Easiest two batsmen to drop opening when Pucovski and Warner come in really. Would be pretty hard to pick Harris then drop him after 1 test. Least with Burns it's like "well you have 1 more chance, show something or you don't play in Melbourne"
Cant agree with that logic at all..
It’s the first test of the series and picking a guy coz he’s easier to drop????
Pucovski has a brain like mush at the moment and no moral to play at all in the series.. and furthermore he’s only opened twice in his life..
Warner’s no guarantee of being fit in the 2nd test either.
We’ve got to pick a side to win, not to compensate for who might be available later
Maybe you could pick a guy with hideous form such as Burns if he batted 4 or lower, as the top order could get a good start and you come in under less pressure. But not an opener..
The guy has never nailed down the openers role, and being picked to face up again with some of the worst stats going into a test match I can ever recall. Watching him in the 2nd dig in the A game was watching a car crash in slow motion, it was horrible to watch.
We need to pick a team to win, not a team on incumbency from previous seasons against a mediocre opposition at the time.
Harris, Marsh are players who have scored buckets of runs in shield and would come in far more confident than Burns with the weight of the world on his shoulders with wobbly boots on.
I truly hope Burns scores good runs if he plays, I’ll support anyone who plays for my country. But this has all the earmarks of leading a lamb to the slaughter and hoping Lab n Smith can drag us out of the shit again.
