Ausage
Cricketer Of The Year
Hussey has been the one thing holding the batting together in this series. I'd only be making changes to where he bats if it was absolutely neccessary.
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*Official* Third Test at the WACA
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GotSpin
Hall of Fame Member
We don't need a keeper any more?
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
You. Pad up.
DIRK-NANNES
U19 Vice-Captain
Yeh I know, I don't know what to expect from Hughes tho and winning is priority, so I'd want to pick form batsman and that needs a reshuffle cause Khawaja up top might be a bridge too far.
Having Mussey as insurance to salvage a possible collapse is understandable, but he could just as easily go cheaply nxt time, thus imo it's time to take a punt.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Haha, he can actually. Would be so pointless though.
M0rphin3
International Debutant
Duh, again messed up.
Twatto
Clarke
Punter
Khwaja
Mussey
Haddin
Smith
Hauritz
Harris
Siddle
Dougeh
Or prolly play Smith as a batting allrounder and bring in Phil in for Hauritz?
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Khawaja's done more opening than Hussey in the last five years tbh. Certainly done a lot more top-three batting than him.
DIRK-NANNES
U19 Vice-Captain
debut, youth, etc
Burgey
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You want to play two spinners?Duh, again messed up.
Twatto
Clarke
Punter
Khwaja
Mussey
Haddin
Smith
Hauritz
Harris
Siddle
Dougeh
It's Perth mate, not Mumbai.
If Hauritz doesnt get picked in the squad then we know that there are politics at work and no light at the end of the tunnel unless a complete Hail Mary selection miraculously comes off
Unlike others, he's put his head down, performed and actually deserves to be picked
Unlike others, he's put his head down, performed and actually deserves to be picked
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
This.
Ruckus
International Captain
I don't get this sudden desire to bring Hauritz back? Nothing has changed in his bowling between the time he was dropped and now. Sure he got a 5-for recently in a Shield match, but he also got 0 for 44 against SA yesterday. This match is do or die, and while I think Hauritz is probably a better option than Doherty, will he really give us much more of a chance of taking 20 wickets?
We need to take risks now, going back to the old boring team is probably going to produce the same bad results. Bring in O'Keefe, or someone else who has the potential to take a lot of wickets. I would probably prefer Smith at 8 than Hauritz tbh. He is a way ****ter bowler in terms of consistency, but at least he adds a lot with the bat and has more potential to take a heap of wickets if he is on song.
We need to take risks now, going back to the old boring team is probably going to produce the same bad results. Bring in O'Keefe, or someone else who has the potential to take a lot of wickets. I would probably prefer Smith at 8 than Hauritz tbh. He is a way ****ter bowler in terms of consistency, but at least he adds a lot with the bat and has more potential to take a heap of wickets if he is on song.
M0rphin3
International Debutant
So Smith's now a specialist spinner?
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
How do you know? Watched him?
He took his best ever First Class figures and his first Shield five-for and the backed it up with his highest First Class score and his first Shield hundred in the next match.
I'm not a fan and I probably still wouldn't pick him but to say nothing has changed is wrong IMO.
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I disagree with your viewpoint.
Hauritz would provide at least some level of control, which is more than we can say for any of the other bowlers. It is a release of pressure at one end which has let England dictate terms so far. Hauritz is both more accomplished and in form than any other spin bowler in the country. Pick him.
Ruckus
International Captain
I haven't watched him but how can anything have significantly changed in a matter of a few weeks? It typically takes months of training to alter your style of bowling or action etc. and actually produce better results. I may be wrong in that claim, but I'd be incredibly suprised if he has changed his game in this time.
TumTum
Banned
He's not Krezja.