Australian intra-squad warm up game 23-26 August, The rose Bowl, Southampton

[Starfighter]

And Neser get Warner for 4. Labuschagne coming in at 3 instead of Petterson is interesting (probably to break up the left handers)

I think Labu is more likely to play higher depending on Khawaja while Patterson will probably miss out on 5 or 6 to Head.

 

[harsh.ag]

Wait, Labu is higher than Patterson in the pecking order?

 

[Gob]

Wait, Labu is higher than Patterson in the pecking order?

No

 

[Starfighter]

Now I bet Pattinson won't take wickets and then Haze will. Dammit, I've been waiting years to watch Pattinson bowl in a test.

Wait, Labu is higher than Patterson in the pecking order?

Batting ability? No way. In Langer's mind? Certainly a good chance.

 

[aussie tragic]

Not a great sign for the Ashes when a top 5 of Warner + 4 test incumbents are 4-29

 

[Jarquis]

Yeah, but luckily for you guys Marnus is an absolute jet.

 

[Burgey]

Not a great sign for the Ashes when a top 5 of Warner + 4 test incumbents are 4-29

It’s a great sign because it shows our bowlers are loads better than england’s.

 

[aussie tragic]

I gotta say, with Marnus currently 40* in a score of 5-61, he's definitely putting his hand up to confirm his county form

 

[aussie tragic]

It’s a great sign because it shows our bowlers are loads better than england’s.

But this is technically our 2nd XI pace attack as our likely Test XI pacers are about to bat

 

[Starfighter]

I wonder what the pitch looks like.

 

[aussie tragic]

I wonder what the pitch looks like.

 

[Prince EWS]

Haha it could scarcely have been a worse result so far if a pom scripted it himself. Especially if it was Marcuss.

 

[aussie tragic]

Now I bet Pattinson won't take wickets and then Haze will. Dammit, I've been waiting years to watch Pattinson bowl in a test.

Relax, Pattinson just got Labuschagne and currently has 1-10 off 7 overs

 

[TimAngas]

What an utterly self-defeating exercise

 

[Spikey]

can't wait for some bad selection decisions to bad made after this game. bancroft to end up at 6 for the tests. hazlewood dropped. lyon dropped.

honestly apart from Marnus making runs, this has gone great,. hopefully the other team gets bowled out for under 50 too.

 

[aussie tragic]

So let's do a pre-selection game to pressure our players

Warner 4
Harris 6
Labuschagne 41
Head 1
Patterson 2
Pucovski 4
Carey 6

Try making selections out of that

 

[Spikey]

So let's do a pre-selection game to pressure our players

Warner 4
Harris 6
Labuschagne 41
Head 1
Patterson 2
Pucovski 4
Carey 6

Try making selections out of that

no problem it's the same as before just pick the person you think is best.

 

[Prince EWS]

no problem it's the same as before just pick the person you think is best.

Love reacc only.

 

[Spikey]

they've had 6 odd months to watch tape and analyse everything and get their **** together, and instead they've created this game as a selection try out which could have influenced anywhere up to like 5 selections in the squad. it's the ****ing pits and i hope no-one makes a score in double digits for the rest of the game

 

[aussie tragic]

no problem it's the same as before just pick the person you think is best.

Sorry, I should have clarified, how does Langer select a team from that given the way he thinks...