Immediately an obviously better side than they've been selecting - think Warner should still open, he's been very good in ODIs for a while now - but it's not rocket science, right
Shame Lynn seems to be made of theatre glass
Not sure you can afford to hide Khawaja and Finch in the field?
RE : fielding - meh to a degree. The runs they give you offsets some of their 'fielding'.
RE : Warner - he looks jaded at the moment. Refresh him down the order. A young punk full of spunk in Carey to open might give Australia spark at the top AND give Warner a little nudge.
Someone mentioned earlier about Ashes vs ODIs and how England have basically swept out the Test team for ODIs. I said the same thing on Friday with my missus. The Aussies just haven't got that extra gear ATM. No one is blasting. Tubby Taylor mentioned post match that Australia's SR's were < 100 whereas England's are > 100. Hell...even Woakes caned it yesterday.
I also think it's not so much the bowling - Australia haven't been too bad in the three games barring a few here and there's. Yesterday they had them by the nuts with a couple overs to go and then Woakes and Buttler exploded. In our last ten, with wickets in the hutch, we just didn't get runs, big runs at that.
Some of our fielding across the park is lacklustre, lethargic and painfully out of sync. It's rare they hit the stumps and rare it goes cleanly to the keeper over the stumps. More needs to be done there as India, England have caught up and South Africa, NZ and Pakistan and SL will all be up there. Hell, even Bangladesh and Afghanistan will give this Aussie ODI side a good fight, fright and bite.
If the selectors truly have an eye to the future for WC 2019, then Paine, White, Zampa surely aren't in the equation and should be turfed.
And I know Nine and ABC and 954AM Sydney are full of wankers, but when all of them, as well as all my social media feeds, forum discussions and conversations centre around the fact the selectors have plainly picked the wrong side, then something is definitely wrong.
I may sulk. But seriously, I ain't paying $80 to watch a second rate Aussie side get towelled. First time in a long time I didn't attend the Sydney ODI.
On another hand, England did beat us in the 2006/07 ODI finals and then Australia won the World Cup in 2007 some months later. Here's hoping the Australian selectors are looking at retooling their ODI side during 2017 but I shan't hold my breath. I also think it's time for Lehmann to step down. He's had near on 5 years. Time for some fresh ideas. JL - Tests, Dizzy - ODI, Punter - T20.