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Should Adam Voges be dropped?

Adam Voges hung up his helmet with a ridiculous Test average. (AAP/Dave Hunt)
Roar Guru
9th October, 2016
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Before Australia’s disastrous tour to Sri Lanka, Adam Voges would have been one of the first Test players picked.

The Western Australian put together a summer of tremendous cricket, smashing the New Zealand and West Indies bowling attacks all over the place.

After the summer, Voges had a fantastic Test average of 95.50 – officially ranking him as the second best batsman in history.

At this time there was no talk that Voges, despite being well on the wrong side of 30, could be dropped. He looked certain to keep his Test spot until he decided to retire.

But then came the Sri Lanka tour. In Sri Lanka, Voges struggled against spin and was out to spin bowling in five of the six innings he played. While Voges was certainly not the only Australian to struggle in the series, his experience and leadership would have been useful in avoiding the whitewash.

During last year’s Ashes he didn’t perform when Australia needed him to, his only decent scores came in the final two Tests, when the series was already lost.

The sad truth about Adam Voges is that he is that he is a flat track bully, he can perform in home conditions, but struggles in unfamiliar conditions. After his poor form in Sri Lanka, Voges shouldn’t go to India.

If Voges isn’t going to be picked for India, it would make sense for him to be dropped now and his position given to a younger player to give them some experience.

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What do you think Roarers? Does a man labelled ‘Bradmanesque’ just a few months ago deserve to be dropped? Or will Voges come good for the Aussies?

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