Has Usman Khawaja played his last Test?
Since 1 January 2017, Usman Khawaja has averaged 34.8 across 39 Test innings. That is not the required level of performance for a man…
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No Don, he has been hit in the head numerous times aside from the Abbott delivery. It is an area of the game that has troubled him.
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/will-pucovski-concussion-head-injuries-victoria-pre-season-mantra-jlt-cup-sheffield-shield/2018-09-09
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Pierro, I am not sure I understand what it is you are saying … “Khawaja was worth elevating a few Tests ago” … “Bancroft should have been given three Tests like Warner” … so who is it you would have had opening a few Tests ago?
Has Usman Khawaja played his last Test?
Sorry Waxhead, the wording of your original post re the stats for him opening was confusing.
Personally, I don’t see anyway that his record home v away matters presently.
In the past 2.5 years, in 39 Test innings regardless of venue, he has averaged under 35. For a batsman in the top-three that is not good enough.
Has Usman Khawaja played his last Test?
Waxhead,
Khawaja has averaged 76.3 at home as an opener and 127.5 away so saying “Khawaja has proved effective at the top of the order, with seven innings for two centuries and an average of 96.8” is misleading I find interesting.
Home or away, as an opener he has produced very fine numbers.
Has Usman Khawaja played his last Test?
Rowdy, that is a fascinating comment about Cummins … 13 wickets in two Tests in this series at 16.3 … 107 career wickets at 21.3 … ranked number one in the world … what more does he need to do to win you over??
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Root does not have the likes of Gower, Gooch, Amiss, Greig, Boycott & Botham around him.
England's captain is the Root of their problems
Paine was not identified as his team’s key player entering the series.
England's captain is the Root of their problems
That is a nice disrespectful post when you consider that indigenous Australians have been inhabiting the country for over 50,000 years. The history of this country didn’t start with the arrival of white settlement!
Lord's set to be a happy hunting ground again for Australia
Odd though given that Hazlewood has come in when he has done a lot less red ball bowling than Pattinson this year. If anything, Pattinson is more long form conditioned than Hazlewood in the past 7-8 months.
Pattinson left out of second Test squad with Starc, Hazlewood included
I wouldn’t say that a 4-2 win-loss record at Lords since 2000 is a poor one. There wouldn’t be too many overseas grounds where Australia boasts a better record.
Lord's set to be a happy hunting ground again for Australia
I really don’t see dropping a batsman as a viable option. If it wasn’t for some individual brilliance by Steve Smith in the first Test, 8-122 could have easily become 150 all out. Thinning out the batting order would be a huge risk.
Lord's set to be a happy hunting ground again for Australia
Agreed James. Seems an odd choice to schedule a Test where days four and five are on the weekend.
Lord's set to be a happy hunting ground again for Australia
One would expect that pace and hostility to knock over the tail qwetzen. It would indicate that his control may have been wanting. Against a team that is sitting ninth out of ten teams in division two and was missing seven of its top nine run-scorers this season I wouldn’t say his figures were overly impressive. The fact his first four overs in Worcestershire’s first innings conceded 27 runs is also a concern.
Lord's set to be a happy hunting ground again for Australia
Yes, they always bring whoever they want into the squad qwetzen but I took Adsa’s comment to mean that one of either Burns or Harris should be brought in for Lord’s. I don’t see that as being Burns – if they went that way – as he is not currently in the squad.
Australia needs to take the same XI to Lord's
All ears Brendon as to how you think can improve it.
Personally, as I have outlined above, I feel the team that won by 251 runs at Edgbaston does not need to be changed, even more so from a bowling perspective, given Langer’s comments re the team game plan for this series.
Australia needs to take the same XI to Lord's
Sheek, given Cummins, Pattinson and Siddle are being rested from the three-day game v Worcestershire and there is an eight-day break between the first and second Tests I don’t see why there needs to be a quick rotated out for Lord’s.
There is a three-day turnaround after that Test which I could see as a reason for perhaps making a change.
Not sure about the need to rotate batsmen though. I cannot see the need for rotating a batsman unless he is out of form which actually means he is being dropped.
Australia needs to take the same XI to Lord's
Will be difficult to bring Burns in Adsa as he is not in the squad.
As I said earlier, dropping batsmen after the opening Test of the series is not the way to go about picking a team. More than one match is needed for an assessment. Bancroft’s innings immediately before neinh picked in the squad was 93no on a bowler friendly pitch against Cummins, Starc, Siddle and Hazlewood. Dropping after the next match would be ridiculously harsh.
Also, on your philosophy, what is Harris is chosen and happens to fail in both innings? Where do you go then?
Australia needs to take the same XI to Lord's
Sorry Michael, but I think if we are going to simply jettison players after one Test at the start of a series as you are saying should be the case with Pattinson, Bancroft and Siddle we are setting up a recipe for disaster.
Using your logic if the players that are brought in – Starc, Hazlewood and Harris – fail to impress they too should be dropped straight away.
Chopping and changing the side every single Test by as many as three personnel based on one match as you are suggesting is not the way to select a team.
Australia needs to take the same XI to Lord's
He has certainly been below his best in the past 18 months U … in his last two series against South Africa and India he has picked up 25 wickets at 35 in eight Tests and then missed last summer’s SRL series due to injury.
With the Dukes ball for AUS A he went wicketless in his only first-class game against a weakened Sussex side and claimed one wicket in each innings on the green top in the intra-squad match.
He needs a really solid hit out over the next three days against Worcestershire.
Australia needs to take the same XI to Lord's
I am not sure Chop that reducing the number of batsmen in a team that was 8-122 in its first innings us the way to go.
Australia needs to take the same XI to Lord's
No, he isn’t Bruce. He has played very limited first-class cricket in recent years due to injury. Did not play Shield cricket last summer.
Australia needs to take the same XI to Lord's
Having not seen the Southampton game Ozinsa it is hard to comment really but he faced 242 balls in the match and got out once against Cummins, Siddle, Starc & Hazlewood. Hence, dropping him after one match would be harsh. Having been preferred ahead of Harris for Edgbaston he should be retained for Lord’s. The worry would be if you dropped him after one Test and Harris failed twice at Lord’s where does that leave you? Bancroft needs to be looked at again.
Australia needs to take the same XI to Lord's
And the replacement logically would simply be the 12th man.
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WA all-rounder Ian Brayshaw.
101 first-class matches, 4325 runs at 31.8, three centuries, HS 160.
178 wkts at 25.1, BBI 10/44 v Victoria.
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