Only because he's playing for a shunt. Do the right thing, release him to his rightful place at the Dongs.
Taibu rounds off the side averaging a solid 50 since 2010!!!! 3 Openers (Chopra,Quiney,Peters) 4 Middle Orderers (Ponting,Voges,Vithanage,Bavuma) 2 Keepers (Bairstow,Taibu) 2 Spin Allrounders (Ashwin,Borthwick) 2 Seam Allrounders (Hopes,Dexter) 5 Quicks (Morkel,Rankin,Coulter-Nile,Sharma,Behrendorff) 1 too many quicks, but considering the quality of the allrounders it should be alright. Should have 5 spots up for contention; which 2 will open, Bavuma vs Vithanage and who will be our last 2 bowling options picked. Either healthy competition or alot of shitty picks For trials I reckon we are looking at 1. Peters 2. Quiney 3. Chopra 4. Vithanage 5. Bavuma 6. Dexter 7. Borthwick 8. Coulter-Nile 9. Behrendorff 10. Rankin 11. Sharma
Can anyone bat 3 in this or is it an actual position like opener? 1. Quiney/Chopra/Peters 2. Quiney/Chopra/Peters 3. Vithanage/Bavuma/Dussey/Bairstow/Chopra 4. Voges 5. Dhoni 6. Vithanage/Bavuma/Dussey/Bairstow 7. Ashwin 8. Hopes 9. Rankin/Borthwick/Dexter 10. Morkel 11. Sharma/Behrendorff/Rankin Much uncertainty in this squad coming into trials
I'm thinking play the key players in only 1 game (Ashwin,Hopes,Morkel and Dhoni) Rotate the other 14 to get the best possible look at how they will perform something like Code: Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Chopra Peters Peters Quiney Quiney Chopra Vithanage Bavuma Bavuma Voges Vithanage Voges Dussey Dussey Dhoni Bairstow Bairstow Taibu Dexter Dexter Ashwin Borthwick Borthwick Hopes Behrendorff Behrendorff Morkel Rankin Rankin Rankin Sharma Sharma Sharma Or do you wanna play our best XI in the last game?
Think anyone could bat 3 in theory, but you'd want someone with experience there IMO. Dunno. Ask Cribb or Athers maybe.
Doesn't really matter, Thinking we should drop Sharma for the first game to see how Dussey and Dexter would go with the pill. Provisional Lineup Game: 1 Team: Aftershocks 1. Varun Chopra 2. Rob Quiney 3. Kithuruwan Vithanage 4. Adam Voges 5. David Hussey 6. Temba Bavuma 7. Jonathan Bairstow 8. Neil Dexter 9. Scott Borthwick 10. Jason Behrendorff 11. Boyd Rankin First Innings Bowling Order: 1. Jason Behrendorff 2. Boyd Rankin 3. Neil Dexter 4. Scott Borthwick 5. David Hussey 6. Adam Voges Second Innings Bowling Order: 1. Jason Behrendorff 2. Boyd Rankin 3. Neil Dexter 4. Scott Borthwick 5. David Hussey 6. Adam Voges Wicket Keeper: Jonathan Bairstow Special Instructions: Nightwatchmen (1st innings: Borthwick, 2nd innings: Dexter) Promote Borthwick to number 3 and drop Vithanage below Hussey in the batting order for the second innings Behrendorff and Rankin (Short aggressive stints unless building lots of pressure) Borthwick and Dexter (Long stints) Hussey and Voges (Use as relief bowlers) Thoughts?
Game: 1 Team: Aftershocks 1. Varun Chopra 2. Rob Quiney 3. Kithuruwan Vithanage 4. Adam Voges 5. David Hussey 6. MS Dhoni 7. Ravichandran Ashwin 8. James Hopes 9. Morne Morkel 10. Ishant Sharma 11. Boyd Rankin First Innings Bowling Order: 1. Morne Morkel 2. Boyd Rankin 3. Ishant Sharma 4. James Hopes 5. Ravichandran Ashwin 6. David Hussey Second Innings Bowling Order: 1. Morne Morkel 2. Boyd Rankin 3. Ishant Sharma 4. James Hopes 5. Ravichandran Ashwin 6. David Hussey Wicket Keeper: MS Dhoni Special Instructions: Nightwatchmen: Morkel Rankin and Sharma aggressive spells Hussey Relief bowler only
