Just seems like DRS decisions shouldn't be made by the keeper.
I won't be surprised at all if both Warner and Khawaja are among the top run scorers in Shield cricket again next summer.
You never go easy on the coaches hey BR.
Khawaja's record in the last couple of years and particularly away from home is also terrible. I certainly don't think there's anything to suggest he would have done better opening and should have been persisted with in that position at the end of the series.
Khawaja's test average away from home is 24.36. His average in England from 6 tests is 19.66.
I think Burns and Patterson should have both been in the squad. Burns ahead of one of Harris or Bancroft and Patterson instead of Neser or Marsh if you aren't going to increase player numbers. There is nothing to suggest those players would have definitely done better though. Given the number of failures through the series I think they would have been worth giving an opportunity.
Our issue is a lack of good players. Burns scored 180 in his last test but still only has a test average of 40. He's played 16 tests and been dropped a bunch of times through poor form. Aside from after his 180 against Sri Lanka, he generally has deserved to be dropped.
Scored a 170 in NZ saved Aus bacon, got dropped. Top score in the debacle in Jo'Burg, got dropped. Scores big 180 got dropped.
You are kidding right? Steve Waugh averaged less after the same amount of tests. The bloke has 4 hundreds & 4 50s from only 28 innings.
He didn't get dropped after that 170 in New Zealand. He played the next two tests Australia played in Sri Lanka in the middle of that year. He got dropped for the third test against Sri Lanka after scores of 3, 29, 0 and 2. You could definitely make a case that he deserved more time after scoring a 170.
He scored 4 and 42 in Jo'Burg and whilst the 42 was the top score amongst the Aussies in the second innings, 3 Australians scored 50s in the first innings. I hardly think 46 runs in a test demands selection in the next match.
The underlying point here is that whilst I would have had Burns on the Ashes tour and picked him to open in the first test, there's no guarantee he would have done a huge amount better. He should have had the opportunity though.
On that basis, Warner should have been dropped.
He didn't get dropped after that 170 in New Zealand. He played the next two tests Australia played in Sri Lanka in the middle of that year. He got dropped for the third test against Sri Lanka after scores of 3, 29, 0 and 2. You could definitely make a case that he deserved more time after scoring a 170.
He scored 4 and 42 in Jo'Burg and whilst the 42 was the top score amongst the Aussies in the second innings, 3 Australians scored 50s in the first innings. I hardly think 46 runs in a test demands selection in the next match.
The underlying point here is that whilst I would have had Burns on the Ashes tour and picked him to open in the first test, there's no guarantee he would have done a huge amount better. He should have had the opportunity though.