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Re: Australia v. Sri Lanka 2019
« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2019, 06:53:30 pm »
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Something similar to J41 (somewhat)

(1) Burns
(2) Warner
(3) Smith
(4) Khawaja
(5) Labuschagne
(6) Wade
(7) Paine (c) +
(8.) Cummins
(9) Richardson
(10) Lyon
(11) Hazlewood

You're going to drop our arguably best performed batsman in the India series and someone who scored 160 in a triple century partnership from when we were 3/28?
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Re: Australia v. Sri Lanka 2019
« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2019, 07:07:26 pm »
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You're going to drop our arguably best performed batsman in the India series and someone who scored 160 in a triple century partnership from when we were 3/28?
who was the best performed batsman? If you're talking about Harris he only averaged 38 and whilst stats aren't everything he doesn't have the technique to survive in conditions  (especially as an opener) which he will face in Eng - unless he decides to start playing straight and not throwing his bat at everything wide. Maybe only play cut shots once he has batted for an hour.

and Head today basically playing SL's C team so not gonna take too much out of it. Gotta remember that there ~6 months till the first test against England so shouldn't just picking on who has a small bit of form.

EDIT: head would probably be the standby bat though because I still do think he will be good in the future
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Re: Australia v. Sri Lanka 2019
« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2019, 07:16:53 pm »
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Something similar to J41 (somewhat)

(1) Burns
(2) Warner
(3) Smith
(4) Khawaja
(5) Labuschagne
(6) Wade
(7) Paine (c) +
(8.) Cummins
(9) Richardson
(10) Lyon
(11) Hazlewood
^Sure, he played a key role in the last Test. But his scores so far: 0, 13, 25, 43, 38, 81, 6. Not a bad start by any means, but he has a First Class average of 33, and IMO Khawaja is one of our best bats, even if out of form.

Wade - not opposed to him batting at 6, but not at the expense of Paine.

Honestly, I'd go something like:

(1) Burns
(2) Harris
(3) Warner
(4) Khawaja
(5) Smith
(6) Head
(7) Paine (c) +
(8.) Cummins
(9) Richardson
(10) Lyon
(11) Hazlewood

Can't see Khawaja batting at 4...
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Re: Australia v. Sri Lanka 2019
« Reply #18 on: February 01, 2019, 07:58:54 pm »
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Can't see Khawaja batting at 4...

Why's that?

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Re: Australia v. Sri Lanka 2019
« Reply #19 on: February 01, 2019, 11:28:29 pm »
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I think most of those mentioned will be in the squad, and that there is still a fair amount of uncertainty which of them will make it into a starting team.  I've been saying we should include Burns for a while, so was glad to see him perform today (hoping for a double tomorrow...). I'm inclined to think both Smith and Warner will be in the starting XI unless they are injured or do badly in the World Cup.

But there's also a lot of uncertainty because there's a lot of cricket in the leadup to the Ashes. There's the second half of Sheffield Shield, World Cup form could influence the squad makeup (though I'm not a fan of picking people for red ball based on white ball form), and so could performance in the Australia A tour around that time or performance in county cricket by anyone participating in that (I think Maxi, maybe Renshaw?). It's just that there's a lot of uncertainty because no-one has performed quite enough, and it's not clear that (hopefully) a couple of good Tests against a weak team like current Sri Lanka should dominate selection decisions against a stronger team in very different conditions.

And I don't see any reason for Paine to stop being captain and keeper. He's been a decent keeper and was one of our more reliable batsmen last year (though he didn't make many big scores).
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Re: Australia v. Sri Lanka 2019
« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2019, 09:41:42 am »
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who was the best performed batsman? If you're talking about Harris he only averaged 38 and whilst stats aren't everything he doesn't have the technique to survive in conditions  (especially as an opener) which he will face in Eng - unless he decides to start playing straight and not throwing his bat at everything wide. Maybe only play cut shots once he has batted for an hour.

and Head today basically playing SL's C team so not gonna take too much out of it. Gotta remember that there ~6 months till the first test against England so shouldn't just picking on who has a small bit of form.

EDIT: head would probably be the standby bat though because I still do think he will be good in the future
Head did fairly well in the India series. Didn't he score a couple of half centuries? Not many in the team could say the same.

I agree, beating a domestic-level attack is nothing to be proud of. But you need discipline regardless to stay in for that long, and look at what happened to our top order.
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Re: Australia v. Sri Lanka 2019
« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2019, 09:53:37 am »
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Khawaja is clearly not in good form right now. This was pretty well summed up by his atrocious dismissal yesterday. Unless he performs very well in the lead up to the Ashes, I would consider putting Burns at number 3, since I feel like Warner and Harris should be opening. At this stage, Smith is very likely to be number 4 and Head definitely deserves the number 5 position. Of course this depends on how shield/county/Australia A/World Cup goes, but at this point it’ll probably be our strongest top order.
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Re: Australia v. Sri Lanka 2019
« Reply #22 on: February 02, 2019, 12:36:34 pm »
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Head did fairly well in the India series. Didn't he score a couple of half centuries? Not many in the team could say the same.

I agree, beating a domestic-level attack is nothing to be proud of. But you need discipline regardless to stay in for that long, and look at what happened to our top order.
Yeah having the concentration to bat long periods of time is good. With regards to the top order - the first 10 overs was quite difficult but since maybe the 12th-14th the pitch has been completely flat with no movement.

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Re: Australia v. Sri Lanka 2019
« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2019, 08:41:33 pm »
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I'm beginning to think the current Test has been specifically organised to disrupt the received wisdom around Ashes squad selection :)
(though of course with the disclaimer that they are playing a much weaker team than India).

Harris had been considered the best of the openers and was probably intended to open with Warner, and yet this Test Burns performed and Harris didn't.
Labuschagne's spin was under question, and he took a wicket (we still shouldn't pick him for his spinning abilities, though, and I'm not convinced he's in the best 6 batsmen).
Starc's place was being questioned, and he took a 5-for.
Khawaja was starting to get questions (though I still thought he'd make the Ashes squad), and he made a century.
No Australian had made a century in the first five Tests of the summer, and 4 batsmen made centuries.

Anything else I missed? :)
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