Michael Clarke (c), Steve Smith, (vc) Fawad Ahmed, Brad Haddin, Josh Hazlewood, Ryan Harris, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Peter Nevill, Chris Rogers, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Adam Voges, David Warner, Shane Watson.
It shows the wealth of quick bowlers that Oz have when the likes of Pattinson,Cummins,Hastings,Bird,Cutting,Coulter-Nile cant even get in the squad- all bowlers who would be in our team let alone squad.
Oddly though, the batting doesnt seem that strong, what with Clarke,Smith and Watson all having their problems in English conditions.
Be looking to groundsmen for slow,flat wickets methinks - however, no Swanny to bowl them out this time.
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Peter Nevill is reserve keeper - 30 years old. Not quite sure about that selection.
Also not quite sure about Voges - whats that all about ? - hardly set Notts alight.
Am I the only one who thinks Steve Smith is just a flat-track bully ? - he was quickly sussed the last time he was here - will be a flop.Clarke will just be bombed with short stuff, and Watson will be out lbw and caught gully as usual- and Warner will just nick-off as usual to Jimmy.
Cook- totally out of form. Lyth- untried at Test level, Ballance- did well against India and Sri Lanka, but Australia different proposition, Trott- Australia worked him over, Bell- which Bell will turn up, the one who scratches around for 30 and gets out or the one who is positive from the start. Root- our most consistent player. Ali- not quite good enough with bat or ball, Butler- good attacking batsman but how will he cope at 150 for 5. Broad- past his best, he appears undroppable, Jordan- bit too erratic but has decent pace, Woakes- not good enough at Test level, Finn- has lost his Mojo, was cannon fodder in World Cup, Wood- untried, Anderson- is good when ball is swinging but if pitch is flat will get hit.
I hope that Lyth, the left handed re-incarnation of Boycott, gets a go .. he is VERY good and at 27 is no callow youngster. We'd soon know if he is capable of handling really fast and aggressive bowling, something that he has rarely experienced in English domestic cricket
Just think the pessimism shown by everyone might be very over-stated.The 50 over game is vastly different to Test matches !
I think another whitewash on the cards. Anyone know what the odds are and where said bet can be found ?
I think I will take Anderson (300+ wickets) and Broad (200+ wickets) as our premier bowlers before a bloke who has played one Test.
As for the rest of those you listed Hastings is a journeyman all-rounder, he played one Test and was discarded. Bird got carted all over the place in the 2013 Ashes, he is average. Cutting and Coulter-Nile have never even played Test cricket and are not likely to do so either so they are no great shakes.
Lets not get too carried away with how great this lot are, if you took Johnson out there would be nothing between the teams.
We need our aggression back. For a couple of years, our cricket team has been in it's shell but if our big names can claw back some form against the West Indies and New Zealand, we'll go into the series against Australia with a chance.
we need a top order batsman/batsmen who can take the game to the opposition ..and i am discounting Kp
a bowler or bowlers who can bowl high 80s or more ...
not to mention a front line spinner
oh and our fieldings pretty average too
Mitchell who?, I say.
http://www.kiaoval.com/live-scores/
I gather from the fact that Monty bats ahead of him that batting is very much his second discipline ;-)
Also got a dislocated finger on his non bowling hand at present so protecting that.
Have also instructed him to refer to us as Mighty Kent when talking about us in the dressing room.