Siddle would be way down the pecking order if in Australia but both his long term county record, past performance in Ashes in England (albeit too late) and most recent county form means he simply has to play over Hazlewood. 

There are no sufficient superlatives to describe Steve Smith. When I went  to bed well into the last session he was on 70.. having dragged us out of the mire with help from Sids. He musta then led a brutal assault on a tiring attack to finish unconconqued on almost 150. That knock shud move him back to #1 on rankings and keep him there. The man is a freak.