Ashes 2025/6
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last round of Shield games for someone, anyone, to put their hand up.
Aussie could be in a spot here, the chat is around needing one opener, but again, because these selectors refuse to let anything go, they are working on the hope that Khawaja can refind some form. That double hundred in Sri Lanka is doing a LOT of heavy lifting (just like Warner's last one did) because other than that he has crossed 50 once since the start of last year. And he's had a lot of innings since then.
Essentially they are hoping a 39 year old can get his eye back.
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@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
Given England's terrible batting form at the moment, Australia could pull someone out of club cricket to be one of their openers and still win the series 5-0.
Both teams have a mix of brilliant batsmen, a couple maybe past it or in terrible form and some who are a bit shit and you wonder how they made it in the first place.
Should make for an excellent series.
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Given the age of the England squad too and how many injuries Archer and Stokes have had, the s England physios will be bloody busy too.
My guess is the Australians will rotate their quicks a bit from Test to Test. If they can prevent Root and Brook from finding their peak form, I expect Australia to win at least three of the Test easily, although a couple of the others may be tighter contests.
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Test quicks Starc and Hazlewood playing for NSW v Victoria who have Scott Boland. Lyon and Smith also in the NSW side.
Alex Carey & Travis Head playing for South Australia. Marnus for QLD
All the Aussie test squad except Khawaja are playing in the current round of Sheffield Shield that's underway. -
No pressure on Green. All he has to do is get a bunch of huge scores without getting out and he's the next Steve Waugh apparently.
Gilly was a legend and one of my favourite players but he sure does talk some shit. This is almost as bad as the time he went on about Warnies awesome batting.
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did you read the article? it's pretty clear the Australian selectors see him as the key piece of this team going forward. He's 26 in a squad of 30+ year olds. He has been selected any time he's fit, and that includes not fit enough to bowl. He's been selected in the top order repeatedly despite a modest record.
These guys aren't saying he's the next Steve Waugh, they're saying if he is to prove he's the man going forward, he needs a break out series, like Steve Waugh had. And Australia probably need him to, given the flux around him.
They even express doubts that he can, and say he needs to bowl.
Personally i have seen nothing that says this is a possibility, but it's a very fair talking point given the shape of that Australian batting lineup, and the chances this bloke has had.
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@mariner4life said in Ashes 2025/6:
did you read the article? it's pretty clear the Australian selectors see him as the key piece of this team going forward. He's 26 in a squad of 30+ year olds. He has been selected any time he's fit, and that includes not fit enough to bowl. He's been selected in the top order repeatedly despite a modest record.
These guys aren't saying he's the next Steve Waugh, they're saying if he is to prove he's the man going forward, he needs a break out series, like Steve Waugh had. And Australia probably need him to, given the flux around him.
They even express doubts that he can, and say he needs to bowl.
Personally i have seen nothing that says this is a possibility, but it's a very fair talking point given the shape of that Australian batting lineup, and the chances this bloke has had.
Well, they're saying he could be......
“This series for me for Cam Green is his Steve Waugh, 1989 Ashes,” Gilchrist said on Fox Cricket on Saturday night.
“If he can nail that breakthrough series where he contributes Test match after Test match after - I mean, ‘Tugga’ ... wasn’t dismissed until about the third Test, I reckon.
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ah, you've fallen for the fox sports cut up quote.
‘Build the team around me’: Aussie legend’s big Green call as ‘mixed message’ fears revealed
