It is quite obvious Junior has absolutely no idea.
Hell, even Gilchrist and Fleming seem to ask him leading questions to get an answer out of him and he's got nothing.
Which is disappointing, as at the time, I must admit that I thought Junior would make a good selector. But yeah, it looks like he doesn't watch much state cricket
I'm not saying Boland shouldn't have given a go, but one, maybe two ODIs later they should have tapped him and said 'thanks but no thanks'. I've said it earlier, but Siddle would be a better pick over Boland. Hell, there are at least 20 bowlers better.
I've already made me feelings clear many times about Boland's selection, so all I can going to say is....this, this and THIS!
And it's a travesty that Paris was omitted yesterday in favour of him.
It doesn't say much for the selectors when a bloke like Wade - who can't take the ball cleanly (did anyone see the death glares he did 2 or 3 times on Friday to fielders throwing it in and he couldn't take it cleanly because he's useless?!?!?!) - gets in ahead of Nevil, tells you something is wrong with selection criteria.
I personally think the selectors feel sorry for Wade.
Remember, Haddin was woefully out of form with bat and gloves when Wade replaced him during the time Haddin's daughter got cancer. Wade came under a lot of criticism (especially from Ian Healy in the media) during the 2012/13 summer and Haddin made his way back into the test team and displaced Wade just before the 2013 Ashes. Somewhere down the line between the 2013 Ashes and last years Ashes series, I feel the selectors may have either directly said or hinted to Wade that he would be Haddin's replacement when Haddin retired...that was, until Nevil burst onto the scene, made last years Ashes squad as backup wicketkeeper and like a thief in the night, made the most of his opportunity in the Lord's test when he replaced Haddin. Bottom line, the selectors weren't expecting Nevill to have made the impact he did in that series, and as a result, ODI selection has been Wade's consolation prize. Unless he gets an injury (like Tim Paine a few years ago when he was being hyped in the media), I don't see Wade getting dumped anytime soon from the ODI squad.
And yes, sure there are differences between T20 and ODI and Test but seriously some of the Test guys who get overlooked here like Nevil, Lyon, Burns and Khawaja...I just can't figure it out.
Make no mistake, I was no fan of Trevor Hohns and still think making the Waugh brothers (especially Steve) the scapegoat of Australia missing the 2001/02 ODI tri-series finals was one of the biggest blunders the Aussie selectors have made (up there with dumping Hussey from the ODI squad after his test retirement). But since Hohns left, and the likes of Hilditch/Inverarity took the reigns, there's been so many laughable selections and dumpings that I simply have lost complete utter faith. This is one of the reasons why cricket fans in Australia feel somewhat disillusioned. Everything about the slow decline and standing of cricket in Australia, and the decline of domestic cricket (especially Sheffield Shield) goes back to when Sutherland became CEO of CA.
