The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Currently I could understand replacing him with Phil Hughes. Consistently great FC record. I'd also say Marcus North is another one. Test experience, decent FC record but great FC record from the current season (providing he maintains it).
I tend to think that test players and high profile players techniques are scrutinised heavily, giving the impression that players with less exposure don't have flawed techniques. One would say with less impressive career returns, either they have issues with their technique also. And even if they don't, what the fuck does it matter if they can't convert superior technique into superior, or even equal results?
I certainly would have had Hughes in the team ahead of Marsh. Fortunately it turned out that Marsh batted very well and made a great contribution to the victory. He was bloody lucky to be there though. Hopefully he'll smash it for the rest of the series and his place will be beyond doubt. Doolan's selection was a bit easier for mine. He'd made runs against the Saffers before and had a better FC record over the last couple of seasons than Marsh. It seemed pretty clear that he was the next cab off the rank and I'm OK with that.
All of this suggests to me that any selection of Hughes would be grudging, because the hierarchy appear not to trust him.