pup11
International Coach
I'm pretty sure Smith is pretty much a lock in as the spinner now, but I certainly think the best way to go forward would have been to have Smith replacing North and Hauritz replacing Doherty.
Ferguson too should have done enough with his century to claim North's place in the side, he is anyhow Hilditch's blue-eyed boy and probably would have replaced North in the 1st test itself had he managed some runs back then.....
Also a lot of people are saying how unjustified is it to pick a bloke like Ferguson who averages 30 odd over blokes like Khawaja or Smith who average 50 odd, something those people are ignoring is that Ferguson since the age of 16-17 has been around the scene and till 23 he kept on playing just on the merit of being a good batsman.
Its only in the last two years or so that he has started to string in some good runs and add to that the amount of natural talent he has, so don't think his stats are really the true reflection of his ability.
Ferguson too should have done enough with his century to claim North's place in the side, he is anyhow Hilditch's blue-eyed boy and probably would have replaced North in the 1st test itself had he managed some runs back then.....
Also a lot of people are saying how unjustified is it to pick a bloke like Ferguson who averages 30 odd over blokes like Khawaja or Smith who average 50 odd, something those people are ignoring is that Ferguson since the age of 16-17 has been around the scene and till 23 he kept on playing just on the merit of being a good batsman.
Its only in the last two years or so that he has started to string in some good runs and add to that the amount of natural talent he has, so don't think his stats are really the true reflection of his ability.
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