Australian International Summer 2025/26

[CENTURION]

Unless things go crazy wrong regarding the couple of injury concerns hard to see any other side for the first test than..... only bloke they could possibly consider would be Labuschagne

Khawaja
Renshaw
Smith
Green
Head
Webster
Carey
Starc
Lyon
Hazelwood
Boland

Don't you pick players that are in form?
3 hundreds by Laba surely would get him into the side?

[whufc]

Potentially.

Renshaw is also in form and is the opening partner of Khawaja so i think that tips things in his favour for the opening position.

Smith and Head are not being dropped no matter what.

Webster has arguably been our best batter the last 6 months

Green is the 'future' by the seems of it in the selectors minds.

So ultimately it will be either Webster or Green to make way for Labuschagne. You definitely could make a case for it.

[Lightning McQueen]

Unless things go crazy wrong regarding the couple of injury concerns hard to see any other side for the first test than..... only bloke they could possibly consider would be Labuschagne

Khawaja
Renshaw
Smith
Green
Head
Webster
Carey
Starc
Lyon
Hazelwood
Boland

Don't you pick players that are in form?
3 hundreds by Laba surely would get him into the side?

F*** him!!!

[Lightning McQueen]

Unless things go crazy wrong regarding the couple of injury concerns hard to see any other side for the first test than..... only bloke they could possibly consider would be Labuschagne

Khawaja
Renshaw
Smith
Green
Head
Webster
Carey
Starc
Lyon
Hazelwood
Boland

Konstas will play, Green will bat at 3.

[RB]

I think Renshaw's chances of playing the first test are low - e.g. maybe I'd give it 10% at this stage - but obviously more runs in his remaining innings before the first test would help him.

[CENTURION]

Unless things go crazy wrong regarding the couple of injury concerns hard to see any other side for the first test than..... only bloke they could possibly consider would be Labuschagne

Khawaja
Renshaw
Smith
Green
Head
Webster
Carey
Starc
Lyon
Hazelwood
Boland

Don't you pick players that are in form?
3 hundreds by Laba surely would get him into the side?

F*** him!!!

Would it help?

[CENTURION]

Unless things go crazy wrong regarding the couple of injury concerns hard to see any other side for the first test than..... only bloke they could possibly consider would be Labuschagne

Khawaja
Renshaw
Smith
Green
Head
Webster
Carey
Starc
Lyon
Hazelwood
Boland

Don't you pick players that are in form?
3 hundreds by Laba surely would get him into the side?

Make that 4 hundreds!

[locky801]

Full day in the field and Pope only bowls 11 overs, very strange

[RB]

Looks like McSweeney came on before Pope too.

[Lightning McQueen]

Would it help?

He'd be screaming out his own name.

[Lightning McQueen]

Full day in the field and Pope only bowls 11 overs, very strange

Didn't get the skippers blessing.

[Lightning McQueen]

Make that 4 hundreds!

I get what you're putting down, I just don't feel as though shield cricket form cuts it, but you can only score against whoever you're playing against.

If shield cricket is the audtion then you really can't go past him, but for who? The opening experiment failed, as it did with Smith and surely they wouldn't want to trial it with Head against the Poms.

[PatowalongaPirate]

Marnus will bat 3, and I reckon they will go with Weatherald to partner with Uzzy. Webster will be unlucky as Green has been cleared to bowl.

Khawaja
Weatherald
Labuschagne
Smith
Head
Green
Carey
Starc
Lyon
Hazelwood
Boland.

Cummins missing makes the tail look long.

[Trader]

I wouldn't do it, but with Pat out do you consider playing 3 bowlers + Green + Webster?

Usi, Weathers, Labba, Smith, Head, Green, Webster, Carey, Starc, Lyon, Josh

[Lightning McQueen]

I wouldn't do it, but with Pat out do you consider playing 3 bowlers + Green + Webster?

Usi, Weathers, Labba, Smith, Head, Green, Webster, Carey, Starc, Lyon, Josh

I'd leave Lyon out.

[PatowalongaPirate]

Konstas currently 39* in NSW 2nd Innings.

[Armchair expert]

I have massive concerns about Boland if England start hitting him around, I don't think he handles it well at all.

[Armchair expert]

Cam Green out of the ODI series v India with "side soreness"
replaced by Marnus

[locky801]

Cam Green out of the ODI series v India with "side soreness"
replaced by Marnus

Gets more injuries than an entire AFL side this bloke

[PatowalongaPirate]

Konstas currently 39* in NSW 2nd Innings.

Out for 53.