Australian test selection 2018/19

[Spark]

Marnus shouldn't be anywhere near the squad let alone the team, but oh well

 

[howardj]

Peter Lalor - an informed, respected journalist who writes for The Australian (Burgey will chuckle at those words in the same sentence) - is thinking that it's Burns and Renners to miss

 

[Spark]

lmao they really did go "hey marnus scored a 50, that's enough"

 

[Starfighter]

I've always thought that Marnus was Hohn's personal bias pick. He's done literally nothing is his career to justify a test spot, even in these dire times.

Chappell's twink fetish

You saying this will never be not funny.

 

[howardj]

I've always thought that Marnus was Hohn's personal bias pick. He's done literally nothing is his career to justify a test spot, even in these dire times.


You saying this will never be not funny.

Somebody else on here came up with it earlier in the Summer

 

[TheJediBrah]

And while we've been talking about Harris as though his spot is nailed down long term, he really hasn't done a lot so far.

He actually has

 

[stephen]

He actually has

Our standards have dropped a long way then if we consider 2 half centuries in 4 matches at an average of less than 37 to be enough to nail down a spot. It's passable but it's not irreplaceable.

 

[stephen]

I mean if Harris scored 10, 15, 0 and 17 in his next 4 innings and the other opener scored a hundred and a half century, Harris wouldn't be retained for the Ashes in all likelihood.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Our standards have dropped a long way then if we consider 2 half centuries in 4 matches at an average of less than 37 to be enough to nail down a spot. It's passable but it's not irreplaceable.

You said "he hasn't really done a lot so far", when he was Aus' best batsman in his debut series.

 

[stephen]

You said "he hasn't really done a lot so far", when he was Aus' best batsman in his debut series.

Just because he was our best batsman doesn't mean a whole lot when you look at the standard of our batting lineup in that series.

Like Head he's done enough to keep him in the side but hasn't done enough to cement his spot if someone better comes along or he has a few bad tests running.

 

[Red]

Marnus shouldn't be anywhere near the squad let alone the team, but oh well

Honestly think Labuschange is the most woeful selection in the Aust test team I can ever remember. Nothing to justify him being selected initially (FC batting average of 33) and he's now played 4 tests, hasn't made a 50 and is averaging 23 with the bat. Why on earth was he selected again for this series? Woeful.

The only remotely feasible way I can see this makes sense is if the selectors though "**** it, Smith (and Warner) will be back in a few months and we dont want to throw a legit promising bat (patterson, pukovski) into this ****storm of a test team against India, so lets pick any schmuck and see what happen".

 

[NUFAN]

Pucovski to debut IMO and make 96 LBW.

 

[Top_Cat]

Dan Cullen for mine. Was smacked around in Shield all season before getting a debut against ****ing Bangladesh in Gillespie's game. Proceeded to look innocuous on a deck that turned square from ball 1.

 

[aussie tragic]

I just realised that Australia may have 6 Test debut batsmen in 7 Tests

Finch
Head
Labushagne
Harris
Patterson
Pucovski

 

[aussie tragic]

Oh and also 4 vice captains in 7 Tests

Head and Cummins are now VCs

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Head

 

[Starfighter]

This is like when the English handed out caps like confetti in the eighties and nineties.

 

[aussie tragic]

This could also be the least experienced top 6 in 100 years with 5 of the batsmen having 13 Tests between them.

Harris (4)
Khawaja (39)
Labushagne (3)
Patterson (0)
Head (6)
Puckovski (0)

And with the above they make Head vc? Khawaja must be on thin ice to miss out on that given his experience and is Qld captain.

Note: Burns (14), Renshaw (11)

 

[TheJediBrah]

lol yeah I wonder what Khawaja thinks with everyone but him being named VC

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Pucovski to debut IMO and make 96 woeful LBW.

I do notice the similar feeling I get to his batting and when Punter started.