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Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #15 –
Right now I'd play Doolan, who had a good game in an extremely low scoring match in Zimbabwe, pluck Klinger out of County cricket as he looks like he can at least bat the long form of the game. He'd have to be better than Hughes, Khawaja, Cowan and Smith. Put Warner at 6, where he is capable of taking a game apart if he gets going. A punt but could change a game within a session if he got going. I'd play Fawad. Bird obviously in for Pattinson but I'd bring Cummins back over from SA, who had a great game there, as a replacement bowler with a view of giving him a Test with this series done and dusted. Get our blokes ready for the return series where the winner holds the Ashes for 3 years, not a bit over 4 months.

Watson
Rogers
Klinger
Doolan
Clarke
Warner
Haddin
Siddle
Harris
Fawad
Bird

Hope that strengthens the batting a little. Something with a bit of backbone in the character

Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #16 –
Quote from: Juddkreuzer – on
Quote from: raven – on
Just read Pattinson gone now, stress fractures in lower back (again). Won't take part in remaining Ashes in UK.

enter Bird surely!

You would think so.

Where's Cummins at? Was touted as the great white hope before his injury and now he's barely spoken of.

Cummins is in South Africa with the A team. Just come of a very good game.

Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #17 –
Quote from: Juddkreuzer – on
Quote from: raven – on
Just read Pattinson gone now, stress fractures in lower back (again). Won't take part in remaining Ashes in UK.

enter Bird surely!

You would think so.

Where's Cummins at? Was touted as the great white hope before his injury and now he's barely spoken of.

Cummins is on the Australia A tour of Africa. If Cowan doesn't come back into the team I think he'll despatched there as well.

Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #18 –
Calls to play Wade as a specialist bat are insane.  Has zero idea of playing spin.  Zero.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #19 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
Calls to play Wade as a specialist bat are insane.  Has zero idea of playing spin.  Zero.

Thank god there is some sanity here.
You can fool some of the people some of the time.......................................

Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #20 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
Calls to play Wade as a specialist bat are insane.  Has zero idea of playing spin.  Zero.

I heard this on the radio this morning. Who came up with this idea ??
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Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #21 –
Quote from: Mantis – on
Quote from: Professer E – on
Calls to play Wade as a specialist bat are insane.  Has zero idea of playing spin.  Zero.

I heard this on the radio this morning. Who came up with this idea ??

I think his name came up in a presser and Boof might have said something like "everyone in the 18 is a chance"
You can fool some of the people some of the time.......................................

Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #22 –
Quote from: cimm1979 – on
Quote from: Professer E – on
Calls to play Wade as a specialist bat are insane.  Has zero idea of playing spin.  Zero.

Thank god there is some sanity here.

Yep...and the last thing we need is another lefty !
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Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #23 –
Quote from: TheSheik – on
I should point out, my rationale for going this way is that we have struggled to take wickets and therefore have had huge run chases ahead of us with the top order crumbling under the pressure without a technique.

OK, Sheiky, I have to say that you talk a lot of sense cricket wise mostly......but I can't really agree with this.  We've bowled England out for very manageable scores in 3 out of 4 innings.......the one we didn't the bowlers had less than 3 hours rest from one innings to the next courtesy of our inept batting display. Pretty hard to back up after that.

And as for Wade as keeper.....he was dropped because his keeping was horrid, particularly to Lyon, who must surely come in for the 3rd Test while the Poms keep preparing pitches tailor made for Swann.

Pattinson, if he wasn't injured, he'd have been dropped anyway.  Bird to come in & hopefully Harris can back up without breaking.....if not, Faulkner to get a game & see what he's made of.

Gee, no batsmen really wanting to put their hand up from the Aust A side either......couple of good bowling efforts though.



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Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #24 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
Calls to play Wade as a specialist bat are insane.  Has zero idea of playing spin.  Zero.


Correct....it never works playing the reserve keeper as a batsman only and is a move reserved for desperate teams only.....akin to playing ruckman as a FF.

I remember Wicketkeeper Richie Robinson from Victoria  who was a great shield batter and was picked to play some tests as a specialist batsman with Rod Marsh
I think it was as the keeper.....Robinson failed and its a dumb move.
Only AB Devilliers has proven a success and he was/is a part time keeper who played second fiddle to Boucher but was never seen as a frontline keeper
and you are talking about a freak multitalented sportsman anyway.

I guess the only other I can think of his Kumar Sangakarra who gave away keeping to be a specialist batter but his batting is in the elite category unlike Wades...

Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #25 –
We could pick 11 bowlers, and have two of them share the keeping duties.

Our lower order batting would then be stellar... this is purely based on our 10th wickeet partnerships this series to date...  :P

Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #26 –
Quote from: Professer E – on
Calls to play Wade as a specialist bat are insane.  Has zero idea of playing spin.  Zero.

Why not. Has a batting average higher than anyone else in the team other than Clarke, which, is really an indictment on our batting. As least he has a bit of backbone and capable of maybe making a 100. More than anyone can about anyone else other than Clarke.

There's plenty of others that have zero idea of playing spin either.

My personal opinion, pluck Klinger out of country cricket and bat him 3 and bring Doolan over from the A tour and bat him 4.

Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #27 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Quote from: Professer E – on
Calls to play Wade as a specialist bat are insane.  Has zero idea of playing spin.  Zero.


Correct....it never works playing the reserve keeper as a batsman only and is a move reserved for desperate teams only.....akin to playing ruckman as a FF.

I remember Wicketkeeper Richie Robinson from Victoria  who was a great shield batter and was picked to play some tests as a specialist batsman with Rod Marsh
I think it was as the keeper.....Robinson failed and its a dumb move.
Only AB Devilliers has proven a success and he was/is a part time keeper who played second fiddle to Boucher but was never seen as a frontline keeper
and you are talking about a freak multitalented sportsman anyway.

I guess the only other I can think of his Kumar Sangakarra who gave away keeping to be a specialist batter but his batting is in the elite category unlike Wades...
Add McCallum from NZ in there too.

We're in the unusual position of  having our reserve Keeper having the 2nd best average in the side so these are not normal circumstances. Not the preferred circumstance but what do you do.

Reckon I could've played Gilchrist as a specialist batsman no problems if we had to.

Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #28 –
Iaj,

Gilchrist was a specialist bat with gloves.
Wade is a gloveman (an inconsistent one) with a bat.
You can fool some of the people some of the time.......................................
 

Re: The Ashes - Third Test @ Old Trafford

Reply #29 –
Nothing will improve until Watson is culled permanently.
Finals, then 4 in a row!