Australia, time to end the all rounder thing?

[watson]

Ricky Ponting played a handful of innings at No.3 in 1996 after debuting in 1995 but then spent 54 Tests at No.6 or so. He wasn't made Australia's permanent No.3 until the Ashes series of 2001 when Langer vacated to the spot to open with Hayden.

If Mitch Marsh, or any other promising young batsman is to bat first drop then it's probably better that they first do an apprenticeship batting lower down the order until they have proven their technique and temperment.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Just last year Mitch Marsh was tentatively pencilled in as Australia's ODI no. 3 and he did ok, but only lasted a couple games then Steve Smith became ridiculously good

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Amateurs, tbh.

If I were you I wouldn't be promoting that post. Surely you want to be hired in the future? This **** can haunt you.

 

[Top_Cat]

I was 22, man. Young, dumb and in love with dat straight drive. We all bin der.

 

[Top_Cat]

****'s sake, will you ****s stop liking that 13-year-old post.

 

[OverratedSanity]

No worries, d00d.

Rock on TC.

 

[honestbharani]

You have missed the point of my posts entirely.

Nope... I didn't. Its fantasy booking,..


But I am genuinely curious about the Voges question. Who is the next best after him?

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

Nope... I didn't. Its fantasy booking,..


But I am genuinely curious about the Voges question. Who is the next best after him?

At this stage? Bradman.

 

[honestbharani]

lol... good one but really, I saw Burns play against us in a test or two but do not really rate him.


And on a related note, in the past decade or two, it has only really been Clarke and Ponting who have burst into the scene as youngsters and commanded an almost permanent spot since, right? It is amazing that you have to be as talented as those blokes in order to nail down a slot in the Aussie batting line up as a youngster. Almost all the time there is a somewhat senior player raking up the runs and piling on the pressure. So was trying to see who are the blokes currently in the domestic scene doing that.

 

[Red]

Khawaja is good but seems to have pissed someone off or something

 

[Spark]

Did his ACL (?) early-ish in the summer, hasn't played a game since.

Not like he's scored that many runs since being dropped.

In fact he hasn't really had a genuinely notable FC season since 2010.

 

[Red]

Yeh fair enough.

I knew he'd made some runs last season but they were mostly ODD runs. Was in good form in that comp tho.

 

[Dan]

Also gets tied down against quality bowling at his weakness, but I won't labour that point yet again.

Usman is to me as Raval is to Athlai, that is to say, a myth.

 

[Daemon]

Rock on TC.

TC with the 00s before benchmark made it c00l