**Official** Australia in Bangladesh

[Craig]

You can't bet something you don't have.

That's gold!

 

[TT Boy]

With Ponting not feeling well will he be left at home?

I thought he only had the *****...

 

[howardj]

Dan Cullen To Debut For Australia

I always thought he'd make it.

 

[chaminda_00]

Interesting i always rated him more as FC bowler then OD, same with Johnson. Tait unlucky not to make the ODI sqaud IMO. Also Clarke back in the Test sqaud, Hodge drops back down the pecking order.

EDIT: checks stats: FC - 73@37 and List A - 21@27. Must have missed something when i've seen him bowl

 

[howardj]

Interesting i always rated him more as FC bowler then OD, same with Johnson. Tait unlucky not to make the ODI sqaud IMO. Also Clarke back in the Test sqaud. Hodge drops back down the pecking order.

Yeah, Tait is horribly unlucky. Anyway, Clarkie is in the current Test squad, mate. He'd be death-riding Martyn and Symonds, as we speak!

 

[Slats4ever]

looks like australia don't want another upset with those squads chosen.

I think Ponting or Hayden will get one score over 300 for the tour.

 

[Nate]

Some very big chances of huge scores for the Australians, full-strength squads. What do you think the ODI team will look like? Hogg or Cullen?

Gilchrist
Katich
Ponting
Martyn
Symonds
Clarke
Hussey
Lee
Bracken
Cullen
Clark

?

 

[Mister Wright]

Interesting i always rated him more as FC bowler then OD, same with Johnson. Tait unlucky not to make the ODI sqaud IMO. Also Clarke back in the Test sqaud, Hodge drops back down the pecking order.

EDIT: checks stats: FC - 73@37 and List A - 21@27. Must have missed something when i've seen him bowl

Cullen is not a bad bowler in the one dayers, he has a long way to go in the first class game though.

 

[TT Boy]

Surprised to see Shane Watson was not included in the test squad and that Kasper kept his place but it looks like Australia are not taking anything for granted. Which is a shame, should be a tour about blooding new cricketers for the future.

Even Sri Lanka resisted the temptation on their last visit to Bangladesh to field their 'proper' test team. Deciding to instead blood new (test) players such as Upul Tharanga and Farveez Maharoof.

 

[Blaze]

Bangladesh to clean up

 

[aussie]

nice to see Cullen being selected, will be looking foward to seeing him bowl. Kind odd that Tait was left out of the OD squad, but i dunno maybe Johnson's recent pura cup performance influenced his selection, while again Watson is overlooked for the test side, dalm

 

[Mister Wright]

nice to see Cullen being selected, will be looking foward to seeing him bowl. Kind odd that Tait was left out of the OD squad, but i dunno maybe Johnson's recent pura cup performance influenced his selection, while again Watson is overlooked for the test side, dalm

I will guarantee you if Symonds does not produce against Bangladesh Watson will be there for the Ashes.

 

[aussie]

well it should, but you can never be too certain with Trevor & his crew these days.

 

[Craig]

Interesting i always rated him more as FC bowler then OD, same with Johnson. Tait unlucky not to make the ODI sqaud IMO. Also Clarke back in the Test sqaud, Hodge drops back down the pecking order.

EDIT: checks stats: FC - 73@37 and List A - 21@27. Must have missed something when i've seen him bowl

IMO Hodge was harshly treated.

 

[Nate]

I can`t see Symonds not dominating Bangladesh, if chosen.

 

[Craig]

Surprised to see Shane Watson was not included in the test squad and that Kasper kept his place but it looks like Australia are not taking anything for granted. Which is a shame, should be a tour about blooding new cricketers for the future.

Which is the way it should be for any country.

No cheap Test caps.

 

[Craig]

I can`t see Symonds not dominating Bangladesh, if chosen.

If he doesn't then there is something wrong...

Even then if he does dominate will it tell us that he is suitable for Test cricket?

 

[Nate]

Nope, but I`ll still be happy.

 

[Clarence]

The squads chosen were pretty spot imo. Developing players in the one day squad and going hard in the tests.

 

[Autobahn]

Hope Lee and warne get rested, they deserve it after a long summer.