By RedKat - 22 Jul 2019 10:55 AM
12 player each warm-up fixture. Teams are
Hick XII: Joe Burns, Cameron Bancroft, Steve Smith, Peter Handscomb, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (c, wk), Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Jackson Bird, Chris Tremain, Nathan Lyon
Haddin XII: David Warner, Marcus Harris, Kurtis Patterson, Travis Head (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Will Pucovski, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitch Starc, Peter Siddle, Josh Hazlewood, Jon Holland.
Do think Glenn Maxwell was once again mismanaged here. Sure he had a poor world cup but hes averaged almost 50 each of the last two seasons in FC cricket and one of the rare players to be averaging 40 in FC cricket. Awkwardly him playing so much one day cricket has really cruelled his chance of getting a good county run to make a case. Either way really intrigued to see how this game goes. Do feel theres only a few spots left.
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By Decentric - 26 Jul 2019 3:23 PM
+x+x+x+x+xmatch figures excluding lower order wickets Neser 2/42 pattinson 4/37 bird 3/62 tremain 3/42 marsh 2/47 starc 1/79 hazelwood 2/56 siddle 4/45 cummins 4/38 starc with an off game and needs a game off after carrying the world cup team Cummins and Pattinson are 2 of the best we've had in a generation, no surprise they stand out. Siddle, cummins and pattinson would be formidable. Weakest bowler dropped for starc next game Looking at all the Australia A tour matches and excluding the lower order there is a strong case for the inclusion of Siddle
Cummins 4/38 (1 match) av 9.5
Siddle 4/45 (1 match) av 11.25
Pattinson 8/114 (2 matches) av 14.25
Neser 8/183 (3 matches) av 22.87
Bird 10/240 (3 matches) av 24.00
M Marsh 4/100 (2 matches) av 25.00
Tremain 5/143 (2 matches) av 28.6
Hazlewood 2/109 (2 matches) av 54.5
Starc 1/79 (1 match) av 79
So I would agree with you that Cummins, Siddle and Pattinson would be very formidable, with Neser as back up ahead of the others. It really does show when just looking at these "FC games" that the combination of Starc and Hazlewood only ranks our No 8 and No 9 bowlers together surely we can do better. Starc may be tired after his World Cup so maybe they should have rested him for this trial match but he did only bowl 20 overs surely that's not overworked?
he looked overworked the last 2 world cup matches where his performance dropped and I heard he was carrying a niggle if he bowls at his best in the last 2 matches its probably a different world cup! Totally agree, when Starc is on fire his in-swinging yorker is the most dangerous delivery on the planet. Unfortunately it's not always there. Though Baggers constantly says he gets his wickets against the tail (though it is only about 38% of No's 7 8 9 10 11) to me that is a good thing that he mops up the tail quickly, other bowlers get the same opportunity and can't deliver like he does. That's why he would get my nod for the first test depending on his "niggles", at the expense of the unfortunate Siddle. But Starc has an excellent record at test level especially in recent times and I still can't believe the pressure is so constantly on him from a lot of experts. In his last 16 tests he has taken 5 or more wickets for the test 7 times. That is good. Compared to Hazlewood who receives no pressure from the media who in his last 16 tests has only taken 5 or more wickets 2 times. Hazelwoods form has been bad for a while. Not sure why it has dropped so much. I remember him being an out and out swing bowler early in his career with deadly accuracy. He seemed to get a touch quicker and lose a bit of lateral movement
Probably an astute observation.
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