The VB Series 2006

VB Series Winner


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Take Dorey out of the equation
Im a west aussie so i should support him but from what ive seen of him in the 2 games he has played there is no way he should be playing ahead of guys like bracken,tait,mick lewis,clark etc etc.
In the game against SAfrica his stats werent too bad hiding how poor his line an length was, far too many ball were aimed at middle an leg stump that should have been whipped away for boundaries. It was poor batting from SA not good bowling.

I love your idea of a young guy and an experienced guy opening cricket 60.
We need to find a new opener for one day side with guys like hayden and gilly getting older.
So bring a younger opener(jaques maybe cosgrove) in give him a fair amount of games and keep an experienced guy with him(hayden gilly).

This allrounder business is beginning to annoy me Australia dont need to worry about finding a Flintoff we dont have anyone like him and dont need one either.
Pick your 3 best pace bowlers a spinner (warne mcgill or hogg) then our batsmen.
We have enough good bowlers to trouble anyside and still have the best batting stocks around.
Symo can bowl 5-10 overs if someones gettin smashed
Clarke can bowl 5 overs
Watson, Hopes will never be in the same league as Flintoff so just pick ya best bowlers.
If the batsmen fail hopefully all those good bowlers can trouble the opposition.

And get rid of this stupid supersub rule
 
how can u forget hussey he is the main batsman in this australian batting line up, and about martyn he dont have to open the innings for australia.
 
Hussey is the next bevan for Australia, he is really conisistant and proving to be vital in the team. Who would keep out Hussey with the form he is in. The Australians always find a good new player.
 
Watson can be that in the future imo, needs more chances tbh.

At Hants he's showed his class.
 
They dropped Jacques after making 94 runs on debut, but they kept Dorey who bowled 9 overs for 51 runs. THe worst bowler BY FAR was kept but the best batsman BY FAR was dropped.

I don't udnerstand it.
 
It was due to Katich already owning the position according to the commentators.

Whether thats BS or not who knows.
 
irottev said:
They dropped Jacques after making 94 runs on debut, but they kept Dorey who bowled 9 overs for 51 runs. THe worst bowler BY FAR was kept but the best batsman BY FAR was dropped.

I don't udnerstand it.

It's called rotation by the Aussie selectors. I don't understand either. It would be ok if they rotated out of form players but dropping someone who made 94 is stupid
 
I would understand if Jaques was a permenant fixture and got rested but he is a newbie. Why on earth they dropped him for Katich I just don't understand. He better get another go in this series.
 
cricket doctor said:
Hussey is exceptional, he will be the next Aussie captain IMO.
I would rather have him than Ponting atm as captain. Ponting is useless despite have a very good record because of his team's strength.

Katich has to be out by the finals, really he is pathetic and slow. Jaques scores twice as fast as him and plays some good shots. Also Hopes should not be in the team. He can bat but he can't bowl. He conceded about 11 rpo in the last match and if he had bowled out his full 10 overs it could of beaten Brett Lee's record of most runs conceded in an ODI. Watson will most likely be the replacement but I don't really rate him highly atm but have to give him time. Think the selectors should think about whether Aus can qualify to the VB finals before deciding about the WC squad.
 
kodos said:
I would rather have him than Ponting atm as captain. Ponting is useless despite have a very good record because of his team's strength.

Katich has to be out by the finals, really he is pathetic and slow. Jaques scores twice as fast as him and plays some good shots. Also Hopes should not be in the team. He can bat but he can't bowl. He conceded about 11 rpo in the last match and if he had bowled out his full 10 overs it could of beaten Brett Lee's record of most runs conceded in an ODI. Watson will most likely be the replacement but I don't really rate him highly atm but have to give him time. Think the selectors should think about whether Aus can qualify to the VB finals before deciding about the WC squad.

I agree Ponting is just getting plain useless. He isn't using Lee right, didn't use Kaspa right when he was in the side. Opened Martyn when Clarke was the better option. He clearly is stuffed, Hussey is the way to go as he will be a fixture in both sides until he retires.

On Watson, he maybe crap in test but his ODI record was starting to improve. His last game he got MOM and bowled and batted well. Hopefully its more of the same.
 
They need to bring back the players they used to have like Kasper, Bichel, Dizzey etc they were a great bowling lineup along with Mcgrath and Lee and Hogg they were Great. Australia had a great team in 03 world cup like having all those players and peoples like Harvey etc they were a great side. Maybe the resting will pay good but as long as the players that are being rested come back into form and australia dont lose any other games in the VB series im happy but if they lose it htey need to bring back their sides of 2003 and 2004
 
Problem with bringing Bichel, Gillespie, Bevan and Harvey back is that they are preventing the younger lads to play for Australia and the team needs to move on. McGrath probably only has 2 or at most 3 years left so the bowling attack will be weaken and Bichel, Kasper and Bevan aren't getting any younger as well. They can bring them back for the test matches if their selection is warranted but I don't think ODI's. But I have a feeling Warne will return to the ODI arena even though in a recent poll on the baggygreen site, about 65% of voters do not want to see Warne back. Also I question his fitness, I mean he has gotta run around in the outfield unlike in the test matches.
 
Yes a great team back then but these players have lost form. Its like saying we should bring back guys like Waugh, Border and co. We can't live in the past.
If Kasper and Dizzy are good enough they will get back in.
 

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