Mister Wright said:
No Bichel was dropped for the previous seasons Summer's VB series finals and Bevan was dropped after the Sri Lankan tour. That is almost a year between droppings. It was good and allowed other players to feel comfortable in the team.
what the hell are you talking about?
there was a difference of 1 month between the VB series and the tour of SL. they were both not given central contracts at exactly the same time.
Mister Wright said:
fine, but i can assure you that lehmann has shown no problems against vettori this summer, which is one of the basis of your arguments.
Mister Wright said:
Bullocks. If we are talking tests, Hayden's top score against Bangladesh is something like 51, and he has only played two test against Zimbabwe, so to say he has scored the bulk of his runs against this two nations is ridiculous.
even though we are so obviously not? how many times do i have to say it, tests are tests,ODIs are ODIs, they are 2 separate things.
Mister Wright said:
If we are talking ODIs the same can be said, IIRC Hayden would have only played Bangladesh at the previous Champions Trophy, and maybe a few games here and there, and over the last few years would have barely played against Zimbabwe. I will admit he has not got as many centuries as he should have, but the way the team has played the last few years, that is understandable..
err since last world cup:
hayden vs WI - 26.50(6 games)
vs b'desh - 88.00(3 games)
tvs cup - 34(6 games)- goes down even further if you dont consider the 51* against NZ chasing 97!
vb series 03/04 - 47.22(9 games)
vs SL - 37(4 games)
vs zimbabwe- 43
videocon cup - 44(2 games)- even worse considering that the 59 came off 114 balls and basically slowed the entire side down.
icc championships - 29(3 games)
chappell hadlee trophy- 28(2 games)
vb series - 10.50(4 games)
let me hear you say that that is not indifferent form.
Mister Wright said:
If that were the case, than anyone going through some kind of form slump would have had an injury. .
Mister Wright said:
This injury has turned out to be quite serious, he was at risk of not touring New Zealand - his lung capacity was down to 42%. Had the team know the seriousness of the injury in the first place, I doubt he would have played at all during the VB series.
he was given the chance to rest, yet he decided to come back. AFAIC if his condition was severe he wouldnt have come back, its as simple as that.
Mister Wright said:
Of course not, but my point was that technically Martyn replaced Mark Waugh not Lehmann.
even though the point has no relevance to this argument at all? you initially suggested that they put faith in martyn when waugh was gone, and it payed off, well clearly that wasnt something that required genius.
Mister Wright said:
Domestic form does not matter, if that were the case Bichel would have been rushed back into the Australian team months ago, along with Bevan.
coughaustralian selectors are stupidcough
Mister Wright said:
The fact is the two were not performing well enough in the International side to warrant a place with so many other strong contenders sitting on the wings.
and hayden does doesnt he? what rubbish, clarke is performing far far better than hayden can possibly imagine. and please, it wasnt too long ago before that that bevan was still getting australia out of jail in several situations.
Mister Wright said:
Add to the fact that the Australian team's tactics had evolved where they would attack almost all the way through the 50 overs and Bevan really doesn't do that.
rubbish, you do realise that no team can attack through 50 overs of every game dont you?
just look at their recent games, how many of those games have been scores of around 240-250? isnt that what bevan was best at?