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spindles · 02-25-2009, 04:42 PM

Gee - I'm not sure what else Clarke could've done. He averaged 75 in tests against South Africa in Australia. Hussey looked to be coming back into form in the one dayers and (hopefully) North will get the all rounders spot - he looks to be more in the Symonds mould (i.e. a batter who bowls a bit). Oz have chosen their twelve for tomorrow's game and neither front line spinner (Hauritz or McGain) made the cut. I'd suggest the selection choice for 12th man comes down to McDonald or Hilfenhaus. With Haddin at 7, they hardly need to strengthen the batting, so my choice would be Hilfy to play and McDonald to do the drinks. This first test is supposedly a pace/swing friendly wicket - hence no real spinner for us.

RE: Ponting - he was put under a lot of pressure all summer coming in with the score 1 for next to nothing and hopefully this won't happen - fingers crossed Hughes steps up, as this will lighten Ponting's load.

SA have to be favourites but I don't think Oz were too far off the pace in the series here, so I don't think this series is so cut and dried. Kinda excited actually - a lot better than the single innings snoozefest that Sri Lanka and Pakistan just played - nice for Khan to get a big score but really that is poor ground preparation for a test match.

02-25-2009, 04:42 PM	#17 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	Gee - I'm not sure what else Clarke could've done. He averaged 75 in tests against South Africa in Australia. Hussey looked to be coming back into form in the one dayers and (hopefully) North will get the all rounders spot - he looks to be more in the Symonds mould (i.e. a batter who bowls a bit). Oz have chosen their twelve for tomorrow's game and neither front line spinner (Hauritz or McGain) made the cut. I'd suggest the selection choice for 12th man comes down to McDonald or Hilfenhaus. With Haddin at 7, they hardly need to strengthen the batting, so my choice would be Hilfy to play and McDonald to do the drinks. This first test is supposedly a pace/swing friendly wicket - hence no real spinner for us. RE: Ponting - he was put under a lot of pressure all summer coming in with the score 1 for next to nothing and hopefully this won't happen - fingers crossed Hughes steps up, as this will lighten Ponting's load. SA have to be favourites but I don't think Oz were too far off the pace in the series here, so I don't think this series is so cut and dried. Kinda excited actually - a lot better than the single innings snoozefest that Sri Lanka and Pakistan just played - nice for Khan to get a big score but really that is poor ground preparation for a test match. __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?