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For Australia, drop Steve Smith, and bring in somebody like Usman Khawaja, as much as Smith is a player for the future, he's not good enough yet to bat at 6, and nor is his bowling. A spinner has to play, and seeing as though they have picked him, I guess Michael Beer will be the one, and with Ryan Harris likely to be out with his ankle injury, it will be a forced change. I would of picked Nathan Hauritz, out of all the spinners in the country, he look's like he is the best one. Which is a shame for Rhino, otherwise I would have left out Ben Hilfenhaus, he does bowl alright, but he just doesn't take the wickets.
For England? None really, unless you want to bring Eoin Morgan in for Paul Collingwood.
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27-12-2010, 05:58 PM
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Trouble is for England in dropping Collingwood, if the Aussies bat well, then they don't have a genuine 5th bowler whatsoever. Pietersen, Trott & Bell can do the job I suppose, but Collingwood is a step above them as a 5th bowler, and you don't know whether Morgan will be any better.
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27-12-2010, 06:00 PM
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I don't think not having a 5th bowler will be a problem for England.
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For Australia:
Watson Hughes Ponting Clarke Hussey Haddin + Smith O'Keefe Johnson Siddle Harris/Hilfenhaus (depending on Harris's fitness) Haddin has to bat above Smith, but other than that I don't think the batting really needs much of a change. They need a spinner, and if they're going to pick an inexperienced spinner, at least pick one that's done well, and O'Keefe has done very well, boosts the batting too. So that'd be the side I'd go with. For England, same team. Might as well give Collingwood 1 last 'hurrah.
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Katich (if possible. Rogers if not.) Ponting Hussey Clarke Khawaja Haddin Hauritz/O'Keefe Johnson Harris Siddle Haven't seen O'Keefe or Rogers, but going off what people have said on forum and the statz, O'Keefe is the best spinner in the country after Hauritz and Rogers is pretty gun. And Khawaja is so far ahead of Hughes and Smith technically it's not funny.
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27-12-2010, 07:04 PM
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Yeah seeing as though we will lose this match, I'd love to see a bit of an experiment at Sydney. Would love to see Copeland in for Hilfenhaus, O'Keefe in as the spinner, Khawaja in for Smith and Cameron or Bollinger in for Harris if he is injured.
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Lol... Liking these teams.
Main change I'd like to see is our openers put on >100 and give us a decent start.
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Maddinson Khawaja Watson* Clarke Smith Haddin+ Henriques Hauritz Lee Cameron
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