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

[Spikey]

i don't know who is in form anymore!!!

 

[Starfighter]

Time for another spin of the rolodex I guess.

 

[aussie tragic]

I see Haddin XII handing the Hick XII the game by not bowling Cummins at all today

 

[aussie tragic]

The 5 batsmen that improved their test squad chances

Bancroft - 110 runs (17,93*)
Warner - 62 runs (4, 58)
Marsh - 52 runs (29,23) and 6 wkts (1-13,5-34)
Labuschagne - 47 runs (41,6)
Pucovski - 41 runs (4,37)

The 5 batsmen with minimal impact on their test squad chances

Harris - 21 runs (6,15)
Burns - 18 runs (18,0)
Smith - 17 runs (9,8)
Wade - 17 runs (10,7)
Handscomb 15 runs (2,13)

The 2 batsmen that did the most harm to their test squad chances

Patterson - 2 runs (2,0)
Head - 1 run (1,0)

 

[wrongun]

How much weight does Bancroft's 93 hold if Cummins didn't bowl?

 

[GotSpin]

How much weight does Bancroft's 93 hold if Cummins didn't bowl?

a lot

 

[stephen]

I really hope that they don't pick Bancroft on the back of this. He did this to us a couple of years back and we got a 30 averaging batsman who wasted an opening spot for the summer.

 

[Spikey]

he's in form though,

 

[stephen]

Averaging 45 in county isn't really "in form" though. It's what I'd expect a state player who averages 35 in the shield to average.

 

[stephen]

I mean the selectors made the same mistake two years ago. They picked him off the back of a single innings after being rubbish for years and he got eight or nine tests which culminated in the darkest hour of Australian cricket since the 80s. He needs to do this for more than a season. And I don't think the Australian public will welcome him back with open arms either. More than Smith or Warner, he was the public face of the sandpaper saga.

 

[harsh.ag]

Averaging 45 in county isn't really "in form" though. It's what I'd expect a state player who averages 35 in the shield to average.

Wait, I thought county was tougher.

 

[morgieb]

Wait, I thought county was tougher.

Div 2 though, and then there's 10 teams rather than 6 (so the talent is more dispersed)

Plus it's stephen.

 

[stephen]

Wait, I thought county was tougher.

No way. The quality of bowling in county cricket, particularly div 2 is way lower than in the shield.

 

[GotSpin]

Eurgh, not Bancroft

 

[NUFAN]

Cameron Croft is a changed man.

He loves being on the grass shoeless and only occasionally wears wife beater singlets now. He opens.

 

[howardj]

They want Bangers, plain and simple

Hohns before the recent Aus trial game

“Cameron was making a fair amount of headway when he last played Test cricket for Australia, that was in South Africa I think,” he said.

Averaged 37

 

[TheJediBrah]

I really hope that they don't pick Bancroft

As Burgey will tell you, repetitive posting is against the rules.

also Bancroft > Burns

Wait, I thought county was tougher.

lmfao what

Cameron Croft

heh because he's not Banned anymore. Good one.

 

[stephen]

After Paine was praising him publicly Bancroft will play the first test. I feel it in my bones.

 

[stephen]

So according to all of the popular press, this match was between our top 25 red ball cricketers (well, 24 but Khawaja wasn't playing who is the extra one).

What strikes me is how silent everyone has been about giving Maxwell a chance. That world cup of his seems to have destroyed his support. Rightly so. He was woeful this time around.

 

[TheJediBrah]

What strikes me is how silent everyone has been about giving Maxwell a chance. That world cup of his seems to have destroyed his support. Rightly so. He was woeful this time around.

Yeah he's burned a lot of his support with his atrocious World Cup. Still a bit disappointing given what a good red-ball cricketer he is (possibly his best format, at least much better than ODIs).