Bailey strikes again, but the Aussie bowlers strike out

Malinga still does a decent job at that. I do agree though with T20 rambos all about the place it's just hard not to leak runs at the death, You can't do a perfect yorker every ball and become predictable and 2 out of 3 times a batsman will pick your slower ball and clear the boundary.

Hartley for the test team Paine for the ODI team? I haven't seen Hartley this season but being a Redbacks fan I saw 2 Tassie games in a row, a good chunk on the TV. Paine looked good with gloves and bat. Might be ready to get back into Aussie pajamas. I was a supporter of the decision to include Haddin in the Ashes because he looked great with the bat in Shield last season but he hasn't delivered. He has been disappointing. Time to go Brad.

Thing is Jonny Boy that Hussey was promoted to the test team with a well established first class batting average of in excess of 50. He would have been promoted to almost any test team in the world with that average and it was only because Australia had at the time such a strong batting line up that it took Hussey so long to get his chance. Same applies to Rogers and we could say Hodge would have been in the same boat and Kattich should never have been dropped. They were each 50+ first class average batsmen and test class each. Bailey is a long way short of that standard with an established long term first class average of just over 38. Comparing him to those batsmen is like comparing Clarke to Cowan, and remember Cowan has a better first class average than Bailey. Bailey is a first class one day specialist and his figures testify to that. But in first class cricket he has averaged under 20 in his past 10 matches with only one 50. That's just not test cricket standard by any stretch. He is a player who will have his purple patches such as he had in 2011-2. But generally we could not expect him to perform much better than Cowan at test level and probably less. Australia has a chance to look forward. To select 30 something batsmen with sub 40 averages, is in my opinion a backward step towards mediocrity. We may find the young bucks are inconsistent and struggling with test level, but in the medium to long term the benefits to Australian cricket will be much greater choosing them over the Baileys, Klingers, Marshs, Voges ... all very good one day players but only competent first class crickets in comparison to what's on the rise.

I think I'd be more inclined to just say it's one of those things, rather than beating yourselves up. The most likely time any team will concede a score like 360 is when they've just scored 359 themselves. It's a startling result, no question, but unless Australia start getting beaten by 9 wickets on each and every occasion, just write it off as something truly remarkable I'd say.

AD, I'm afraid that Frankie can't and won't pass up any opportunity to indulge in a bit of Pommy bashing. It matters little if he makes any sense, which to my knowledge, he hasn't done yet. Frankie, get back to work, those tables won't clean themselves now will they?!

Agree 100% Chris

Good call Scuba. Selective journalism again. If Wade was keeping last night and made that error, there would have been a feature story on it, seriously, any regular Roar follower knows that's the truth. Same applies to the horrendous keeping across the first two Ashes test over the winter. The author chooses to ignore certain things on the contrary.

Virat Kohli CAN bat ! First picked in my World XI middle order. David Lord actually made the comment earlier this year that Bailey should have a run in the test team and I agree with him. He reminds me of Hussey when he dominated in theEngland 2005 ODI's and missed test selection. I can't help but think if McGrath didn't roll his ankle the morning of the second test and Huss was given Clarke or Martyn's position - it would have been another Ashes victory

You missed Hughes on your list Frankie, Hughes needs to convert his 80s and 50s as well on the international areana, he is getting his fair amount of chances to do so.

Agreed pope, Bailey, Finch all need to score shield runs, my worry is that our ODI batsman will get runs on these easy tracks and think they are ready for the ashes, i can only hope the selectors pick on shield and Ryobi form and not on the basis of these flat pitches where every single player got above 50 and where 350 was chased with 7 overs to spare. Smith, Khawaja and Klinger continue to impress domestically.

Manoj the bulls did well, A great all round team performance, and good to see Chris Lynn coming back into form after an extended injury layoff. Terrific to see a talented young keeper-batsman making a successful debut. Khawaja as usual is mr.consistent for the Bulls and I am predicting we will see him in the Brisbane test. Good to see Warner play such a good innings too, and I'd like him to show some consistency, on difficult wickets as well as batsmen's paradises, before this happens.

When I was in England for the Ashes in August, I sat next to Chris Broad at a dinner one night. I said to him something along the lines of "the best thing about the 86/7 Ashes was that it made our dominance in the 90s and 00s so much more pleasurable" to which he replied "you are the first Australian I have met who said anything good about about that series.

Khawaja is continuing his great form, 3rd half century for the bulls in a match winning performance, good signs.

India totally outclassed us in this game. Runs on the pitches in India shouldn't really count towards test selection for the ashes, India chased down 350 with 7 overs to do, what does that tell you. It should be about Ryobie and shield form as the pitches reflect what we will face in the ashes and guys such as Smith and Khawaja are making solid runs for their states so far.

Hughes (and others) are selected Lehmann has said that for the upcoming Ashes the selection and positions will be a lot more steady and consistent throughout the series so hopefully if Hughes (and others) are selected they will know their role.

Haddin is a protected species for some reason. No better a kepper than Wade and throws his wcket away all the time, despite the talent.

Faulkner needs urgent training in how to deliver a proper high-five. How have the Aussies lost this important skill?

i never said it was the main problem, obviously for what to have happened to have happened the pitch must have been perfect and bowlers must have done badly and batsmen well. my issue is that australia do not go on to score hundreds anymore, this match was simply another time that they didnt and whilst them not going on to score centuries did not in itself lose them the match it is a big problem for australian batsmen. they seem to prefer strike rates over big scores in all forms. this is obviously more of a problem in test matches but everyone involved has said that one dayer scores, specifically baileys, can be a measure, at least in part, for test match inclusion so how and what one scores in odis is relevant to the longer formats. australian batsman dont score centuries and that is a big problem.

Haddin bombing a sitter and the match. They needed an early wicket and Dharwan at 18 would have done it. Haddin is the joke of international keepers. Keep fluffing the big one Braddles. Mitch's half trackers getting hammered to the fence. Nice pace and tattoos. Interspersing with half volleys. Nice pace. Scrambled seam and round arm. Nice pace. Then there was Bailey's rabbit in headlights nothing captaincy and Watto and Maxwell with ball in hand...or hell pass the Scotch... -- Comment from The Roar's iPhone app.

To be fair to Brad, the Faulk has put him into phsychological hell. Have you ever seen such a stuttering, nervous effort? He looked as if he fully expecting to flattened by the overenthusiastic, unannointed all rounder.