Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
I'd have thought Kurtis Patterson would have been the next cab off the rank for middle order batsmen.
Ashes 2021-22
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The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Perhaps. His Shield form has been pretty good, but Ussie has made as many or more runs this FC season.
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
Yeah, buit Ussie represents the past rather than the future I think. Kurtis has at least 2 maybe three years on Ussie and I'd expect would be better value over the longer term.
EDIT : make that 7 years.
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The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
I think Kurtis is a decent long term option, but I'm expecting Ussie to get the gig for Sydney.
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
I think you're right Hornet. I just think the selectors have got it wrong. Now watch Khawaja post a double ton to put me in my place, as Travis Head did a couple of tests ago.
waiopehu oldboy
Stirling Mortlock (74)
On this cursed tour I doubt if Root could snag any good fortune and win either of the next two tosses. He had his chance in Brisbane and right royally stuffed it up.
Ussie and Boland are both in, which will lead to us batting first and knocking the Poms over cheaply in their second innings. All over before the weekend.
Ussie and Boland are both in, which will lead to us batting first and knocking the Poms over cheaply in their second innings. All over before the weekend.
Brumby Runner
Jason Little (69)
Rude, schmood - this is not tiddly winks. It is the olde enemy.
Pfitzy
George Gregan (70)
We've beaten them with our number 4 & 5 & 6 pace bowlers, and our three top batsman scoring fuck all in the last Test.
I could dig out my 6th grade subbies kit and take Head's spot and the odds would still be about right for an Aussie victory.
waiopehu oldboy
Stirling Mortlock (74)
^ defiantly a realist 
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
For all the stick Melbourne cops about rain interrupting play, Sydney in January seems to have the same affliction!
One of Australia’s leading Climatologists has declared there is evidence to support Shane Warne’s radical call for Sydney to swap its Test with Brisbane.
Warne believes Cricket Australia should look at stripping the New Year’s Test timeslot from the iconic SCG because it always seems to rain, and instead hand Sydney the summer opener every year.
However, leading Climatologist from the Bureau of Meteorology Blair Trewin told News Corp there was significant logic to Warne’s calls, particularly because it would also better suit the weather patterns in Brisbane – who traditionally host the summer opener.
“Measurable rain occurs on about 40 per cent of January days in Sydney,” said Trewin.
“This is similar to Brisbane in November/December (their usual Test timeslot).
“I suspect the number of hours with rain in Sydney is considerably higher than Brisbane (i.e. the Brisbane rain has a higher intensity on average), but this is difficult to get numbers for.
Rob42
John Solomon (38)
Amen to that. I listened to a fair bit of the first two tests in the car whilst travelling, and I now know that Chappelli thinks Root should bat at 3, and isn't a good captain. I don't believe he mentioned anything else in all those hours, aside, of course, from a full retelling of cricket in the 70s.