Who will be in Australia’s world cup squad?

I think holand is a good second spinner

Pain should not be in the side Carey would be more successful on those small grounds Wade is in good form in shield cricket pick him as a specealist batsmen and backup keeper Short Finch McDermott Carey(wk) Maxwell Wade Neser Starc Lyon Hazzlewood J.Richardson

Have you noticed australia condition in recent 2 years, after opening position from 1-4 , nobody is able to score maximum runs on the board. The tactics of australia, no one can understand. I dont know why they pick players at international level on age of 27 or 28 years like d archy short, alex carey, and so many as andrew tye. When they came at international level at that age they have only experience of their domestic levels. So how they become expertise in minimum years. And then they came to stage for retirement. You have to give chance for younger player who have some skill. Australia has picked wade after haddin but he is only leg side player as you saw him playing, no technique, even he cant chase if chase 50 runs on 30 balls. He is very poor to play spin. Then what australia coach and selectors itentifying and looking. Australia have to change their strategy like make their middle order much strong by changing the position of batsmen like smith at position 4. Send aggresive batsmen to top 3 position who can make the run rate high and same would be at position at 5,6,7. But lack of consistency of making big runs is seen at position 5,6,7. This is very important factor. I think give the opening task to young players like carey and short, and warner , finch, smith commands in middle order. They can easily find boundaries and make runs in middle order as they are so much matured player.if carey and short hit runs until they get out at 5-10 overs the works gets completed, rest will done by warner , finch, and smith. The team should be Alex carey wk D short Warner Finch Smith Maxwell M.marsh/ stoinis Agar/zampa/holland Starc Hazlewood Tye/ cummins

Paris, Turner, Weatherald, McDermott, Cam Green, Will Sutherland, O'Connell... Who knows who will stand up by then? It won't be a lot of these old names.

"IF" he gets going. "IF" if you keep feeling your team with warners,finches,maxwelss,lynns then your team will have no dependency variable. Australia needs more smiths,,renshaws,bancrofts,pattersons to hold innings together. You need to create balance in between two pairs.

People here conveniently forgetting the mighty Chris Lynn .. imagine he gets going on those small Pom grounds

I wouldn't pick Warner. I also wouldn't pick Tye, he leaks runs far too often (ODI econ of 6.07, T20 8.70).

In tests, yes, but not in ODIs. S Marsh only came back into the side because Smith and Warner were absent. Head has been earmarked as a future multi-format captain; they aren't going to push him out of the side to accommodate Marsh unless his form tails away. Now, I could see them picking Marsh over Maxwell, simply because Maxwell clearly ran over Trevor Hohns' dog at some point.

I think he's exactly the sort of guy they should look at as a backup batsman.

Maxwell did bowl in 3 of his 4 ODIs in Australia's last series, in England, so I'm hopeful that the new people in charge of the Aussie ODI team may recognise that he's been criminally underused since the last WC. I also believe Maxwell was at his best as an ODI batsman when he was bowling in every game - like it does with a lot of all-rounders this took some pressure off his batting and freed his mind.

Sadly the likelihood of Maxwell bowling in an ODI is probably even lower than his chances of getting a Test recall

Yeah no I did understand that Burgy, but I also think you're right that that team balance is probably what the selectors will be leaning towards. Marsh and Stoinis would be two bowlers who I think could really go the journey on flat English decks with small boundaries. Stoinis had figures of 3 for 233 in the ODIs in England and was smashed at nearly 7 runs per over. I'd be only looking to give maybe 5 overs a match to Marsh or Stoinis, and try to get the other 5 overs out of Maxwell. 25 overs of pace and 25 of spin seems like a good balance in English ODI conditions. Certainly need to bowl 20 overs of spin minimum.

To be clear, this is my predicted team, not necessarily the one I would pick. I definitely think you're right about the balance of the attack. A lot depends on Mitch Marsh's form with the ball - if we can confidently give him 10 overs then hopefully the selectors will feel a lot more comfortable picking a second spinner

The issue I have with that team Ken is the lack of batting dynamism. You have only 3 batsmen in that top 7 who strike at better than 90 in ODI cricket, and one of those guys (Carey) has only done that over 3 matches so the sample size is too small. That is a recipe for disaster against a team like England who often have 5 out of their top 7 striking at 100 or better. That's why Maxwell is so crucial because his extraordinary strike rate of 121 makes up for the slow scoring of others. As an example, Khawaja scores at 4.9 runs per over in ODIs compared to 7.2rpo for Maxwell. If a slower scorer like Khawaja plays then a fellow slower scorer like Smith would have to be dropped, there's no room for both.

If they do pick such a team for the WC Burgy I reckon they'll have their bowling balance wrong. That side would be bowling 35-40 overs of pace an innings, which is definitely too much in English ODI conditions. The pitches are so flat, and the boundaries so small for ODIs in England, that it's really hard work for the quicks, even the really good ones. ODI batting in England is more and more similar to T20 batting I reckon, with a heavy focus on attack, and so spinners are the key, just as they are in T20. Consider the economy rates of the Aussie bowlers in the ODIs in England this year: Spinners (Agar/Lyon/Maxwell) - 5.2 runs per over Quicks (Stanlake/Neser/Tye/Stoinis/Richardson x 2) - 6.9 runs per over I think Australia should be looking to bowl close to 25 overs of spin per innings in the World Cup - play 2 specialist spinners (Agar plus Lyon/Zampa) and also get a few overs out of Maxwell. 1. Finch 2. Warner 3. Smith 4. Ferguson 5. Stoinis/MMarsh 6. Maxwell 7. Carey 8. Agar 9. Starc 10. Hazlewood 11. Lyon/Zampa

I actually thought Agar did a solid job with the ball in the ODIs in England this year despite being on a hiding to nothing. The odds were massively stacked against him - he was surrounded by struggling rookie quicks, playing against the world's best batting side on absolute roads. In light of that Agar did well to be economical at 5.52rpo, which was good going in the circumstances. Agar's only played 9 ODIs across the past three years, he needs to actually be given some time to settle into his role. And his batting gives Australia some crucial balance down the order, something they've badly lacked since Faulkner's batting fell off. Agar made 130 runs at 26 in that series against England and consistently chipped in. In modern ODIs, with 350+ totals now common, there is pressure on the top seven to go hard throughout the innings pretty much, not just tick along at 5 to 5.5rpo for most of the innings before launching in the final 10 overs, like teams used to. This means that its crucial to have a bit more batting depth as insurance, to allow the top 7 to have the freedom and confidence to attack. If Agar can become a solid spin option - not a match winner, just reliable - then he'll really give Australia that balance they've long lacked.

Zampa should be right in the mix for the World Cup. He bowled really well today against NSW, taking 3-37 from 10 overs, and also had a good winter in T20 cricket, taking 21 wickets at 19 in matches in the CPL and England's T20 comp.

Paul, Starc has played on dozens of very flat ODI tracks with short boundaries and still has one of the best ODI records in history, averaging 20. I wouldn't be worried about him.

I'll be off my nut if Head isn't selected. Averaged 61.5 in the 5-0 loss to England and is one of the few players who have stepped up recently. Head above Handscomb, Maxwell, Patterson, Turner, both Marshes and Agar.

Khawaja is best domestic batsman in last 3 years, he deserves chance at least on bench