Players you don't want to see in your side's XI

[Test_Fan_Only]

Pattinson is a high quality fast bowler, injury free one of the best in the world. He is worth taking a risk on

 

[Flem274*]

so the form is from last shield season then yea? my mistake i thought both were in county stuff.

is he with the a team? the bloke needs a bowl if he's going to play the ashes

 

[mr_mister]

The final of the shield(which he took 7 wickets in) was only 3 months ago

But yes he's playing county too and doing well iirc

 

[Beamer]

Ashley Nurse. Is the cousin of the previous chairman of selectors, averages over 40 per wicket with an rpo over 5. Nuff said.

 

[the big bambino]

Ashton Turner. Get Head in there.

 

[Daemon]

Dhoni, Shankar and Karthik.

Add Dube and Thakur to this.

 

[Flem274*]

Starc in tests

Marnus Labuschagne.

Div 2 county runs are okay - but needs to bang the door down for Queensland for at least two seasons before he gets another berth. Not fit to tie Kurtis Patterson's shoelaces.

Starc in Tests

You should be begging for Starc to play with the red-ball in England. He'll barely move it and he'll make Mitchell Johnson look accurate. Only danger is cleaning up the tail.

these aged well

even as someone who thinks lies, damned lies and statistics when it comes to starcs good stats compared to what he sends down quite often, you don't forever discard someone who swings it at serious pace.

anyway all these young gun bowlers being on the cusp of 30 all of a sudden makes me feel old. will just have a google now and jfc he's got 50 tests on him. bloke should be hitting his prime.

geez the one time i stick up for starc. i wish the bolded was wrong.

 

[the big bambino]

Yeah I think those Starc ones are a bit of an over statement. He is clearly good enough for tests though you could say you’d prefer others given Australia’s fast bowling choices. I’d always like him in the test XI though with his pace, line and ability to eradicate the tail while still being good enough to always threaten the top.

 

[Red]

Starc'll always polarise, like Mitch Johnson. His best is basically better than anyone else, his worst is very very bad.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yeah there were a lot of similar sentiments about Mitchell Johnson immediately prior to the 2013-14 Ashes

 

[Groundking]

Buttler in tests.

 

[the big bambino]

Handscomb. Been worked out and now getting worked over.
Stoinis. Dud.
Maxie. Coulda shoulda woulda. Didn't.

Special mention to the Marsh's. Maybe still some value for odis but not tests though I think a fit S Marsh ... Ok he's no chance.

Relevant.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Mitchell Santner in tests. Ish Sodhi in tests and ODIs. Munro in ODIs, Southee in ODIs

 

[Burgey]

ODIs: Stoinis. Plays one decent dig every 3-4 years and keeps getting picked. Bowls poorly too

 

[mr_mister]

tbh I still think Patto + Hazelwood + Cummins is a better pace trio than Starc

Starc offers the left handed variety but I don't care. And Patto has bowled great in his comeback tests idc what people say.

 

[Starfighter]

And Patto has bowled great in his comeback tests idc what people say.

His Sydney effort was a great attempt at bowling himself out of the team.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Patto over Starc I can absolutely understand

x random Shield seamer over Starc, nope.avi

 

[Daemon]

Starc's been pretty good of late though. Patto looked a bit average tbh.

 

[mr_mister]

you guys are way too concerned about the lack of wickets he produced. he was hardly given many spells to get em.

he still averaged like 27 in his 4 return tests, he didnt flop.

he just didn't come in and take 12fers so people suddenly think he's overrated. he's better with the redpill than Starc(who has had more than enough red ball efforts to play himself out of the team, look at his 2018 stats for example)

 

[_Ed_]

Scott Kuggeleijn.

This is still my answer.