Australia in Bangladesh

[aussie1st]

1st Test - Dhaka (TBC), April 9 - 13

2nd Test - Chittagong, April 16 - 20

1st ODI - Chittagong, April 23

2nd ODI - Dhaka (TBC), April 26

3rd ODI - Dhaka (TBC), April 28

Squads

Australia Squad (from cricinfo)

Tests

* *Ricky Ponting
* +Adam Gilchrist
* Stuart Clark
* Michael Clarke
* Matthew Hayden
* Michael Hussey
* Michael Kasprowicz - withdrawn 5th Apr
* Justin Langer - withdrawn 5th Apr
* Brett Lee
* Stuart MacGill
* Damien Martyn
* Andrew Symonds
* Shaun Tait - withdrawn 5th Apr
* Shane Warne
* Jason Gillespie - added 5th Apr
* Phil Jaques - added 5th Apr
* Mitchell Johnson - added 5th Apr

One-Day

* *Ricky Ponting
* +Adam Gilchrist
* Nathan Bracken
* Stuart Clark
* Michael Clarke
* Dan Cullen
* Brad Hogg
* Michael Hussey
* Mitchell Johnson
* Simon Katich
* Brett Lee
* Damien Martyn
* Shane Watson
* Andrew Symonds

Bangladesh Squad

* *Habibul Bashar
* Javed Omar
* Rajin Saleh
* Mohammad Ashraful
* Shahriar Nafees
* Nafees Iqbal
* Aftab Ahmed
* Alok Kapali
* +Khaled Mashud
* Mohammad Rafique
* Enamul Haque jnr
* Mashrafe Mortaza
* Syed Rasel
* Shahadat Hossain


Good to see Cullen there. I'm surpised Tait wasn't picked for the ODI squad given hes been picked for the test squad.

 

[genghis_khan]

yeh i wouldve considered Bollinger aswell

Tait will be disappointed but he may get a game in the test series.

I wonder if Amla or Steyn will play?...i recon Amla will but doubt Steyn will.

 

[aussie1st]

Bollinger clearly was the better bowler in ING, hes worth a shot, not expensive like Johnson and able to pick up the odd wicket or 2.

SA could well play both cause they said they would like to experiment in the dead rubber.

 

[James219]

Would they be willing to replace Nel with Steyn? I guess Steyn adds an extra dimension to the attack with his pace and Smith could use him in short burts to steal a wicket or two, but that could go terribly wrong. But a dead rubber is no time for negativity.. On the other hand, Nel deserves selection, but may still be hampered by that ongoing injury. Amla'll probably play though, they need to make changes and it's a pretty good opportunity to allow him another chance at the top level.

 

[genghis_khan]

yeh Bollinger was the leading fast bowler in the ING cup this year i think...and he has pretty good pace...like Johnson.
But Bollinger is still young like Johno, plenty of time to get into the team

 

[aussie1st]

I would like to see the speedo on Bollinger.
Oh well they picked Johnson so hopefully they actually use him for more than one game.

 

[genghis_khan]

more than 3 overs!!! =S lol

just a question...is Johnson a swing bowler or more of a seam bowler?

 

[aussie1st]

I read somewhere that he could swing it both ways, so swing bowler I would say. Just surpised he hasn't had more success, cause at his pace plus being a left armer you would think it would make him almost unplayable.

 

[James219]

Mate, gun-barrell straight !
Nah, I think he tends to swing it through the air more than move it off the pitch, just off the top of my head though.

 

[James219]

Just surpised he hasn't had more success, cause at his pace plus being a left armer you would think it would make him almost unplayable.

Yeah, it'd definitely seem that way, which is why he's a bit of a mystery, but as you know, there's more to a good bowler than that.

 

[aussie1st]

Oh actually I forgot he is so wayward hence the reason he hasn't been successful. Its all good knowing you can swing it both ways at pace but if you don't put it in the right spot then its touch the ball and watch it go to the fence.

 

[Sman-21]

No suprises that there are no changes to the test side.
You try telling a guy sorry mate we are gonna give you a rest even though theres a massive break coming up so we can try out some youngsters.
Alot of them are too scared to miss games when there injured because it means someone could come in and perform well and take there spot.
Plus they would still see bangladesh as a great chance to boost there averages even though they somehow lost to them in england odi.

 

[genghis_khan]

Mate, gun-barrell straight !
Nah, I think he tends to swing it through the air more than move it off the pitch, just off the top of my head though.

gun barrell straight! oh dear god not another Shane Watson!!

the only excuse for us losing that ODI to Bangla last yr was the Roy Symonds incident, clearly they were all thinking about that instead of the game at hand.

anyway...forget about that game!

 

[aussie1st]

Oh well losses make you stronger We will be stronger than ever come the World Cup. Lewis no more = no more World record losses :happy

 

[ZexyZahid]

I don't think anybody would have minded this.

Mick Lewis left out of Bangladesh tour/Dan Cullen given one-day call up
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bdeshvaus/content/current/story/242672.html

Cullen won an award, so he must be a good bowler.

And I thought Australia would rest some players. But this is a full strenght squad. But the good thing is that the people in Bangladesh can see the great Australian players.