2011/12 Australian Summer Of Cricket (*SPOILERS*)

kingjack said:

This is MY test team.

Phillip Hughes - Persistance will pay off
Warner
Khawaja
Watson - If fit if unfit S.Marsh
Clarke
M.Marsh - I think Hussey will retire soon nothing against Hussey I love him.
Wade
Siddle
Pattinson
Cummins
Krejza - Really think he deserves another chance great spinner Lyon isn't the answer.

12th man Starc.

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Harsha_12 said:

Gotta Say I Like You Team Especially Once Ponting and Hussey Go.

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kingjack said:

It was though to leave Starc out but I couldnt go with a 4 prong pace attack. Starc is one of my favourite players to. And I love both Ponting and Hussey but they are getting old it's time to get some youth back.

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kingjack said:

This is MY test team.

Phillip Hughes - Persistance will pay off
Warner
Khawaja
Watson - If fit if unfit S.Marsh
Clarke
M.Marsh - I think Hussey will retire soon nothing against Hussey I love him.
Wade
Siddle
Pattinson
Cummins
Krejza - Really think he deserves another chance great spinner Lyon isn't the answer.

12th man Starc.

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liamszaraz said:

I know it's your team but:

How can you drop Cowan?
S.Marsh will be in instead of M.Marsh in the future.
And loooool Krejza in the side ad you saying Lyon isn't the answer.

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kingjack said:

I was just waiting for a response from you Liam..... No matter where I post your always there. Personally I think Cowan is a sub par batsmen. Sure he did okay against India a sub par bowling team at best. The real test will be when (If he) faces the likes of Broad, Andersen, Steyn and even Rampaul and Roach when they tour the West Indies. He won't know what hit him. Australia won't be kissing Hughes' arse quickly enough. Mitchell Marsh has something his brother doesn't....The ability to bowl! Australia is crying for an all rounder and they won't pick Christian so why not Mitch?

And Krejza is a forced pick. As mentioned above I couldn't go with a 4 prong pace attack and Krejza spins the ball more than anyone in Australia. Didn't he get 8 wickets on debut? Who is going to be our number one spinner? Doherty - I think not you can't be a spinner and bowl yorkers. Haurtiz - Is he even in the picture? And Lyon - My god do you have a variation? I just don't like him. And Krejza offers a bit with the bat aswell.

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liamszaraz said:

So you think Cowan is sub par but you'd bring in Hughes. That's amazing logic.

Cowan has done nothing wrong to justify himself worthy of being dropped. He's the perfect batsmen to bat with Warner. He's shown he can bat like a wall, something Phil Hughes hasn't shown.

An all-rounder like Watson? Mitchell Marsh has only proven himself in the shorter form of the game, which is just idiotic to pick someone to play tests on.

Krejza got 8 wickets on a pitch Mike Hussey could turn a ball on, it was an absolute dust bowl. Lyon is consistent, and has slight variations. He doesn't to bowl flippers because he's a finger spinner! You probably think our next spinner should be as good as Warne, don't you?

Did you even watch the series against India?

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kingjack said:

Wow your actually delusional. Yes I would bring Hughes in. Did I say he wasn't a sub par batsmen? Everything takes time and effort. Hughes in 5 years will be a better opener than Cowan he's only 23. A little persistance will pay off. He has shown he has the ability to score 100's. Who else will do the job?

Where did I say we needed an all rounder like Watson? I said Australia is crying out for an ALL ROUNDER. Not the next Shane Watson or someone similar to him. Watson is a once in a life time player.

And finally the spinners issue. That's your only argument "The pitch is a dust bowl Mike Hussey could turn a ball on it" "Hughes' runs came on a road" - One of your previous comments. The condition of a pitch doesn't matter. Case and point the Adelaide test match. And where did I say I wanted Lyon to bowl flippers???!!! I want a varition! It's alled top spin, over spin, arm ball! No I don't expect our next spinner to be like Shane Warne I expect him to be half decent.

And yes I watched every second and every ball of the series against India.

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liamszaraz said:

You're calling me delusional and you're the one that wants to bring in Phillip 'Sub-Par' Hughes? You actually stated that he's sub par and you'd have him in the side!

No I meant you're saying 'we're crying out for a all-rounder' when we have one, his name is Shane Watson.

The condition of the pitch doesn't matter? See this is where you should've just stopped. You do realize that if a pitch is a dustbowl turns more?

Case in point Adelaide what? It was a road so Australia scored runs on it, India are s*** so we bowled them out cheaply.

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Matty76 said:

Congrats to George Bailey on a first up win. The boys were very impressive tonight. Got to love Brad Hogg's enthusiasm .
Some big-mouthed f**kwit on the Sky News Sports panel show described George Bailey sending himself in at Number 5 as "poor captaincy". I am too much of a gentlemen to suggest that people like the aforementioned f**kwit are a result of what happens when cousins hit the sack together!

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