Aust One Day Squad

As to be expected, the selectors have all but gifted the series to England.
For whatever reason, Ahmed has been selected instead of Doherty.....it certainly can't be for his figures which are bog ordinery even by Australian standards. Hazlewood has also been selected. At last count there were a dozen better performed bowlers at the end of last season. Twatto is also included. At least they have omitted the dire Mitch Marsh.

Michael Clarke (ODI Captain) NSW

George Bailey (ODI Vice-Captain/T20 captain) TAS

Fawad Ahmed VIC

Nathan Coulter-Nile WA

James Faulkner TAS

Aaron Finch VIC

Josh Hazlewood NSW

Phil Hughes SA

Mitchell Johnson WA

Shaun Marsh WA

Glenn Maxwell VIC

Clint McKay VIC

Steve Smith NSW

Mitchell Starc NSW

Adam Voges WA

Matthew Wade VIC

David Warner NSW

Shane Watson NSW

I just saw that as well ... clueless.

The only forward thinking selection is Coulter-Nile.

However, it's only T20 and ODIs, so 'WGAF'.

1 spinner?

A leg-spinner, for a JAMODI and JAMITT series?? FFS & FMD!!!  

Bernie has completely lost it.

But as the pieperson alludes, WRGAF?

lardbucket wrote:I just saw that as well ... clueless.

The only forward thinking selection is Coulter-Nile.

However, it's only T20 and ODIs, so 'WGAF'.

...and that they kept Agar away from Jamodis

embee wrote:

lardbucket wrote:I just saw that as well ... clueless.

The only forward thinking selection is Coulter-Nile.

However, it's only T20 and ODIs, so 'WGAF'.

...and that they kept Agar away from Jamodis

So that Fawad can become a figure of fun?

not sure they picked a large enough squad

Don't you Aussies worry. England will make Fawad look like a world-beater.

I can totally see the Poms gifting their wickets to Fawad so he gets picked for the home Tests.

JGK wrote:I can totally see the Poms gifting their wickets to Fawad so he gets picked for the home Tests.

Our batsmen don't have to gift their wickets to leg-break bowlers, they do it with a natural grace and flair.

Yeah, if Ian Salisbury and Chris Schofield hadn't had the misfortune of being English they would have run through our batting line-up for whichever country they represented.

embee wrote:

lardbucket wrote:I just saw that as well ... clueless.

The only forward thinking selection is Coulter-Nile.

However, it's only T20 and ODIs, so 'WGAF'.

...and that they kept Agar away from Jamodis

true

I'd like to know on what basis Invererity selected Ahmed ecpecially in view of his very average performance on the A tour. On the other hand, Doherty's economy rate over the last twelve months of 4.09 is the best of any Australian one day bowler.

You suspect it's down to Australia's "Experiment with their Asian communities"?

I think they want to get a look at him in ODIs before they throw him into a test match. He bowled well in the Ryobi Cup last Aus season. In South Africa, he was bowling on the flattest pitches of all time.

skully wrote:A leg-spinner, for a JAMODI and JAMITT series?? FFS & FMD!!!  

Bernie has completely lost it.

But as the pieperson alludes, WRGAF?

Can only put it down to senility by Bernie.  
As for the JAMITTs and JAMODIs  

Big Dog wrote:I'd like to know on what basis Invererity selected Ahmed ecpecially in view of his very average performance on the A tour. On the other hand, Doherty's economy rate over the last twelve months of 4.09 is the best of any Australian one day bowler.

Ahmed's done very little in any form of cricket at this stage. I hope he does, but at this stage he seems to be being selected purely in order to avoid accusations of negative bias ...

Henry wrote:You suspect it's down to Australia's "Experiment with their Asian communities"?

I think they want to get a look at him in ODIs before they throw him into a test match. He bowled well in the Ryobi Cup last Aus season. In South Africa, he was bowling on the flattest pitches of all time.

Its not the responsibility of the NSP to 'experiment'. They are charged with putting the best team on the field to win the game & in this role they have utterly failed.

lardbucket wrote:

Big Dog wrote:I'd like to know on what basis Invererity selected Ahmed ecpecially in view of his very average performance on the A tour. On the other hand, Doherty's economy rate over the last twelve months of 4.09 is the best of any Australian one day bowler.

Ahmed's done very little in any form of cricket at this stage. I hope he does, but at this stage he seems to be being selected purely in order to avoid accusations of negative bias ...

The NSP have panicked trying to find the next SKW, and this is the result.  

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All hail the messiah. The second coming of Warne now that the original is just a hollowed out, blank-eyed, botoxed husk.