Aus Test Squad to NZ

Ricky Ponting (c) (TAS)
Michael Clarke (vc) (NSW)
Doug Bollinger (NSW)
Brad Haddin (NSW)
Nathan Hauritz (NSW)
Ryan Harris (QLD)
Phillip Hughes (NSW)
Mike Hussey (WA)
Mitchell Johnson (WA)
Simon Katich (NSW)
Clint McKay (VIC)
Marcus North (WA)
Steven Smith (NSW)
Shane Watson (NSW)

Selectors appear to be still sitting on the fence re Smith v Norf but but no YT.

Ollie is dreadfully out of form ..if he was a racehorse he'd be Pal

He made 8 today ...a nick OVER the slips for 4 ...a nick THROUGH the slips for 4 ...a nick taken

Do the selectors think he is a Dubber?

embee wrote:Ollie is dreadfully out of form ..if he was a racehorse he'd be Pal

He made 8 today ...a nick OVER the slips for 4 ...a nick THROUGH the slips for 4 ...a nick taken

Do the selectors think he is a Dubber?

That would have been a valid enough question on its own

Jeez, you'd back Smith to make more runs than Ollie and he can catch . . . Ollie's probably a better bowler though . . .

Now that the Kiddie has done his dash there are no obvious FACs in that squad.

G.Wood wrote:Now that the Kiddie has done his dash there are no obvious FACs in that squad.

other than UberYT.

So who's the 3rd quick in the first test?

M'Kaaay or Rhino?


Frankly Copeland is the form bowler in Shield cricket so it's astonishing that he isn't there.

Aunt Hildy clearly likes selecting young aryans - the SS fits the Bill perfectly

young Smithy is a lookalike to Nick Revolt

I hope he's tougher

trav cloke is tougher than Revolt

JGK wrote:So who's the 3rd quick in the first test?

M'Kaaay or Rhino?

Rhino. We pick based on JAMODI form, remember?

YT must be marked as NTPTFAA

Smith looks like fulfilling the Hookes prophecy.

and fulfilling the NSP Chair's persdonal politico fantasies....wonder if there will ever be a place for the diversity koala...zat - what do you think of Aussie Ussie

Have hardly seen him, but he seems to score runs. That said, it seems we're at the point in the cycle where it's harder to get out of the Aussie cricket team than to get in. He might be waiting a while.

JGK wrote:So who's the 3rd quick in the first test?

M'Kaaay or Rhino?


Frankly Copeland is the form bowler in Shield cricket so it's astonishing that he isn't there.

Totally agree. Bollinger is hopeless on slow soft NZ wickets. His performances at Bellerive over the years should have alerted the selectors to that. Copeland on the other hand, was a match winner there a couple of weeks ago. I think i said at the time, he should have been sent straight to NZ.

number three when punter goes or instead of fleas when he goes or when the NSP realise Notson has had a rare never to be repeated purple patch and drop him down the order

Khawaja should have been in there ahead of Smith.

You like 'em brown but not TOO brown, eh, Trev?

Why bring race into it?

Henry wrote:Why bring race into it?

Pot, kettle, .....well you get what I mean...