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Who are the best 6 batsman in Australia now?
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Viscount Tom
International Debutant
Doubt he's all that bothered in dropping from Yorks anyway, think he's got relatives from the area tbh.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
In general, I think medium pace is an accurate way to describe Cosgrove's bowling. Sure, he'd have a bit of an effort ball, but yeah he's medium paced in my opinion and a quick look on Cricinfo suggests they think he's medium too.
I'd only expect him to bowl like 3-5 overs a day if the conditions suited him, but having that extra option of seam is always useful.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Well he's not eligible as it stands; he could probably change his eligibility if he wanted, but at the moment he's not considered an Australian local player. Furthermore he has a contract with Yorkshire which I highly doubt has a national selection get-out clause; they could force him to honour it.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Bowled at 130 odds last time I saw him, so he's slowed significantly if that's the case.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Yeah, usually gets around at a same pace to Mike Hussey, maybe a little quicker (125km/h +).
Viscount Tom
International Debutant
Someone tell me how Dussey got on in the Shield this season.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Arse
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Applies to just about everyone really, I had a look at the top runscorer list and it wasn't pretty.
uvelocity
International Coach
thats what he was in the shield final anyhow
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Been out of the Aussie FC loop for a while, so wondering why Shaun Marsh hasn't been mentioned?
benchmark00
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I'm a fan ftr. Not a popular view, but I'm in camp SMarsh.
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Elaborating on that, why he hasn't been mentioned is because since he 'failed' at test level he went back to Shield and did **** all. Was dropped in the champions league for disciplinary reasons and then left out of the state side at the start of this season due to poor form. I think he's a bit like Usman in that it comes a bit too easy for him.
Anyway, since that point he found form in both Shield and limited overs formats which makes me believe, on face value, that he has turned the corner an is prepared to do the work behind the scenes.
Anyway, since that point he found form in both Shield and limited overs formats which makes me believe, on face value, that he has turned the corner an is prepared to do the work behind the scenes.
Yeah, for Marsh to come back into the reckoning he'd need a good start to the next Shield season. You can tell he's a quality bat (despite the horror run), but after what he's done in the past 12 months you can't quite justify picking him, IMO.
If he was working hard in the ODI squad when he got recalled, he could well be in contention.
If we're looking for batsmen that weren't in the India squad, the top names would probably be Marsh, Voges, Burns, Cosgrove, Doolan, Bailey, Quiney and Ferguson (in no particular order). And none of them have hugely strong claims at the moment.
If he was working hard in the ODI squad when he got recalled, he could well be in contention.
If we're looking for batsmen that weren't in the India squad, the top names would probably be Marsh, Voges, Burns, Cosgrove, Doolan, Bailey, Quiney and Ferguson (in no particular order). And none of them have hugely strong claims at the moment.
Maximas
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I'm unsure whether Marsh has a technique that holds up on tough tracks - his only test century came at Colombo SSC. I don't particularly rate Voges either, similar to Dussey in that I don't think either have particularly good FC records recently that justify selection. Rogers, Burns, Doolan and Khawaja are the 4 leading batsmen in the shield right now I believe (bar Hussey/Ponting).