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Bancroft was only picked to be the super sub.

Any comparison between B and C is moot.

Cricket Australia needs to lift their game as an employer as do the other cricket controlling bodies and understand their obligations to players as employees.

Cupboard must be bare if Bancroft keeps getting picked, technique isnt test standard and everyone at international level knows it and will bowl to him accordingly.
His only hope is if the Pakis are back with the Bookies and serving up free runs...

Of more concern is the growing amount of young men suffering mental illness as a result of playing professional sport in this case cricket first Glen Maxwell, Nick Maddinson and now Will Pucovski who hasnt even played at International level are all taking time out and there has to be others..seems the pressure to succeed has ripped the enjoyment out of the game and those in control need to spend more time on providing a better environment to help these young players.
I noticed Chris Lynn and others have long complained about the poor communication between players and selectors and the lack of follow up when players are dropped
or dropped from contracts etc. Cricket Australia needs to lift their game as an employer as do the other cricket controlling bodies and understand their obligations to players as employees.

Do you think the scatter-gun selection process might contribute to some of this?

Imagine how this looks from the inside, blokes making double centuries and averaging in three figures in shield cricket cannot get a run, while others who fail at test level averaging 12 have their contract extended!

It's hard enough for us to watch it from a distance, imagine putting in all that work and seeing your dreams dashed by some cartoon capers!

There's not alot in the cupboard right now. In my Test team I had Maddinson in to open and Pucovski ay no.6. Now both are off on obviously a much needed mental break.

Wonder if they'll bat Bancroft at no.6 as they did in the tour game. Was the only one that looked like that could bat in that innings. He looked alot more comfortable batting there than opening.

Maybe the tour game got him the nod but I wouldnt expect him to hold up under test pressure where ever he bats, as Fly pointed out his shield season average is woeful.
If you were picking on form you would pick Harris but maybe the two lefties opening idea has been shelved after Broad's work in England.

By the way……getting very sick of seeing ads from Channel 7 proclaiming itself as “the home of cricket”….with that doyen of Cricket commentators Bwuce Mceveny……..

Just because you throw a whole heap of Fox backed money around & buy the rights to something that has been on another channel for 30 years doesn’t make you “the home of cricket”

Especially, when you refuse to show most of the matches involving the national side !!!!!    & their coverage last year was sh1t….just like their AFL coverage.

Well, that just stuffed my plans for today.  Won't be watching anything with Bwuce in it.... ABC grandstand in this house or I'll get tickets.

F him,  he stinks up footy with his sh1t excitement based commentary,  piss off and leave cricket to the people who watch it because they love the game.