So they've picked Shaun Marsh again :roll: Will they ever learn? He's averaged 25 in first class cricket since they last dropped him from the Test side yet they give him another go. It's absolutely mind boggling that they keep mentioning his name let alone actually pick him. The guy is a massive dud in first class cricket and no amount of runs in one day games can deny that fact. Some interesting figures:
Sheffield Shield runs this season:
Selected: Marsh 248 @ 31, Doolan 391 @ 39.
Not selected: North 593 @ 99, Hughes 549 @ 61, White 556 @ 51
Dementia has well and truly taken over John Inverarity. Let's look at a couple of recent selections. Rogers with an excellent first class record gets picked based on that and succeeds. Bailey with a very average first class record gets picked based on success in the one day format and fails. Gee, didn't see that coming. Why would the selectors think that all of a sudden a bloke who has played 85 first class games for just the 8 hundreds with an average of just 35 is all of a sudden going to come good up against the best bowling attack in the world? The ones who this will benefit most are the West Australians as now they won't have to pick the walking wicket in their Shield side for the rest of the season.