Carlton Supporters Club

Stoinus should be in at 6. We miss a 4th seamer and he is also a viable batting option. Kawaja should be replaced by Smith and Lehmann bats 4

Can't agree. His form has been poor.

Where Hodgey?

Khawaja averages 63 in Australia and has been in brilliant form for Queensland. No way you play Lehmann ahead of him.

Agree...think Khawaja will do well against the English bowlers on our wickets, he has been in form and is a bit different to our other batters
in that he can occupy the crease, work the ball, and be a solid player to build around , something we miss when Rogers retired.

Agree...think Khawaja will do well against the English bowlers on our wickets, he has been in form and is a bit different to our other batters

Oh no, not you too EB !  They are Batsmen !!!!!  This is not baseball.  I cringe everytime I hear Michael Clark or Smith or one of the other current generation use this term.  Why ?

Batter is what comes cooked with my piece of flake !

Fair call there Mal...I dont like the americanization of Aus and here I am using their terminology ..batsman it should be....

he's a bloody good player is Usman.....as good as any of the Englishmen imo.

Until the ball spins......

No problem with a spinning ball here, just the sub continent.

No problem with a spinning ball here, just the sub continent.

They certainly won't play him in the first couple of tests.....if they find themselves 2 down early on, or having to win the last test they might give him a go.

I'll be very interested to see how the Aussies go at Ali.  He's been allowed to get off very easy for a modest spinner in the past.  They need to target him the way they did Graham Swann last time.  Make it harder for the Poms to keep selecting him for his batting......which will be very useful for them.

Ali doesnt look much of a bowler but continues to baffle me how many players get out to him, doesnt spin the ball or bowl with much flight but players seem to want to take him on

I think Khawaja's  problems over on the sub-continent were as much to do with the variable lack of bounce as anything. He is a strong square of the wicket player and Aussie square of the wicket players always struggle over there, the sub-continent players tend to be far more wristy and can deal with late ball movement far better.

In fairness to anyone, the wickets that the games were played on in that sub-continent series were no even suitable for under age cricket let alone test matches. If a school offered that sort of wicket locally the game would be canceled due to OH&S concerns.