stan wrote:My team and what I think is the mostly likely 1st Ashes test line up:
Harris
Burns
Khawaja
Smith (Assuming he can find some 4 day runs)
Head
Patterson
Paine
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Hazelwood
Richardson - 12th.
I reckon that's what we will go with. The next few shield matches will be very important when using the dukes. For mine Patterson should play as he has the first class runs up, Labuschagne is the one for mine that would miss out for Smith. We really need Smith back but he needs to get some longer form runs soon.
Unfortunately I think Burns will get exposed in England. From a cricket point of view, I think Harris would bat better if he was with Warner. In the first couple tests he was patient but towards the end of the summer he was playing shots that weren't there.
Number three would also be an issue if Khawaja didn't make runs yesterday. Smith is a number 4, not 3 IMO, and whilst I'm a fan of Labuschagne, he's not ready for number three, and the 6 you listed are ahead of him with him being the next cab off the rank.