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Interesting Shield match next week with the Blues taking on Bulls out at Blacktown. Might try and mosey on down to watch a day of that.
The Blues face some real selection headaches however with the test team announcement. Bollinger comes back to bolster our already overflowing bowling stocks, but Smith and Hughes are in Perth so we're really short of batsmen.
I really hope that Clark actually decides to sit this one out as neither Cameron nor Copeland deserve to be dropped and with Henriques likely to be retained we'll have plenty of seamers. Tough on a great campaigner, but I think he's man enough to understand it's for the best. Haurie will obviously hold his spot. Probably be temped to give Khawaja the captaincy, but Jaques, Henriques (not who I'd choose) or even Hauritz could do the job.
Who else they bring in though will be interesting.
I'd hope they move Maddinson up to open and promote Nevill up to 5. He opens with Warner for Easts so I reckon he can handle it no problems at all. Then that leaves room to play O'Keefe at 6 and Henriques at 7.
Still leaves a middle order spot which they could bring Warner in to fill, or back to Rohrer (but he's been struggling this year). Mail is once again churning out the runs in 1st Grade, but surely we can't go back there even though you know you'll get a solid performer. Are there any other guys (Cruikshank?) that should get a go?
I'd hope to see:
Jaques
Maddinson
Khawaja
Warner
Nevill
O'Keefe
Henriques
Hauritz
Copeland
Cameron
Bollinger
Clark (12th man)
The Blues face some real selection headaches however with the test team announcement. Bollinger comes back to bolster our already overflowing bowling stocks, but Smith and Hughes are in Perth so we're really short of batsmen.
I really hope that Clark actually decides to sit this one out as neither Cameron nor Copeland deserve to be dropped and with Henriques likely to be retained we'll have plenty of seamers. Tough on a great campaigner, but I think he's man enough to understand it's for the best. Haurie will obviously hold his spot. Probably be temped to give Khawaja the captaincy, but Jaques, Henriques (not who I'd choose) or even Hauritz could do the job.
Who else they bring in though will be interesting.
I'd hope they move Maddinson up to open and promote Nevill up to 5. He opens with Warner for Easts so I reckon he can handle it no problems at all. Then that leaves room to play O'Keefe at 6 and Henriques at 7.
Still leaves a middle order spot which they could bring Warner in to fill, or back to Rohrer (but he's been struggling this year). Mail is once again churning out the runs in 1st Grade, but surely we can't go back there even though you know you'll get a solid performer. Are there any other guys (Cruikshank?) that should get a go?
I'd hope to see:
Jaques
Maddinson
Khawaja
Warner
Nevill
O'Keefe
Henriques
Hauritz
Copeland
Cameron
Bollinger
Clark (12th man)