Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
Reply #722 –
I like Nevill's temperament.
I was really just throwing some names out there for debate.
I see our bowling as incredibly weak.
Batsmen too.
Fielding also.
Think Smith is better to come in at no.3 Just my opinion.
Warner and Khawaja to open I think would work.
I think bottom line, Handscomb and Stoinis need to come in.
I really like Faulkner as a player, Agar too. Faulkner has the grit.
Funny with Wade, I think some debate for him to come in is based on his 'grit'.
Don;t mind Mitch Marsh at 7. Stoinis and him in the team together I think is handy.
Starc plus who as opening bowler? Could Mitch Marsh do the job?
Lyon I'm just not sold on. Same for Josh Hazlewood. They're not the worst though and Lyon's 200+ Test wickets is a a good effort. Who else comes in? Steve O'Keefe maybe?
Lyon's better than OK.
Hazlewood would be better if we had another front-line quick that didn't waste the new ball so often. Starc is the sort of bowler that reminds me of Tait or Thompson. The luxury you can have when you have Lillee or McGrath at the other end, but we don't have a Lillee or McGrath at the moment. Maybe having Hazelwood and Marsh open the bowling would both send Starc a message and let off some of the pressure on him! We really miss Pattinson.
Khawaja's biggest problem is his weak fielding, and if he has a bad day in the field he has a bad match with the bat!
Wade shows grit but he also has that habit of flashing at the ball on the return crease, a la Warner. These blokes play so much one day and 20/20 they cannot help themselves.
I too like Faulkner, he hasn't been respected by Australian Cricket, if he was in the UK he'd have 50 tests under his belt by now! Isn't he injured though?