FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Symonds and Voges in for Martyn and Tait, as it turns out. Hard to say exactly who replaced Martyn, but I bet nobody picked Voges. 
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Who Should replace Martyn?
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Nate
You'll Never Walk Alone
http://forum.cricketweb.net/showpost.php?p=995755&postcount=7FaaipDeOiad said:Symonds and Voges in for Martyn and Tait, as it turns out. Hard to say exactly who replaced Martyn, but I bet nobody picked Voges.
Tooting my own horn, but I want to see you get the Greigy.
Johnners
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Selecting Voges is the direst(dunno if it's a word, but it is now) decision ever, even if he doesn't play (which i highly doubt he will). The guy has simply been a beneficiary of the WACA roads in the past 2 seasons imo.
Looks likely we'll be seeing shortpitched713 eat his keyboard as well...
Looks likely we'll be seeing shortpitched713 eat his keyboard as well...
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
I posted that after the fact, so it's not really a "prediction". The only prediction I made on the subject was that they wouldn't pick Jaques in the middle order, which turned out to be right.Nnanden said:http://forum.cricketweb.net/showpost.php?p=995755&postcount=7
Tooting my own horn, but I want to see you get the Greigy.
Solid picks though, aside from Bracken.
Nate
You'll Never Walk Alone
Fair enough. Haha, I really though Bracken was a good shout for Australia`s middle-order.FaaipDeOiad said:I posted that after the fact, so it's not really a "prediction". The only prediction I made on the subject was that they wouldn't pick Jaques in the middle order, which turned out to be right.
Solid picks though, aside from Bracken.
Slow Love™
International Captain
Wow, interesting selections. You would expect that Symonds will probably play - in hindsight, as a stopgap while Watson's not available (and given the selectors' obvious obsession with the flexibility an allrounder can provide), I guess this should have been more obvious. Wasn't though, to me at least.
Speaking of flexibility, I hope shortpitched713's got one of those bendable, rubber keyboards, 'cause I think he might end up chowing down.
Speaking of flexibility, I hope shortpitched713's got one of those bendable, rubber keyboards, 'cause I think he might end up chowing down.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Haha, man. Voges and Symonds. A bigger shock than Martyn's retirement.
age_master
Hall of Fame Member
indeed, Voges... cant see how they picked him really, ahead of Jaques, Cosgrove, Katich. Symonds will play and bat at 6 i would say with Husey and Clarke both moving up a spot.pasag said:
Could well be our best fielding side ever fielded - one of the most agressive batting sides ever too.
Must admit that I would've picked Symonds (great fieldsman, handy bowler and hope like hell that he finally shows his potential with the bat) but thought he was a long-shot
VOGES?????? wtf?
Jaques and Hodge should be mightily pissed off
And Tait bowls well in fc and gets dropped
I seriously give up trying to predict what our fwit selectors are on about
VOGES?????? wtf?
Jaques and Hodge should be mightily pissed off
And Tait bowls well in fc and gets dropped
I seriously give up trying to predict what our fwit selectors are on about
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Hodge would have been picked, but he's injured. Jaques is obviously an "opener only" in their minds.
But players like Birt and Cosgrove have every right to be annoyed. One can only hope that the selectors, in watching Voges' big innings this year, have seen something that he hasn't really shown in the one dayers or in previous seasons, despite the flat wicket. I hope they haven't just selected him based on his good first class average, anyway.
But players like Birt and Cosgrove have every right to be annoyed. One can only hope that the selectors, in watching Voges' big innings this year, have seen something that he hasn't really shown in the one dayers or in previous seasons, despite the flat wicket. I hope they haven't just selected him based on his good first class average, anyway.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
I think Voges probably has more potential to be honest. North's got a poor reputation when the ball is doing anything, and he wasn't in the Australia A setup earlier this year, so I can't see him as a test prospect. Voges might well be a handy test batsman, but there's still a few guys who should have been picked in front of him.social said:
Even though I think he's a poor selection, I'm sort of hoping he gets picked ahead of Symonds for the test really. He might turn out to be a surprise success, and he's certainly in much better form than Symonds with the bat. Besides, Symonds has played 10 or so tests and done nothing, so I'd rather see someone else get a go. It will be Symonds in all likelyhood though.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
I'd think that another thing that might have helped the selectors select Voges is that, AFAIK, he hasn't played any County Cricket, so he's a bit of a "suprise packet" as a pick because the English haven't seen much of him, while North, Jaques, and a few others are a bit more familiar and they'd have plans ready for them.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, our slip fielding will definitely be down on the late 90s. Ground fielding would probably be one of the best ever assembled, with Symonds, Ponting, Clarke and Hussey all in there.GoT_SpIn said:
