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Australia's ODI team for rest of the summer & beyond
Well now that Watson & Tait wont be participating in the Australian ODI team for the VB series nor the 3 ODI's in NZ this summer & IMO Katich's place in the ODI side under a bit of scrutiny this is what i think the full strenght ODI side should look like for the ODI's this year:
Gilchrist
Clarke
Ponting
Martyn
Symonds
Hodge
Hussey
Hopes
Hogg
Lee
Bracken
McGrath
Backups: Haddin, Wright, White, Katich, Lewis
Even though Katich batted well as an opener during the super series ODI's i still feel Clarke is a better option as an opener & Hodge would be a better ODI option that Katich.
Also with regards to the backups especially during the VB series with the world cup just around the corner i would think the selectors will want to preserve Gilly & Pigeon for most of the prelimanary matches thus Haddin & for me Wright would come since i see him as a better ODI option than Lewis.
But when the likes of Watson & Tait returns & probably if Dizzy gets his act together my full strenght ODI side would be:
Gilchrist
Clarke
Ponting
Martyn
Symonds
Hussey
Watson
Hopes
Hogg
Lee
Bracken or Dizzy if he comes good again
McGrath
Well now that Watson & Tait wont be participating in the Australian ODI team for the VB series nor the 3 ODI's in NZ this summer & IMO Katich's place in the ODI side under a bit of scrutiny this is what i think the full strenght ODI side should look like for the ODI's this year:
Gilchrist
Clarke
Ponting
Martyn
Symonds
Hodge
Hussey
Hopes
Hogg
Lee
Bracken
McGrath
Backups: Haddin, Wright, White, Katich, Lewis
Even though Katich batted well as an opener during the super series ODI's i still feel Clarke is a better option as an opener & Hodge would be a better ODI option that Katich.
Also with regards to the backups especially during the VB series with the world cup just around the corner i would think the selectors will want to preserve Gilly & Pigeon for most of the prelimanary matches thus Haddin & for me Wright would come since i see him as a better ODI option than Lewis.
But when the likes of Watson & Tait returns & probably if Dizzy gets his act together my full strenght ODI side would be:
Gilchrist
Clarke
Ponting
Martyn
Symonds
Hussey
Watson
Hopes
Hogg
Lee
Bracken or Dizzy if he comes good again
McGrath
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