Booney wrote:am Bays wrote:I don't get all the love for Head*
In terms of 1st class runs and 1st class batting average you're picking Patterson, Hanscombe, Bancroft, Maddinson, and Maxwell before him. Having played less cricket based on average you're picking Stonis and Lehman (15 run better average and the same amount tons having played a third of the amount of games) before him too.
I know stats don't tell the full story and he is still a bloody good young cricketer but not sure Head would make my 2nd test side.
We're doing what the Australian Selectors have failed to do for years. Identify young talent, perhaps before their time, throw them in and back them in. What have we got to lose now?
I get that, still have to earn a spot and the likes of Maddinson, Patterson and Bancroft, all under 25, deserve 1st crack to build a test career that can cover the next four ashes series