by Pat Malone » Tue Dec 07, 2010 3:30 pm
The Kat is gone which means Watto has to stay at the top of the order regardless of opinion. Punter picks himself and Clarke looked better this test, his back injury is a concern though but he should be fit if he was able to back up here over a 3 day break. Huss back in form by the look, always good news. And then what next?
Our bowling was the problem in the first test, then our batting and bowling in the second. We need to win 2 from 3 so we need 20 wickets in 2 test matches. So far we have taken 11 and 10. Take another batter in? Definitely not, although the English should probably just pick 11 batters.
Take another bowler in? This would give us 5 bowlers plus Watto. Sure Smith could come in and be counted as another batsmen but thats like calling a carport a garage. How good would Andrew McDonald be right now, pity he is out til the new year with a broken hand. I think we need a bowling allrounder, not a batting one like Watto and to a lesser extent North. So I've searched the country and found....Henriques and Smith, Christian and Obrien, Hopes and Swan, White, MJohnson and Mitch Marsh.
Team to be: Hughes, Watson, Ponting, Clare, Hussey, Hopes, Haddin, Doherty, Harris, Siddle, Hilfenhaus.
No left arm pace but so be it. Dropping Doherty would be ending his career like Krezja, Adelaide wasnt suited and Brisbane he bowled ok, last chance though. You could throw a blanket over that all rounder position and give it to a handful which wouldnt bother me, just as lon as Cricket Australia realise we need to take 20 wickets and not draw this series.
