Australian intra-squad warm up game 23-26 August, The rose Bowl, Southampton

[TheJediBrah]

Warner
Bancroft
Khawaja (/Harris if Khawaja injured)
Smith
Head
Wade
Patterson
Burns
Paine
M.Marsh
Pattinson

Pattinson & M.Marsh to take the new rock, Matty Wade change bowler. Smith and Head to share the spin bowling load.

 

[Burgey]

#BatDeep

 

[NUFAN]

Mate please. Guess Labus will now be picked over KP.

Warner
Bancroft
Usman
Smith
Head
Labuschange
Paine
Pattinson
Cummins
Starc
Lyon

just makes sense. Ridiculously deep batting and inform players playing

It could happen. Bowling very well with Cummins. Isnt it somewhat telling that Siddle is being prefered over Starc in the trial? Anyway I was basically saying I forsee the top 10 names playing Day 1 just not certain about the 3rd quicj for sure

 

[social]

Warner
Bancroft
Khawaja (/Harris if Khawaja injured)
Smith
Head
Wade
Patterson
Burns
Paine
M.Marsh
Pattinson

Pattinson & M.Marsh to take the new rock, Matty Wade change bowler. Smith and Head to share the spin bowling load.

Punt Paine & Patto

Replace with Labu & Finch

Bancroft to keep, Wade with the new rock backed by the greatest spin quartet since Bedi/Venkat/Chandra/Prasanna

 

[TheJediBrah]

Punt Paine & Patto

Replace with Labu & Finch

Bancroft to keep, Wade with the new rock backed by the greatest spin quartet since Bedi/Venkat/Chandra/Prasanna

2 leggies, an offie and a left-arm tweaker. Can't really argue with that diversity.

Replace Labuschagne with a freshly flown-in D'a'r'c'y' S'h'o'r't and you'd have 4 spinners of all different variety

 

[stephen]

All of you chumps suggesting Bancroft over burns need your heads read.

 

[aussie tragic]

All of you chumps suggesting Bancroft over burns need your heads read.

But Bancroft has made 17 and 25* in the most important selection game in the history of Australian cricket; Burns only made 18 and 0

 

[stephen]

What I think the selectors will actually go with:

Warner
Harris
Khawaja
Smith
Head
Patterson/ Labaschagne/Wade
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Hazelwood

Pattinson
Siddle
The left over middle order batsmen
Carey

 

[TheJediBrah]

All of you chumps suggesting Bancroft over burns need your heads read.

lol Burns is lucky to even be in the top 25

 

[stephen]

But Bancroft has made 17 and 25* in the most important selection game in the history of Australian cricket; Burns only made 18 and 0

Doesn't excuse him from attaching a worse test and first class average than Burns, especially given his first class average is inflated by county cricket.

 

[stephen]

lol Burns is lucky to even be in the top 25

I don't know what you have against good cricketers.

 

[stephen]

My XI:

Warner
Khawaja
Smith
Patterson
Head
Burns
Paine
Pattinson
Cummins
Starc
Lyon

 

[TheJediBrah]

Burns wouldn't last an over against me (with my pants down and blind-folded) bowling left-arm chinaman wrong-uns in the nets. I'm right-handed btw.

 

[Gob]

Warner
Bancroft
Khawaja (/Harris if Khawaja injured)
Smith
Head
Wade
Patterson
Burns
Paine
M.Marsh
Pattinson

Pattinson & M.Marsh to take the new rock, Matty Wade change bowler. Smith and Head to share the spin bowling load.

 

[TheJediBrah]

When was the last time so many Test spots have been up for grabs though?

Apart from Smith and Warner the rest of the top 6 could be almost anyone in the squad.

 

[Burgey]

Has there been any update on Khawaja’s injury?

I almost feel dirty worrying about whether a player of his calibre will be right to go, if it shows how far we’ve fallen that he’s clearly our third best player

 

[aussie tragic]

Khawaja is back running and batting in the nets. They said he may even bat in this innings if someone got injured.

 

[aussie tragic]

Reports were that Wade didn't nick the catch behind in the 1st innings, so looking forward to him getting some runs today.

 

[GotSpin]

I feel Pattinson has to be picked. CA have poured millions into the bloke. Time to reap some rewards

 

[aussie tragic]

And Bancroft with 17 and 46* is now the highest run scorer in this match