whufc wrote:Huh
Howstat website has him playing 17 innings overseas at an average of 25. Only two scores over fifty.
I’m worried for him. Can’t help but feel McDonald might stupidly want to play his Victorian mate Maxwell over there.
I think his slipped behind Green as the ‘first in line’ batsmen to go if selectors decide to make a change. Just feel like his never been able to 100% nail his spot in the side.
He's had like 4x tours overseas. Pakistan in UAE (122 @ 30.50), Ashes (191 @ 27.28), Pakistan in Pakistan (68 @ 22.66) and now Sri Lanka (6 @ 6).
First one was 5yrs ago, the Ashes was in 2019 - then he was dropped during that series. Made his return in the Aussie summer and has been pretty consistent since. Pakistan in March was his first tour since 2019.
I'm not sure it's fair to judge him just yet - plenty fail in the sub-continent, but the sample size since his return to the test arena is too small to label him yet.
Also as LM pointed out, seems to be good balance in the side, and they're winning - so don't think anything changes.
Green plays a different role to Head also, so different argument - but i'd be surprised if the selectors messed with what's working and dropped Head and pushed Green up.