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Warner just wants to play the shorter forms of the game and spend more time at home IMO....looks very stale with test cricket, will do better on the harder quicker tracks in Aus but he looks like his hunger for the game is down IMO....lost his cheeky lip too which sort of tells me he cant be bothered too much...
Rather sit at home with his kids and watch his OLED TV and count his money....

Whats the Ashes team look like?

1. Warner
2. Renshaw
3. Smith
4. Khawaja
5. Handscomb
6. Maxwell / Turner
7. Wade (wk)
8. Starc
9. Cummins
10. Lyon
11. Hazlewood

Reserves - O'Keefe, Pattinson, Bird, Maxwell / Turner, Stoinis.

Kohli........ensuring he'll get a nice warm welcome form the Aus crowds next time he's here.

Honestly, what a prat.

At the start of this Indian tour we had 4 capable batsmen in the top 6.
Warner and M Marsh didn't look like spending any meaningful time in the middle.
Maxwell showed plenty of ability and patience but MUST build on this tour.

1. Warner
2. Renshaw
3. Smith
4. Khawaja
5. Handscomb
6. Maxwell
7. Wade (wk)
8. Starc
9. Cummins
10. Lyon/Pattinson
11. Hazlewood

Barring whether you want Lyon or a 4th quick in the line up then side picks itself.

That's a good squad, I'd go to watch that bowling line up regardless of who gets the 12th man role(Hopefully not Maxwell).

I think the batting order is wrong, I think Pattinson should probably bat above Starc.

Maybe there is one too many LHB in that side, it needs a bit more RHB/LHB balance to keep the opposition bowlers unsettled on a line. Perhaps that can be resolved with an order shuffle, I'd consider promoting Handscomb up the order at home, leaving Khawaja and Maxwell as a pretty dynamic middle order. Maxwell is hard to bowl to left or right hand!

He may retire from tests after the Ashes, unless he wants to go to England one more time for unfinished business......but, I think you're right, his days are numbered.  Question is, does Khawaja get the gig as the next opener (given he's been treated pretty poorly by the selectors so far)?  .....or is it someone else?  Burns, looks too much of a hard wicket player, Marcus Harris has gone OK, Ed Cowan has the best record.....again, but I fear will not get another shot.....although the same thinking doesn't seen to affect Shaun Marsh's chances.

Anyway, Warner will need to snap out of his slump quick smart, or he might not get to make the decision himself.

I think Khawaja has to be next in line, better technique than most and the only downside to him is that he isnt so great in the field...not sure why he gets left out of so many tests
given he went so well in our summer. Burns isnt the type of player I would fancy vs the Poms especially on their wickets, just to loose outside off for me...
Cowan has probably been tried and wont get another go....goes ok in the commentary box and thats where his future lies IMO...
Justin Langer will be the next coach and I expect Whiteman to be the next keeper....

What will be interesting is that, by the time the Ashes comes around, Warner's current bat is illegal.

No big deal. Just use bats that are legal.

The lad from Tassie - Doolan ? - played an outstanding knock in South Africa in a test match a few years ago, I thought that he looked an outstanding Test bat in both technique and temperament.