Lee ingreat form and is quick with a great strike rate, Tait a young gun give him a couple of tests and drop him if they need to. Mcrath is the best bowler in the world.
Hayden
Love v/c
Martyn
Symonds
Hussey
Gilchrist c
Warne
Lee
Tait
Mcrath
Last time England came to Australia Martin Love (Queensland) got 2 double centuries on warm up games and he got a 300 in a county game just before. First test 62 no, last test he played he got 100 no and was dropped. The season jsut gone for Queensland he hada poor season because of a broken thumb but got 2 hundreds in his last 2 innings including one in the Pura Cup final. he used to be my favourite player. this team is mainly picked from people i like but also they are all good enough to play test cricket. i reely do not like Ponting. i dont no why but i just don't.
Langer and Hayden are the best opening partners ever, martyn pure technique can just hit fours without trying, Symonds and Hussey great form and symonds can add to the bowling attack and he is very accurate. Gilchrist and Warne speak for themselves. Lee ingreat form and is quick with a great strike rate, Tait a young gun give him a couple of tests and drop him if they need to. Mcrath is the best bowler in the world.
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M.Di Venuto
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wow. um, thats an interesting looking test side. your certainly looking outside the square... this is my team anyway
Langer
Hayden
Ponting
Martyn
Katich
Hussey
Gilchrist
Warne
Lee
Kasper
McGrath
Langer
Hayden
Ponting
Martyn
Katich
Hussey
Gilchrist
Warne
Lee
Kasper
McGrath
aldersley
Club Cricketer
yeh its not the best side but its still a good side. lol. mostly picked favourite players
M.Di Venuto
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lol thats cool. i agree with your thinking with love tho... he is a class player
angryangy
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There might be still hope for Martin Love (Matthew Elliott was selected against Sri Lanka last year), although at 31 he is looking less likely. He originally made the side when Martyn was injured, that's why he was dropped in spite of good form.
Most of Queensland's best players have been given a go, Bichel, Law, Maher and Hopes have all played, in addition to Kasper, Symonds, Watson and Hayden (no, I'm not suggesting they get too many selections...).
There were six batsmen in the Pura Cup last season who had blinders.
Three were rewarded by Cricket Australia, three were not.
Michael Bevan, after his move to Tasmania (a career move, he will have a coaching role) averaged about 98, 8 centuries, 1400 runs, from 9 matches. Australia doesn't want him though, otherwise they would have renewed his contract. The theory going is that Mike Hussey is being groomed to play his role.
Phil Jacques, NSW's tall left-handed opening batsman averaged 66, with 1200 runs and a high score of 240 n.o. Continued performances of this calibre will see him a likely candidate to succeed one of the current pair. As yet though, selectors are not looking for an opening batsman.
Dominic Thornley also scored over a 1000 runs for NSW, averaging 63, including a tremendous 261 n.o. where he added 219 runs for the last wicket with Stuart MacGill.
Brad Haddin, Brad Hodge and Mike Hussey were the ones picked though.
Haddin, the backup keeper, had another belligerent year, averaging 57 and striking at 80 in the Pura while averaging 61 (at a run a ball) in the ING. Like Gilchrist, he is showing that he is more than just a keeper who can have a bit of a slog.
On one-day form alone, you could be forgiven for thinking they got the wrong Hussey. However, while David was dropped from Victoria's first class team, Mike scored 800 runs at an average of about 60 for Western Australia. His berth in the ODI squad comes from reliable batting for many years, including a devastating knack for English pitches.
Lastly, there is Brad Hodge. Nearly 900 runs from 8 matches this year, he has averaged well over 60 for the last three years, both at home and in England. A free scorer and great to watch, this is the man who is next in line for a game in the baggy green. He deserves this as much as anyone else and there is no reason to say Hodge can't out perform Mike Hussey, given the chance.
Now, chance is what selection is about, and that's what I assume the selectors will give tormented bowler Jason Gillespie. He didn't have the best run in NZ and so the pressure has mounted to drop him. I believe they will give him at least one Test to perform before selecting Lee.
Then again, there's Kasprowicz' recent comment, why do we have to play a leg spinner?
Most of Queensland's best players have been given a go, Bichel, Law, Maher and Hopes have all played, in addition to Kasper, Symonds, Watson and Hayden (no, I'm not suggesting they get too many selections...).
There were six batsmen in the Pura Cup last season who had blinders.
Three were rewarded by Cricket Australia, three were not.
Michael Bevan, after his move to Tasmania (a career move, he will have a coaching role) averaged about 98, 8 centuries, 1400 runs, from 9 matches. Australia doesn't want him though, otherwise they would have renewed his contract. The theory going is that Mike Hussey is being groomed to play his role.
Phil Jacques, NSW's tall left-handed opening batsman averaged 66, with 1200 runs and a high score of 240 n.o. Continued performances of this calibre will see him a likely candidate to succeed one of the current pair. As yet though, selectors are not looking for an opening batsman.
Dominic Thornley also scored over a 1000 runs for NSW, averaging 63, including a tremendous 261 n.o. where he added 219 runs for the last wicket with Stuart MacGill.
Brad Haddin, Brad Hodge and Mike Hussey were the ones picked though.
Haddin, the backup keeper, had another belligerent year, averaging 57 and striking at 80 in the Pura while averaging 61 (at a run a ball) in the ING. Like Gilchrist, he is showing that he is more than just a keeper who can have a bit of a slog.
On one-day form alone, you could be forgiven for thinking they got the wrong Hussey. However, while David was dropped from Victoria's first class team, Mike scored 800 runs at an average of about 60 for Western Australia. His berth in the ODI squad comes from reliable batting for many years, including a devastating knack for English pitches.
Lastly, there is Brad Hodge. Nearly 900 runs from 8 matches this year, he has averaged well over 60 for the last three years, both at home and in England. A free scorer and great to watch, this is the man who is next in line for a game in the baggy green. He deserves this as much as anyone else and there is no reason to say Hodge can't out perform Mike Hussey, given the chance.
Now, chance is what selection is about, and that's what I assume the selectors will give tormented bowler Jason Gillespie. He didn't have the best run in NZ and so the pressure has mounted to drop him. I believe they will give him at least one Test to perform before selecting Lee.
Then again, there's Kasprowicz' recent comment, why do we have to play a leg spinner?
sachin
International Coach
You just want him to be in test sqaud because you are Western Australian!He's good,but knowone deserves to be dropped yet!langerrox said:
aldersley
Club Cricketer
Simon Katich stole Love's position. Love was in the team filling in for injuries then he got dropped and Katich came in.
tsyrmas
Club Cricketer
aldersley said:
katich is a much more consistent batsmen, and bats very well with tail enders. he is very similar to steve waugh in a sense that he just niggles the ball around, and isn't outrages.
