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Australian test selection 2020/21
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James Faulkner. It's time.
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Cricinfo reports Green, Khawaja, Meridith, Maddinson, Patterson, and Swepson are the 6 pushing to join the Test bubble
Selection radar: Who could push Australia claims in Sheffield Shield hub?
There will need to be a larger Test squad this season due to various Covid-19 restrictions with cover for all areas
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Burgey
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Meredith and Swepson very lucky there. The pillow too, though slightly less so. Happy for Mad Dog. Would be low level awesome if he somehow got a gig and made a decent fist of it after his first foray, though you'd reckon KPat and the Pillow would be ahead of him. Green arguably the most exciting young Aussie cricketer on the scene since Cummins, so I'd love to see him fully fit and firing.
Nintendo
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Yeah kpat is provably above mad dog in the food chain, pillow definitely isn't though at the current moment.
Shady Slim
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ffs why do people keep trying to make swepson happen it was funny when warnie memed it into existence but it's since grown tiresome
i tell you what though, if maddog does one day find himself back in to the team he'll damn well have earned it. thrown in to a less than ideal situation for the debut, didn't make the most of it, admittedly, but has since gone back to domestix and put in hard, really worked at fixing what failed him the first time and has his bolts in the bank on the domestic scene to reflect that hard work
i tell you what though, if maddog does one day find himself back in to the team he'll damn well have earned it. thrown in to a less than ideal situation for the debut, didn't make the most of it, admittedly, but has since gone back to domestix and put in hard, really worked at fixing what failed him the first time and has his bolts in the bank on the domestic scene to reflect that hard work
GoodAreasShane
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Swepson did have a solid enough domestic season last year tbf, while I wouldn't pick him myself there isn't much choice when all of our non-Lyon spinners are various flavours of terrible. Honestly just bowling Marnus more might be the most servicable option for extra spin, the cupboard is pretty bare
Agreed on MadDog, such a strange career trajectory but he can sure play
Agreed on MadDog, such a strange career trajectory but he can sure play
GoodAreasShane
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Come back Steve O'Keefe, all is forgiven
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I actually don't think Swepson is a total meme. He's done really well considering how hard it is to bowl spin in the Shield (especially at his home ground).
I agree with those saying that at home they'd rather pick four quicks and use a bit of Marnus, but I think he's probably rightfully Australia's second spin option away from home now, and I think it's worth having him in the wider home squad for the off chance Lyon is injured and it's not a typical Australian pitch.
I agree with those saying that at home they'd rather pick four quicks and use a bit of Marnus, but I think he's probably rightfully Australia's second spin option away from home now, and I think it's worth having him in the wider home squad for the off chance Lyon is injured and it's not a typical Australian pitch.
Shady Slim
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look he’s not terribad terribad yeah i may have been offhandedly exaggerating (shocker!?), though even though i’m also hugely opposed to all quick attacks, i agree with the above sentiments re riding with marnus instead, who’s proved me wrong with the bat and the ball - he’s fooled me twice so shame on me tbqh
as is said, the cupboard for second man up and beyond is pretty bare. wish wish that sok was around now rather than during the boof days
as is said, the cupboard for second man up and beyond is pretty bare. wish wish that sok was around now rather than during the boof days
TheJediBrah
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In an alternative universe where the selectors love SOK and he wasn't a dickhead off the pitch he could have 400+ Test wickets by now
This is all true, but I personally don't like Swepson as an away-from-home option either. He doesn't seem suited to the subcontinent from what I've seen, and his biggest utility as an international spinner would be Tests in Australia. If we go on a tour to Asia or the West Indies, ie. somewhere you need a spinner or 2 I'd rather see a more accurate finger-spinner. If not SOK then an Agar-like character. Just can't see Swepson being any good in that environment.
GoodAreasShane
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Definite exaggeration that
TheJediBrah
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Don't think so tbh. Definitely possible. I was actually gonna say 500+ but decided to turn it down. If Lyon's got nearly 400 there's no reason SOK couldn't have. SOK could have started slightly earlier too, if he was selected back when he first started being the best domestic spinner in Australia (2009-2010 ish??).
GoodAreasShane
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We all know your opinion on Lyon simply isn't based in reality though
TheJediBrah
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SOK's treatment by Aus selectors is the greatest tragedy in Australian history
GotSpin
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Not really...He should have stopped running around pissed as a chook