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Ashes Down Under: Who gets a chance?

Should the twelfth man have more involvement in cricket? (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Roar Guru
4th September, 2013
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The India vs Australia series is almost like a warm-up for the Aussie boys to get prepared for the Ashes once more. Who deserves to get a go though?

Is it any of your favourites, or anyone I pick? If you would like to, comment below and bring up your own choices.

Below are my choices for who should be considered for being in the squad.

This is not my team; these are those who should be in the team, or who are on fringes and may have not played many (all if you are Wade) matches in the England Ashes series.

Aaron Finch

He simply deserves to be in the team. His 156 off 63 balls was superb, and while it was not major game, he did get 140+ in the Scotland ODI.

Finch had shown promise in the Tests played, but never made a significant score. He should be the first replacement, called in if a batsman is rested/injured.

He has potential as a batsman and is like David Warner, with an added advantage of possessing a cooler head and the ability to shift gears. He also fields very well.

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Jackson Bird

The man can bowl and is a replica of Glenn McGrath entirely in his bowling style. He can bowl nothing too far outside the off-stump, just like Glenn McGrath.

Once this guy improves, he can become one of the best bowlers in the world. He has only played in one Test, on a pitch which was not great for seam movement – something he is known to be quite good at.

There’s much promise here and he offers a different type of bowling to our standard set of bowlers. He should definitely play in some, if not all of the Tests in the Ashes.

Ashton Agar

If the man is alright, he should get a go – and my guess is the Sydney Test would be the best time to put him in.

The Syndey pitch is renowned for helping spin and Agar showed some hope in his first game, but I believe his second was marred by injury, hence why he could not perform.

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Agar needs to bowl well in the Syndey Test to keep his spot. In the meantime, if he plays, he should prove he can spin.

Doug Bollinger

Now this is two-fold – if Harris doesn’t play (barring injury, it will be absolute injustice). However, if Harris is injured, Bollinger should step in.

These two bowlers bowl similarly with slight deviations. Bollinger can bowl and has bowled well recently. He also can contribute with the bat with a 20 or 30 odd knock.

Xavier Doherty

Doherty is a fantastic defensive spin bowler. He builds pressure on batsmen and doesn’t go for too many runs usually.

The problem is – he really is too defensive, with minimal offensive and wicket-taking ability. If he is to do this he is required to, he should include more variations in his skillset.

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To be able to stop some of the best batsmen in the world would be quite a feat however. And for that, he needs to prove his form and add some offensive ability to his armour.

Whom have I missed? Who should get a go and why?

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