AndyZaltzHair
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Hitler approves MMarsh
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Watson & Marsh
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vic_orthdox
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Any of Watson's due to his bowling though?
King Pietersen
International Captain
Watson. Australia have reviews available and they need someone that's going to use them.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah the 6/33 against Pakistan at Headingley. The others are batting-related, 93 & 120 against Pakistan at the MCG in 2009 and the 176 last Ashes in England.
Probably the sort of question that's been answered in the stats column on cricinfo before.
duffer
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Sounds like half of CW.
Swingpanzee
International Regular
Heh.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
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Yeah but those 50's were worse than inconsequential, they were done with regard only to Ramps' getting himself to a good score and none to the team. The Perth Test was the worst; sat on his handle at one end while Gillespie cleaned up at the other end guys who were trying to wrest back the momentum.
That's why guys like Ramps and Watson will be bracketed together. Delivered virtually no influential Test knocks.
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Niall
International Coach
adub
International Captain
Now all he needs to do is convince the pommie quicks to bowl some offies at him and everything's tickety boo.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
lol yeah I'm sure your high school years were filled with awesome *****.
Swingpanzee
International Regular
tbf he never denied being in the Watson-esque half
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duffer
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Went to an all boys school. Can you blame me?
we're yorkshire
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
I can't remember ever thinking Watson was a quality test cricketer, and even before the first game as an England fan was delighted to see him batting at 6, him and Haddin are clear weak links. If I was going into that first test I'd of played a proper number 6 batsman, as the batting is a major issue, and had Marsh at 7, with Haddin 8, and if a bowling attack of Hazelwood, Starc and Lyon, with Steve Smith and Marsh as back up bowlers isn't enough then Watson was never going to make any difference. I just don't see why hes in the squad, there must be better players than Shane Watson sat on the sidelines in Australia
Compton
International Debutant
Has to be Mitchell Marsh.
Watson was picked over Marsh for his bowling, but he's only bowling 10-15 overs in a match, so I'm not convinced that his tight line and length merits inclusion over Marsh, who is all-round the much better option. Yeah he bowls a few bad balls, but he also consistently looks more like taking wickets. On top of that, Marsh has a regular sized front pad, not one of those novelty sized ones that Shane Watson seems to wear.
Not to be 'that guy' and obviously he's not Cricket Australia's best buddy right now, but James Faulkner has a better first class record than Marsh, and has been playing his cricket in England for the last few months...
Watson was picked over Marsh for his bowling, but he's only bowling 10-15 overs in a match, so I'm not convinced that his tight line and length merits inclusion over Marsh, who is all-round the much better option. Yeah he bowls a few bad balls, but he also consistently looks more like taking wickets. On top of that, Marsh has a regular sized front pad, not one of those novelty sized ones that Shane Watson seems to wear.
Not to be 'that guy' and obviously he's not Cricket Australia's best buddy right now, but James Faulkner has a better first class record than Marsh, and has been playing his cricket in England for the last few months...
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Haha yeah. Its a gem of an article. Lot of good lines.'whether Watto would be able to keep galloping in like an athletic fridge'
Even there, he's plonking his front pad down and playing around it. They probably cut 15 un-reviewable LBW decisions out of the footage.
