By Test_Fan - 4 Feb 2019 11:15 PM
This tour includes the following matches
20/6 1 day game (D/N) vs Northamptonshire 23/6 1 day game vs Derbyshire 29/6 1 day game vs Worcestershire 30/6 - 3/7 4 day game vs Gloucestershire 7/7- 10/7 4 day game vs Sussex 14/7 - 17/7 Somebody is playing the England Lions, their A team in a 4 day game, Not sure why cricinfo has listed as part of the Australia A tour unless Australia A might be playing them. The timing works nicely. 23/7 - 26/7 vs Australia
The One day World Cup runs from 30/5 to 14/7, with Australia's last guaranteed game being on 6/7 so players part of the World Cup squad are not going to be able to be picked in the Australia A team. This might effect players like Richardson, Carey, Maxwell, Handscomb and possibly others.
The first test of the Ashes start on 1/8 so the Aus- A vs Aus game is really close to the first teat. I could perhaps see the Ashes squad being picked after the 4 day game against Sussex as the vast majority of the squad will be with the World Cup squad or the Aus A squad. Then again if the one day team makes the WC final perhaps it would be announced just after that. Paine, Burns, Head and Lyon could be neither squad, maybe Khawaja does not make the WC squad and maybe there will be a fast bowler in the same situation.
With 4 Shield rounds to go and the Shield final these is plenty of time for players to play them into or out of the Australian A team. The selection is also a bit complicated by the 3 one day games at the start of tour. Will there be players selected specifically for these games or will there be players selected in the squad because of their one day ability who also play the 4 day games?
Still at the moment there is a number of players who seem to be very strong chances to make the Australia A tour and perhaps give themselves a shot at the Ashes squad. Marcus Harris, Matt Renshaw, Will Pucovski and Chris Tremain seem to be the most obvious 4 picked. Other batsmen in contention might be Lehmann, Sangha and maybe the likes of Patterson, Labuschagne, Burns and Head will be put in the squad. Bowlers might be Pattinson, Meredith, Steketee and Worral. Maybe even Hazlewood makes the squad. Not sure who the wicketkeeper might be if Carey makes the WC squad, perhaps Wade or Pierson.
The spinner in the side is very much open, Holland is probably Lyon's number 2 but he surely will not play in the A team. Perhaps Agar or Swepson or Pope will bowl themselves into the A squad in the remaining Shield matches.
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By quickflick - 19 Jul 2019 12:55 AM
+x+x+xPlay underway in Canterbury. Lions won toss.. does an Australian cricket side ever win a toss? EL | Zak Crawley, Dominic Sibley, Ben Foakes (wk), Sam Northeast, James Bracey, Sam Hain, Sam Curran,Lewis Gregory (c), Ollie Robinson, Jack Leach, Jamie Porter | AUS | Joe Burns, Marcus Harris, Kurtis Patterson, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (c/wk), Michael Neser, Chris Tremain, Jackson Bird,Jon Holland |
Sam Hain is Aussie -born. Burns goes early. Aussie A 1-49 after 16. Baggers, I believe Sam Hain was born in HK. But that he arrived in Australia very young. Then he did all his schooling in Australia and played for Australia U19s. Thanks for info quickflick. Yes Hain was born in Honkers. Same place as my wife's family. Can not find out anymore on him re Oz. I do have a problem with the eligibility process in this country in not only cricket but other sports. I believe a sportsperson should play for the country of their birth. No if or buts. This criteria of permitting someone to play for another country because of the birthplace of their grandparents or even parents is a nonsense.
Baggers, with respect, can I ask you to think that through? Not everybody grows up in the same country that they're born in. Lots of families emigrate when children are young
If the rule 'a sportsperson should play for the country of their birth. No ifs or buts' were followed literally, you then would have to say that Khawaja should play for Pakistan, Renshaw should play for England and Labushagne should play for South Africa.
Do you realise they were respectively born in Pakistan, the UK and South Africa? Yet they moved to Australia as children. Labushagne was ten, so you could argue he grew up half in both countries. But Renshaw and Khawaja were very small children when they came to Australia. Their memories are all of Australia. Which countries should they play for?
+x+x+xPlay underway in Canterbury. Lions won toss.. does an Australian cricket side ever win a toss? EL | Zak Crawley, Dominic Sibley, Ben Foakes (wk), Sam Northeast, James Bracey, Sam Hain, Sam Curran,Lewis Gregory (c), Ollie Robinson, Jack Leach, Jamie Porter | AUS | Joe Burns, Marcus Harris, Kurtis Patterson, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (c/wk), Michael Neser, Chris Tremain, Jackson Bird,Jon Holland |
Sam Hain is Aussie -born. Burns goes early. Aussie A 1-49 after 16. Baggers, I believe Sam Hain was born in HK. But that he arrived in Australia very young. Then he did all his schooling in Australia and played for Australia U19s. This criteria of permitting someone to play for another country because of the birthplace of their grandparents or even parents is a nonsense. I'm not comfortable with it, either. I always say that your memories and experiences are uniquely yours. They are not those of your parents. But, imo, it's even worse to stop a player from representing a country just because they weren't born there. Who can remember their birth? Nobody.
For me the criteria should be - in which country did you grow up the most? Where are your childhood memories? Where did you go to school? Where did you form your childhood friendships? Where did you learn to play the sport?
That's just my opinion.
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