What's the solution to the batting crisis.
I don't think there is one right now.
There is no way I am throwing Sam Konstas in against Bumrah and burning him at 19.
I would save him for the popgun attack England bring out next year.
Josh Inglis may have to play as a batsman at some stage during the series if things dont improve.
Other then that the cupboard is well, truly bare.
Matt Renshsw got a 100 in his last shield game but in awful form beforehand.
Pete Handscomb is averaging 53 and likely to tour Sri Lanka in February but going back there is basically like going back to Harris and Bancroft with the only difference is Handscomb averages 37 at Test cricket and scored 2 x test hundreds with a technique exposed by fast bowling.
I don't know but George Bailey would be waking up with a massive headache right now
Firstly I would be putting Mike Di Venuto under the microscope. The biggest problem in our batting is that Smith and Labuschagne have gone to pot. At this level coaches don't actually have to coach players but it's Di Venuto's job to point out what made these 2 successful and steer them back to that.
Both Smith and Labuschagne seem to be in their own world and just batting for their own benefit and not the team.
Labuschagne innings was absolutely woeful and in any other time he would be dropped for it. He faced 52 balls and looked like getting out for almost every ball he faced. This wasn't a gritty trying to survive in a tough situation innings, it was a guy who just looked like he wasn't up to the task.
I think Labuschagne believes the hype about him being a great player. The reality is that he is a player who had a great start to his career with a lot of luck and now he's gone back to the pack where he belongs. His average is under 50 now and he's 30.
We're carrying two guys who are very hit and miss in Head and Marsh. When they come off it's spectacular, when it doesn't We're quickly into the tail. Head comes off a lot more than Marsh and alongside Khawaja is our best player atm. Marsh is a myth, always has been and always will be. Everything he does is amplified into greatness by the media and team set up.
Di Venuto needs scrutiny because we don't bat as a unit, just six guys in their own world doing their own thing.
