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Pattinson in for Siddle by the looks of it too.

Lightning McQueen wrote:Bancroft dropped.

Harris is ordinary too though

Lightning McQueen wrote:Bancroft dropped.

Meanwhile Warner's form of 18 runs @ 4.50 is exactly what the Aussies need..

Jim05 wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Bancroft dropped.

Harris is ordinary too though

I still prefer Burns (who scored a century in his last test) to both these guys.

Bit unlucky for Bancroft to be dropped though - at least he hung around a bit. I'm not sure if Harris has played much in England.

Ultimately, I think Renshaw has the best temperament to be a long-term test opener. Just needs to score runs in the Shield first.

RB wrote:

Jim05 wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Bancroft dropped.

Harris is ordinary too though

I still prefer Burns (who scored a century in his last test) to both these guys.

Bit unlucky for Bancroft to be dropped though - at least he hung around a bit. I'm not sure if Harris has played much in England.

Ultimately, I think Renshaw has the best temperament to be a long-term test opener. Just needs to score runs in the Shield first.

While I like Bancroft and Harris, Renshaw should never have had to compete for his spot through early Sheffield Shield form in the first test two summers ago - after the G&D he showed in India when so many of our batsmen fail in the subcontinent, he should have been the incumbent for the first two tests of that Ashes series.

5 of 6 selected batsmen are lefties. Interesting.

The Bedge wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Bancroft dropped.

Meanwhile Warner's form of 18 runs @ 4.50 is exactly what the Aussies need..

Happy they made the change but not real happy it's Bancroft dropped instead of Warner.

The Dark Knight wrote:

The Bedge wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Bancroft dropped.

Meanwhile Warner's form of 18 runs @ 4.50 is exactly what the Aussies need..

Happy they made the change but not real happy it's Bancroft dropped instead of Warner.

Bancroft doing as well as he could in the second innings last week...just not technically sound enough.
Warner could turn it around at the drop of a hat. Lets hope he does so tonight.

The Bedge wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Bancroft dropped.

Meanwhile Warner's form of 18 runs @ 4.50 is exactly what the Aussies need..

Bloody hell Bedge, didn't you hear the Captains interview that Dave is ready to stand up and take the lead because Smith is out.

I expecting twin centuries from him., after all Langer said last test that Davey had that glint in his eye and he was due for a big one, and yeah that really happened

locky801 wrote:

The Bedge wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Bancroft dropped.

Meanwhile Warner's form of 18 runs @ 4.50 is exactly what the Aussies need..

Bloody hell Bedge, didn't you hear the Captains interview that Dave is ready to stand up and take the lead because Smith is out.

I expecting twin centuries from him., after all Lager said last test that Davey had that glint in his eye and he was due for a big one, and yeah that really happened

Old mate Lager been in the pi55 I reckon.

Raining

Not a big Khawaja fan but must say he was engaging to listen to...good interview.

Batting

Just got to get over 250

WTF is wrong with captains these days wanting to field 1st?
Australia batting 1st get 300 + they are home and hosed
England may still win but electing to field 1st is so negative and they deserve to lose

Corona Man wrote:

locky801 wrote:

The Bedge wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Bancroft dropped.

Meanwhile Warner's form of 18 runs @ 4.50 is exactly what the Aussies need..

Bloody hell Bedge, didn't you hear the Captains interview that Dave is ready to stand up and take the lead because Smith is out.

I expecting twin centuries from him., after all Lager said last test that Davey had that glint in his eye and he was due for a big one, and yeah that really happened

Old mate Lager been in the pi55 I reckon.

Old mate Corona Man’s been on it judging by this post...

Corona Man drinking his own brewed Corona on tap.....

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mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Corona Man drinking his own bath water...

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EFA

Gee its good listening to the next captain and #3 of the team for the summer ahead

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jackpot jim wrote:WTF is wrong with captains these days wanting to field 1st?
Australia batting 1st get 300 + they are home and hosed
England may still win but electing to field 1st is so negative and they deserve to lose

True but this is not Lords. On this deck Broad and Woakes could cut us up early. Forget about archer the big threat in these conditions is Broad and Woakes.

All I have heard is Archer this and Archer that. Look don't get me wrong as he is an exciting talent, but honestly Broad has been the pick of the bowlers for mine. He's a real danger on this deck.

Don't take your eye of those 2 or look out.

stan wrote:

jackpot jim wrote:WTF is wrong with captains these days wanting to field 1st?
Australia batting 1st get 300 + they are home and hosed
England may still win but electing to field 1st is so negative and they deserve to lose

True but this is not Lords. On this deck Broad and Woakes could cut us up early. Forget about archer the big threat in these conditions is Broad and Woakes.

All I have heard is Archer this and Archer that. Look don't get me wrong as he is an exciting talent, but honestly Broad has been the pick of the bowlers for mine. He's a real danger on this deck.

Don't take your eye of those 2 or look out.

Agree .... Aussies need to hang tuff and hope the cloud cover goes away.