Not a test player... much like Ian Harvey unfortunately...Josh said:A test career of 2 matches. A major blunder by the selectors. I say recall him. Why is such a player forgotten about by seemingly everyone after he's played just 2 matches?? Rediculous!!
No, ridiculous would be selecting him. You seem to think that Watson can't play tests because he isn't ready for ODIs... Well I'm going to tell you that Symonds can't be picked for tests just because he does alright in the one-day arena. They're different. Symonds had a chance, and I'm sure he knows himself that if he'd grasped it he might still be there.Josh said:A test career of 2 matches. A major blunder by the selectors. I say recall him. Why is such a player forgotten about by seemingly everyone after he's played just 2 matches?? Rediculous!!
knowing the aussie selectors they will recall him and make him 12th manJosh said:A test career of 2 matches. A major blunder by the selectors. I say recall him. Why is such a player forgotten about by seemingly everyone after he's played just 2 matches?? Rediculous!!
Josh said:Why was he ever dropped in the first place??
Because he didn't score any runs! Unfortunately for him it's the way it goes these days, and if you get a chance you have to take it. I'm sure Symonds would place more blame on himself than the selectors for not being there.Josh said:Why was he ever dropped in the first place??
Why was he ever selected is more to the point?Josh said:Why was he ever dropped in the first place??
Personally I have serious doubts as to whether Symonds would have had success playing Test-cricket in England in the mid-1990s.BoyBrumby said:I wonder how many tests Symonds would've played by now if he'd thrown in his lot with the country of his birth (ie: us)?
Fair play to him for going with his heart (I think he was adopted by an Australian couple @ 18 months & is on record as considering himself a "true blue Aussie"), but in the wee small hours I wonder if he ever thinks "what if....?"