Australia V Sri Lanka - 1st Test - Hobart - December 14th

[Pup]

Apparently Clarke is almost certain to miss Boxing Day with his injury.

Go in for scans no results until after this test.

Mickey Arthur said players in line to possibly replace are Usman, Quiney and Haddin

[The Sleeping Giant]

As i am really bored i just read a few of the first few pages on this thread wow how some people change over the corse of a game of cricket......

Are you talking about the Herath comments?

[the joker]

Yeah. 2 months ago I thought Haddin was finished at international level, but the way he is batting and keeping, Matty wade can't offord one slip up

[locky801]

Yeah. 2 months ago I thought Haddin was finished at international level, but the way he is batting and keeping, Matty wade can't offord one slip up

Wade has made a couple of slip up's but nothing more than Haddin was doing just before he had to leave the team due to his childs illness.

IMO Wade would be unlucky to be dropped, got runs this match and against Sth Africa,

Clarke should stay off the field tomorrow and get treatment and hand the reigns over to Hussey, someone with alot of experience.

We need to keep Clarke in that side

[Pup]

Yeah. 2 months ago I thought Haddin was finished at international level, but the way he is batting and keeping, Matty wade can't offord one slip up

Wade has made a couple of slip up's but nothing more than Haddin was doing just before he had to leave the team due to his childs illness.

IMO Wade would be unlucky to be dropped, got runs this match and against Sth Africa,

Clarke should stay off the field tomorrow and get treatment and hand the reigns over to Hussey, someone with alot of experience.

We need to keep Clarke in that side

I don't think he will get dropped either but he has some pretty serious issues up to the stumps at the moment and even today that catch he took looked very awkward, you can tell his confidence with the gloves are very low ATM..

[mal]

Some hard taskmasters on this site
Matthew Wade is playing in his 7th Test
Give him time to work on his keeping , to compliment his splendid batting

Ive seen 2 other left handed batsman that were keepers
Rod Marsh was called Iron Gloves after a few tests
Adam Gil'christ' was a below par keeper for several tests
Both improved their keeping and had wonderful careers

To compare Wades keeping with Haddin , is way offf the mark
When Wade drops a catch , he drops a catch
When Haddin drops a catch , often its a OK result , we save 3 or 4 runs .....

With the amount of cricket and travelling its going to be harder for a keeper to be as good as the exceptional keepers of the past ?

[Jim05]

Some hard taskmasters on this site
Matthew Wade is playing in his 7th Test
Give him time to work on his keeping , to compliment his splendid batting

Ive seen 2 other left handed batsman that were keepers
Rod Marsh was called Iron Gloves after a few tests
Adam Gil'christ' was a below par keeper for several tests
Both improved their keeping and had wonderful careers

To compare Wades keeping with Haddin , is way offf the mark
When Wade drops a catch , he drops a catch
When Haddin drops a catch , often its a OK result , we save 3 or 4 runs .....

With the amount of cricket and travelling its going to be harder for a keeper to be as good as the exceptional keepers of the past ?

His primary job is as a keeper, couldnt care if he averaged 20 or 60 with the bat.

[Jim05]

Yeah. 2 months ago I thought Haddin was finished at international level, but the way he is batting and keeping, Matty wade can't offord one slip up

Big backward step to choose Haddin.
Plenty of excellant younger keepers in the system

[Pup]

Some hard taskmasters on this site
Matthew Wade is playing in his 7th Test
Give him time to work on his keeping , to compliment his splendid batting

Ive seen 2 other left handed batsman that were keepers
Rod Marsh was called Iron Gloves after a few tests
Adam Gil'christ' was a below par keeper for several tests
Both improved their keeping and had wonderful careers

To compare Wades keeping with Haddin , is way offf the mark
When Wade drops a catch , he drops a catch
When Haddin drops a catch , often its a OK result , we save 3 or 4 runs .....

With the amount of cricket and travelling its going to be harder for a keeper to be as good as the exceptional keepers of the past ?

I was actually watching Gilchrists 2nd game the other day Mal, in full as a keeper and his keeping was actually better than Wades at that stage and that is keeping to warne which is a lot more difficult.

Lets get things clear i don't want Wade dropped, most know i am a Tim Paine supporter but i think Wade has earn his spot and his batting is good BUT his keeping needs to improve, that stumping he missed yesterday is unacceptable but every player makes mistakes, unfortunately they seem to be getting for frequent for Wade. I want him to play well and be successful but he definitely needs to improve because posters are right, I am worried about how he will go in England and on the sub continent.

[Squids]

Tim Paine most overrated player in the history of cricket.

[Jim05]

Some hard taskmasters on this site
Matthew Wade is playing in his 7th Test
Give him time to work on his keeping , to compliment his splendid batting

Ive seen 2 other left handed batsman that were keepers
Rod Marsh was called Iron Gloves after a few tests
Adam Gil'christ' was a below par keeper for several tests
Both improved their keeping and had wonderful careers

To compare Wades keeping with Haddin , is way offf the mark
When Wade drops a catch , he drops a catch
When Haddin drops a catch , often its a OK result , we save 3 or 4 runs .....

