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Wades a gun white ball opener and there's plenty of depth outside of him. Our problem Is that we have **** all middle order options.
Stoinis wastes a lot of balls, him coming down the order would be more miss than hit. And Smith could have easily averted the crisis in the first match/play the anchor role when needed, I wouldn't drop him for WT20 if possible. Plus, defo think Haze should start, Starc on a bad day just can't be relied to bowl the full quota, might spray it around.
Yeah Stoinis has to bat top 3 or not at all IMO. There's plenty of competition there so I'm heavily leaning towards "not at all".
Stoinis may well be doing this job for Delhi Capitals and if the IPL does happen in the UAE, he will be coming in with form and experience in that role. Why would you wanna waste that? I would try to suggest all 3 of those right handed medium pace bowling allrounders to play the exact same roles for their IPL franchises, which they probably already do. This would also mean Agar only bats at 8 tops which is perhaps the right slot for him, given that he seems to be your #2 spinner.
My point is none of your batsmen are really suited to come in and hit from ball 1, at least the ones who get the big runs in T20s and ODs. Maxwell is gonna be batting 4 for RCB and has said that is his best spot. Stoinis, OTOH, will be playing as the finisher at 6 for DC and with the WT20 to be held in the same grounds, I would think it would make sense for Australia to use him there. Smith can bat 3 and Wade can bat 5/6 if it comes to that, but I feel Smith wont be making it to either the IPL or the WT20 at this point.
HB is right, stoinis had a blinder last ipl batting 5/6. Came in, hit from ball 1, struck at 150odd and took a good number of wickets, all while in the uae.
