Eleventh thread - Shane Watson

[Spikey]

The Ashes 2013 : Mark Taylor calls for Shane Watson to be Ashes opener | Cricket News | Australia in England - The Ashes | ESPN Cricinfo


he doesnt even open for his ipl team anymore bud!

 

[Spikey]

5 tests (9 innings)
3 50's
0 100's
9 wickets

are my guesses

 

[Howe_zat]

Will probably average less than Ed Cowan.

 

[Furball]

aw no

 

[Jono]

Will probably average less than Ed Cowan.

Would love to see what howardj says if that happens

 

[Howe_zat]

Well it's been happening for 2 years now so who knows

 

[Furball]

Would love to see what howardj says if that happens

He'll still slate Cowan and ignore Watson, as he does when presented with evidence that Cowan's average of 32 is much superior to Watson's average in the same timeframe.

 

[AlanJLegend]

If Watson can average a handy 25-30 with the ball and 50 with the bat (either opening or having massive partnerships with Clarke) it will go a long way towards us winning The Ashes.

Unfortunately I cannot see this happening.

 

[Tangles]

Given recent form averaging 50 seems well beyond him. Even if he scores a few 50s he's unlikely to convert them anyway.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

**** him. He can count his dirty gazillions from the IPL in between Lee Furlong shaggings for all I care, as long as it's at the team hotel from 10am till 6pm.

Would really, truly, honestly rather see Hughes open over Watson, although he's still well behind Cowan and Rogers in my estimation.

 

[Maximas]

I'd love to see Watson dropped at some point during the Ashes and never see him return, I'm sick of 2 years of mediocrity.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I'd love to see Watson dropped at some point during the Ashes and never see him return, I'm sick of 2 years of mediocrity.

Please make it the 5th test in Australia so we get to laugh at him in 9 more tests beforehand.

 

[Burgey]

I don't think he should play, based on recent form, unless he's bowling. He's a more than decent fifth bowling option. His batting has been terribad for a long time now though.

 

[Maximas]

Please make it the 5th test in Australia so we get to laugh at him in 9 more tests beforehand.

I would, but I stopped laughing at Watto long ago, looking at him makes me sick nowadays.

 

[Red]

Shane Watson has only ever fulfilled his role in the Australian cricket team when he has opened the batting. I think as it stands right now, he shouldn't even be in the touring squad. There's no way he deserves a spot based on his batting form, and he hasn't bowled for ages. He's dead wood.

 

[Spikey]

well he's bowling so

 

[Red]

That's good. I means he'll get injured, **** off from the team, making the team better.

I'm going to throw a theory out there, and when all these current Aust players have retired and written their books, I think I'll be proven correct:

"Shane Watson has been the destabilising force to morale and attitude in this test team, not Michael Clarke".

 

[Burgey]

I know he's had his best run with the bat when he opened, but it would be interesting to see how he went if he was bowling, batting six or seven and had a licence to just go out and smote it around, ODI style. Benaud did that with Simpson in the Melbourne Test of the 60-61 series - told him to go out on day four and just take Hall on, and if he got out then Benaud would wear the rap for it.

Then again, I really don't know if his mental approach would ever really let him do that. And I don't know whether, given their fractious relationship, whether Clarke would do it.