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Hope to god this never happens
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Your Test Team in 2018
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Cook could be there in 2018, but then he'll need to be in the team for at least three years already. Given that Smith is likely to retire circa 2015 - it's possible. It also largely depends on when Petersen gets dropped. But certainly, if they had to pick an opener tomorrow it'd be Elgar and not Cook. Hendricks (both of them) just don't average enough to exit the 'A' team at this time.
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SeamUp
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Graeme is only 32 and recently off a double hundred. He had a crucial operation recently to extend his career and it seems to have relieved his discomfort. I reckon he could carry on longer than 2015 especially if he begins to focus on just test cricket. I think we will find it difficult to replace him as a leader as well.
The selectors like Hendricks, he is better than his average. He has elegance and looks good at the crease and a good technique so I think its all getting over the mental aspects for him now.
Will be interesting to see how these next 5 tests go. Huge for Alviro Petersen.
cricmahanty
School Boy/Girl Captain
Assuming Dhoni isn't around by 2018, Kohli's probably going to be the one who's thrusted with the skipper's cap. I somehow do not quite like the idea of a ****y and raucous Indian test captain.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
cricmahanty
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Ganguly did, however, manage to carry himself with a fairly good demeanour despite his episodes of shirt-flinging, keeping the opposition captain waiting at the toss, and the usual tiffs with umpires, curators, coaches and probably everyone else. He was an obvious prick without being too outbursty on the field. What he succeeded in doing well was encapsulating his antics inside the good-mannered bloke image that he created for himself.
The skipper's position in test cricket is a revered one, and it should ideally belong to a man who the rest of the team sees as a father figure. A test captain leaping up high and swearing for no fathomable reason after a ton isn't a sight that I see myself finding a liking to.
OverratedSanity
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He probably wasn't as arrogant and ****y as Kohli is on the field because he wasn't as good, tbh
cricmahanty
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So you mean to say that being good should come with being arrogant and ****y ?He probably wasn't as arrogant and ****y as Kohli is on the field because he wasn't as good, tbh
Tendulkar would be the ****iest man alive, in that regard.
Burgey
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Virat Kohli: Captain Flog.
benchmark00
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Flogtain.
Should be Jono's custom user title thing.
Should be Jono's custom user title thing.
flibbertyjibber
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Is he like Captain Pugwash with Jono providing Seaman Staines?
Philhughesisbes
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I"m surprise Josh Hazlewood doesn't feature on these list more often.He is on his way to surpassing Starc.I know its a huge call but I"m predicting that he will be leading our attack by then.
hendrix
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This is really not far away from being a reality. Will Young was a bit of a wild guess, but Neesham is already likely to be a feature in the squad for the foreseeable future. The more we can squeeze out of McCullum and Taylor the better, because the batting is rather brittle.
It's also going to be a bit of a battle keeping Southee and Boult fit and fresh.
Arjun
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Pick any top-five for India, in Tests or ODIs, but this is what I'd want in the bowling attack- Pankaj Singh, Ishwar Pandey, Umesh Yadav, Ashwin and any one of Iqbal Abdulla and Bipul Sharma. For ODIs, two of the three seamers/pacers can be rested to make way for Vinay Kumar and Yo Mahesh. While there's very tough competition for batting slots, especially in the middle-order, the one who can break into the side and establish a place will be an all-rounder. I'll pick the team that can get 20 wickets regularly, not a top six with averages over 50.
Himachal's Bipul Sharma may be your man.harsh.ag said:
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If Nathan Astle, Mark Richardson, Bryan Young, Scott Styris and BJ Watling are a trend then I think we can expect someone like Scotty Kugglejuggle, Mark Craig or any current 7-9 Plunket cricketer of your choice to step on up.
For every chosen one in the New Zealand side there is a self made man.