Arthur Crabtree wrote:Is Pat Cummins out of the picture?
sussexpob wrote:As for the others, I believe Peter Handscomb had a large part of 2015 in Bristol and didnt register a county 100 in a fairly indicative sample of games playing in Division 2. While that isnt indicative in itself, I believe the problem that Australia will have in the coming years is when they go away to teams with decent bowling attacks, on pitches that do something.
Australian pitches have turned into roads in recent years, so while these guys might stand up to scoring mega runs at home, we have seen how those players stood up to even marginally swing balls and seam in England last time. If Australia want to beat England at home in the next decade, they really need to be sending more of these guys to the counties to get experience of playing the moving ball more.
Khawaja is a perfect example. Averages over 70 at home, but away he has looked terrible. In fact I remember that Lords test in 2013 where the commentators were talking like they felt sorry for him. His technique wasnt good enough, and he ended up after three matches trying to slog his way to starts and getting out. If you had told me at that point in 2016 he would be averaging 50 in tests, Id laugh at you, but the fact is even the apparent better players in the world like Steve Smith look technically rubbish when confronted by a pitch that isnt totally flat and a bowler is half decent.
Not that Australia are an isolated case here, and England's batting line up are experiencing the same problems. Australia always have the natural advantage that more of their players can move to domestic cricket in England and India, and Cricket Australia should be encouraging these guys outside the national setup to be playing abroad much more.
Final point.... will Mitch Marsh really be in the test team in 5 years time. I really dont see the appeal, not a great bowler, not a great batsman
Thanks for the article btw.
from_the_stands wrote:
Jake Lehmann (SA) 24, 768 fc runs @ 42.66 (623 fc runs @ 44.50 in 15/16) The son of Boof actually looks very good. Keep an eye on this fella.
Alviro Patterson wrote:from_the_stands wrote:
Jake Lehmann (SA) 24, 768 fc runs @ 42.66 (623 fc runs @ 44.50 in 15/16) The son of Boof actually looks very good. Keep an eye on this fella.
He is the real deal, though does get out by chasing an attacking stroke when the situation isn't warranted. Would love to see Lehmann have another stint at Yorkshire next year (probably 1st half of season in case if he does get a baggy green in the Bangladesh home series).
Making_Splinters wrote:What ever happened to Nic Maddinson? He was viewed as an almost certainty to open for Australia a few years ago but rarely gets mentioned by fans these days. Didn't he play for Australia A fairly recently?
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