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The real question with Australian cricket at the moment is what to do with David Warner?
He has more off-field accidents than any other player in Australian sport, maybe apart from Todd Carney and Josh Dugan, but when he gets going and buries all the drama behind him he really is an incredible talent.
This is evidenced by his last two Ryobi Cup appearances scoring 139 and 138.
One minute he seems to be Australia’s golden star the next you wonder what happens as his life unravels yet again, before Cricket Australia give him yet another chance.
So to start off, I’m going to state my opinion on the issue.
He must be in the Australian team in about a months’ time opening the batting in the first Ashes Test at the Gabba.
As much as there are plenty of reasons for him not to be there, just the simple fact that this man in any sort of form could ruin England in the first session of the first Test match give Australia a massive physiological advantage over England.
Some of the play he has used in the last two Ryobi Cup one day matches has been very mature.
He has always been able to smash the bad balls, but now has enough wits about him to be able to respect the good balls and more often than not work a single off them.
And if he is opening the batting with someone like Chris Rogers you would imagine he would be more than happy just to feed the strike to David Warner.
I have a real feeling coming into the Ashes series that if Warner can keep up his current form he could seriously destroy England early in the Ashes.
He certainly could be the x-factor for Australia.
Sure there are plenty of reasons he shouldn’t be there and many people will focus on his off-field issues, as well as the perception he is merely a slogger.
This is understandable, particularly given his no show at a Sydney grade cricket match, as well as his on and off-field temper tantrums.
However, there is no question that can he keep his current form going into the Ashes, there will be no stopping Australia from reclaiming the urn.