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5th Test at Hobart - 14-19 Jan 2022

Bat Flip

Bat Flip

Cricket Spectator
Tim Paine to replace Carey

Farewell test match for being a great servant of the game after leading us from the wilderness into a thick forest
 
Gnske

Gnske

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Imagine thinking it's difficult on Marcus Harris after 15 odd matches to prove he isn't mediocre.
 
Shady Slim

Shady Slim

International Coach
cummins said in some interview something along the lines of "this is a case of usman demanding a spot on form not marcus losing a spot on his form"

what kompromat does this ****er have on the big wigs of the team **** me sideways lol
 
GoodAreasShane

GoodAreasShane

Cricketer Of The Year
Frankly this "Maxwell should be in the Test team" talk has been a myth for a couple of years. I agree that he was absurdly unlucky to be snubbed for that UAE tour, but since then he has barely played much Shield cricket even, yet people still seem to think the selectors should pick him anyway
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
GoodAreasShane said:
Frankly this "Maxwell should be in the Test team" talk has been a myth for a couple of years. I agree that he was absurdly unlucky to be snubbed for that UAE tour, but since then he has barely played much Shield cricket even, yet people still seem to think the selectors should pick him anyway
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Well yeah.

At this point it probably has been too long since he even really thought about red ball cricket to entertain it, but I still reckon if he'd been recalled 12-18 months ago on the back of little Shield cricket he'd have been far more likely to perform than Wade or Head at that time, especially if you gave him a series or two to get back into the swing of things.

I absolutely agree that people should have to prove themselves as good red ball players before they're picked in Test cricket but I don't really agree with this notion that players have to have been playing heaps of it recently to get the call-up. Beggars can't be choosers when ****ing Wade is playing.
 
Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
Does anyone actually have any idea what side England will rock up with tomorrow? Surely Stokes has to be out, and Bairstow too since apparently his thumb is genuinely fractured. You can't be taking injuries of that level into a game regardless of how well they did Day 5. Hameed is surely done too.
 
BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Reckon Stokes will play as a specialist bat. Hameed definitely gone, so Burns gets a Hail Mary recall, Robinson probably back for Jimmeh or more likely Wood, Woakes to replace Leach to compensate for no Stokes the bowler, Pope for Jonny Red if he's busted and Billings the now obligatory random 5th Ashes test debutant.

So:

Burns
Crawley
Malan
Root*
Stokes
Pope
Billings+
Woakes
Robinson
Broad
Anderson
 
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