Australia A - where are they now?

[Furball]

3 years ago the Australia A side that took to the field at Hobart:

Hughes
Cowan
Khawaja
Ferguson
White
Paine
Smith
O'Keefe
McKay
Cameron
George

Who can we expect this time round, and how would you assess the careers of that XI in the 3 years since?

 

[Spikey]

and how would you assess the careers of that XI in the 3 years since?

I dont want to talk about it

 

[Cabinet96]

Gee that middle order and seam attack have fallen away big time since.

 

[Furball]

2002/03 Australia A side:

Elliot
Maher
Love
Blewett
Clarke
North
Haddin
Hauritz
Noffke
Clark
Williams

 

[Furball]

Gee that middle order and seam attack have fallen away big time since.

I think Cam White's probably been the big disappointment. He's always averaged around 40, has played in County cricket for years and actually had the Australia A captaincy.

edit: I also think it's quite funny that pretty much a full Test attack (Bird, Starc, Pattinson, Lyon) has emerged in the last 3 years, none of whom played for the A side.

 

[Cabinet96]

Anyway, to answer your query Furball

Hughes - Keeps scoring runs in the Shield, test cricket a different beast
Cowan - Got a decent run in the side, but never really nailed a place down
Khawaja - Has never come close to recapturing his 2010/11 form
Ferguson - Never really been a great FC bat
White - Forgot how to bat. Recently somewhat rediscovered it, but a long way down the pecking order
Paine - Had a really bad injury and missed a lot of cricket. Fell behind Wade in the pecking order in that time
Smith - Probably the only thing close to a success story
O'Keefe - Didn't manage to maintain his awesome start to FC cricket. Quite frankly, his initial figures vastly flattered him. Still does a job for NSW in all forms
McKay - Done well in ODI's, but not really good enough as a FC bowler
Cameron - Had injury issues and moved stats. Don't really know how he's going now.
George - Not sure why he was ever a contender. Rubbish really. Quite funny that he played test matches when looking at Australia's seam stocks now.

 

[Cabinet96]

I also think it's quite funny that pretty much a full Test attack (Bird, Starc, Pattinson, Lyon) has emerged in the last 3 years, none of whom played for the A side.

Yeah, that's the odd thing. Starc, Patto and Lyon were taking test wickets against New Zealand a year after that game, while none of the A bowlers ever made a test squad after that game.

 

[morgieb]

Mark Cameron retired due to injuries. Was never able to play a game for WA.

Unfortunate too as I reckon he's among our best quicks.

 

[Riggins]

pretty disappointed petey george didn't get an extended (10+ year) run in the side.

 

[Maximas]

I thought this was going to be a comparison of the quality of Aus A teams with the disgusting current one which went to SA compared to older respectable ones. Form permitting, my A team this summer would be.
Silk
Hughes
Maddinson
Doolan
Burns
Wade
Forkers
Cutting
Chadd
Sandhu
Fawad

 

[NUFAN]

South London
Library, South London
Games Expo, London
South Oz
England
Tassie
London
Sydney
London
Somewhere in Oz
Adelaide

 

[Maximas]

 

[Dan]

Mark Cameron's only just 32 as well - if his body held together, he could have really pushed for a Test spot. Looked seriously good back when he was picked for the A team.

 

[Ruckus]

He looked good, but I reckon he was just a lesser ryan harris