Australia's tour of India announced

[brod]

What about Chris Simpson, his offies might come in handy

[Media Park]

Who's opening the bowling Mal?

[mal]

This is my starting 12
In batting order

KATICH
NORTH
CLARKE
WHITE
D HUSSEY
S SMITH
HADDIN
OKEEFE
HAURITZ
HEAL
MCGAIN
DOHERTY 12TH MAN

Other players in my 15 man touring squad
CULLEN
BAILEY
HODGE

Opening bowlers would be David Hussey as he is the quickest bowler
White, Okeefe and Heal all bowl with a bitta speed and could partner Hussey
If only Tim Zoehrer was younger he could replace HADDIN .....

[Media Park]

timmy zoehrer...

[brod]

A back stress fracture has ended Josh Hazlewood's chances of a debut Test in India next month, but it has handed an unexpected opening to Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson. The 20-year-olds will join Australia's squad as standby players at least until the end of next week's tour match in Chandigarh.

[Diddy]

Can someone please inform the Australian selectors that James Pattinson is not from New South Wales and so has no right to be on standby for an Australian team.

Meanwhile Brod, riddle me this - have two brothers ever played test cricket for two different countries?

[Pottsy]

This is my starting 12
In batting order

KATICH
NORTH
CLARKE
WHITE
D HUSSEY
S SMITH
HADDIN
OKEEFE
HAURITZ
HEAL
MCGAIN
DOHERTY 12TH MAN

Other players in my 15 man touring squad
CULLEN
BAILEY
HODGE

I think the funniest thing about that team is having North opening the batting!

[Media Park]

Meanwhile Brod, riddle me this - have two brothers ever played test cricket for two different countries?

I reckon the Trott brothers, one being Albert, and definitely not being the current England player IJL, in crickets formation years did.

The above mentioned Albert having, I believe played for ENG and AUS, and his brother, whose name escapes me, AUS only...

[NFC]

"I just wasn't there mentally and physically," he said. "I felt a little bit off."
Mitchell Johnson talking about his career

Edited for accuracy.

[brod]

Yuvraj Singh has been dropped for next month's Test series against Australia with Cheteshwar Pujara, the Saurashtra batsman who has been scoring heavily in domestic and other first-class cricket, replacing him. The selectors, who met in Chennai on Monday, made one more unexpected decision in dropping Karnataka seamer Abhimanyu Mithun, who impressed the team management in Sri Lanka in the absence of Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth.

India squad MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Sreesanth and Amit Mishra

Rest of India squad Yuvraj Singh (capt.), Abhinav Mukund, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, S Badrinath, Saurabh Tiwary, Parthiv Patel (wk), Piyush Chawla, R Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Umesh Yadav, R Vinay Kumar, Manish Pandey, Abhimanyu Mithun and Ravindra Jadeja

[Dogwatcher]

SACA releases George from Redbacks CLT20 squad to join Australian Test team
Wednesday 22 September 2010

The South Australian Cricket Association today advises that it has released Redbacks quick, Peter George from the Redbacks Champions League Twenty20 squad, so that he is able to join the Australian Test squad assembling in India in time to play in the lead-in tour match, if selected.

Redbacks coach Mark Sorell said the SACA High Performance unit saw Australian obligations as a high priority.

"Our program is about producing Australian players as well as team success," Sorell said.

SACA Director of Cricket Jamie Cox said; "Peter has played an important support role in the Redbacks success so far in the Champions League and will be missed. He has worked extremely hard during the past couple of seasons and this is a well-deserved opportunity.

"We're in the business of preparing players for international cricket and we wish him all the best in India."

SACA has elected to complete the remainder of the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 tournament with its existing 14-man squad.

[Gozu]

CA have named the squad for the three match ODI series against India:

The 14-man squad is: Michael Clarke (c), Cameron White (vc), Doug Bollinger, Callum Ferguson, Nathan Hauritz, James Hopes, Mike Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Clint McKay, Tim Paine, James Pattinson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and David Warner.

[brod]

CA have named the squad for the three match ODI series against India:

The 14-man squad is: Michael Clarke (c), Cameron White (vc), Doug Bollinger, Callum Ferguson, Nathan Hauritz, James Hopes, Mike Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Clint McKay, Tim Paine, James Pattinson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and David Warner.

Great selection for fergy and Australia

[brod]

The allrounder John Hastings could be set for an ODI debut after he was called up to replace his Victoria team-mate James Pattinson in Australia's squad in India. Pattinson, who was already on tour with the Test side, will fly home due to a back injury that has ended his immediate hopes of joining his brother Darren in the ranks of international cricketers.