With the amount of cricket and travelling its going to be harder for a keeper to be as good as the exceptional keepers of the past ?

I was actually watching Gilchrists 2nd game the other day Mal, in full as a keeper and his keeping was actually better than Wades at that stage and that is keeping to warne which is a lot more difficult.

Lets get things clear i don't want Wade dropped, most know i am a Tim Paine supporter but i think Wade has earn his spot and his batting is good BUT his keeping needs to improve, that stumping he missed yesterday is unacceptable but every player makes mistakes, unfortunately they seem to be getting for frequent for Wade. I want him to play well and be successful but he definitely needs to improve because posters are right, I am worried about how he will go in England and on the sub continent.

Have been saying it for ages, his keeping against spin is ordinary and he will get found out in the subcontinent.
He has been lucky that we currently dont have a decent spinner in Australia ATM
Bring on the Nev!!

[whufc]

Some hard taskmasters on this site
Matthew Wade is playing in his 7th Test
Give him time to work on his keeping , to compliment his splendid batting

Ive seen 2 other left handed batsman that were keepers
Rod Marsh was called Iron Gloves after a few tests
Adam Gil'christ' was a below par keeper for several tests
Both improved their keeping and had wonderful careers

To compare Wades keeping with Haddin , is way offf the mark
When Wade drops a catch , he drops a catch
When Haddin drops a catch , often its a OK result , we save 3 or 4 runs .....

With the amount of cricket and travelling its going to be harder for a keeper to be as good as the exceptional keepers of the past ?

His primary job is as a keeper, couldnt care if he averaged 20 or 60 with the bat.

Gone are the days you have a keeper who can't hold a bat!

[RustyCage]

Some hard taskmasters on this site
Matthew Wade is playing in his 7th Test
Give him time to work on his keeping , to compliment his splendid batting

Ive seen 2 other left handed batsman that were keepers
Rod Marsh was called Iron Gloves after a few tests
Adam Gil'christ' was a below par keeper for several tests
Both improved their keeping and had wonderful careers

To compare Wades keeping with Haddin , is way offf the mark
When Wade drops a catch , he drops a catch
When Haddin drops a catch , often its a OK result , we save 3 or 4 runs .....

With the amount of cricket and travelling its going to be harder for a keeper to be as good as the exceptional keepers of the past ?

His primary job is as a keeper, couldnt care if he averaged 20 or 60 with the bat.

Gone are the days you have a keeper who can't hold a bat!

very true. A keeper who can't bat is a liability.

[whufc]

Some hard taskmasters on this site
Matthew Wade is playing in his 7th Test
Give him time to work on his keeping , to compliment his splendid batting

Ive seen 2 other left handed batsman that were keepers
Rod Marsh was called Iron Gloves after a few tests
Adam Gil'christ' was a below par keeper for several tests
Both improved their keeping and had wonderful careers

To compare Wades keeping with Haddin , is way offf the mark
When Wade drops a catch , he drops a catch
When Haddin drops a catch , often its a OK result , we save 3 or 4 runs .....

With the amount of cricket and travelling its going to be harder for a keeper to be as good as the exceptional keepers of the past ?

His primary job is as a keeper, couldnt care if he averaged 20 or 60 with the bat.

Gone are the days you have a keeper who can't hold a bat!

very true. A keeper who can't bat is a liability.

Especially when u think the keeper who averages 40 is probably gonna put on 70-100 runs worth of partnerships, over 2 innings that's a fair few runs

[Pup]

Every keeper who would be in contention can bat so the point is really not an issue, none of the top 5 keepers in Australia will average 20 at test level

[therisingblues]

Stumps: Day 4
SLA:
2/ 65 (37.0) & 336 (109.3)
AUS:
9/ 278 (73.5) & 450 (131.0) (dec)

Batting Now
KC Sangakkara*18 (88)
DPMD Jayawardene 5 (37)
 

[rod_rooster]

Every keeper who would be in contention can bat so the point is really not an issue, none of the top 5 keepers in Australia will average 20 at test level

Very true. Hartley for example may not be as accomplished with the bat as Wade but he's far more accomplished with the gloves. I'd suggest we would've won in Adelaide had he been behind the stumps as he wouldn't have dropped DuPlessis just before tea on day 5. I do think Wade needs a bit more time though but he'd want to get his confidence back and in a big hurry cos it's getting to the point where his mistakes are becoming all too regular and it shows in his demeanor that it's really getting to him.

[Jim05]

Siddle does it again!!
Jayawardena gone

[wristwatcher]

Unfortunately I'm feeling Draw...again

[Phantom Gossiper]

Geez you mob aren't bad are ya! Wade has a couple bad games with the gloves and you want blood? Give the bloke a chance!

Paine, Manou, Haddin, Wade now you want Hartley?

And to all you that say "I don't care if he doesn't make runs, as long as his keeping is amazing" you are so FULL OF CRAP! I can guarantee that if Hartley came in and wasn't hitting scores, you would soon be calling for his head as well!

We were blessed to have some amazing cricketers in the past - Gilchrist, Hayden, Warne, McGrath etc.. those times are gone, it's not far to try and compare new players to these guys or discover the next them!