Magoffin is only 29, and he has been prolific in FC cricket for last two or three seasons in a row, he is a very accurate bowler, almost in the same mould as a Clark, he is one of those seamers who has this ability to extract the slightest of help from the deck, and in the South African conditions he could prove to be really handy, especially considering the fact that there is a chance that Clark might be unavailable for the tour.
Couldn't land two balls on the same spot when I saw him playing for Surrey at The Oval. Nannes ****s on him but good thing is that Dirk will be a Dutch international come Spring.
Mike Hussey is not going to open the batting in test cricket, so we should just forget about that, then neither is Noffke fit and nor would he have enough cricket under his belt before the squad for the tour is picked in order to have any realistic chances of being selected, and Hodge has also apparently done a Noffke by slamming the selectors for ignoring him, hence jeopardising his future in Australian colours.
If Jaques is fit and scoring runs for the Blues, then i don't think Hughes would make it to the squad, they might instead opt for reserve middle-order batsman in David Hussey or they might just persist with McDonald , Clark and McGain" selections too atm are just wishful thinking, because both McGain and Clark, would have to play a few Shield games in order to prove their fitness and form ( holds true more in McGain' case) to make it into the squad, and since test squads on away tours are likely to comprise of 15 players, i guess Hilfenhaus too would make it into the squad.
What makes you think that the selectors would drop Hauritz in favour of Krejza, i can understand them doing so if they were to pick only one spinner, and he was McGain, but there is no way imo they would drop Hauritz and bring in Krejza for him, just after having replaced Krejza with Haurtiz in the MCG.
Yes, you're right, the selectors definitely want to save face and make a 'good selection' in terms of selection policy, rather than a 'good selection in terms of picking the best XI to win us the game which should always be the objective.
Would be pretty pissed if Hilfenhaus is ignored though, especially if he does well in the upcoming ODI', anyways why is Bollinger not in the ODI squad atm, even after the injury to Siddle, Harris was prefered over Bollinger, is Bollinger not viewed as much of a limited overs option...?
