Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
Clarke gone for 4. Aust 4/104 just after lunch.
All out 242. A well made 77 to Mitchell Johnston - he's been the all-rounder in the team for some time, and everyone but the selectors have worked that out.
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Well he'd be an all rounder if he could just get some wickets.
This isn't the series to blood a bunch of rookies. That's next year v NZ and WIN.
Voges case was pretty irresistable so I don't blame them for that. The continued selection of Watson is the far more egregious error and I think we're seeing the end of Haddin's time in the team. He'll survive the next test but we need more out of him than we're getting. The rest of the team I think is fairly spot on, though I'd still rather see Smith back at five and someone different at three. Problem is, first drop has been a problem for a while and we've not had anyone command the spot.
The obvious answer is that none of Warner, Rogers, Smith, Clarke, Vogues or The Other can bowl enough overs of sufficient quality. For the 138 years we have had enough bowling in the top 6 to get away with it.Yep, Mitch has done enough on this tour with the bat to suggest that he should overtake Watson. It still leaves open the question of why we don't just pick a specialist batsman at 6, like we have for the overwhelming majority of the 138 years we've played test cricket.