The Dark Knight wrote:BoundaryRider84 wrote:Official squad.
Bailey
Clarke
Cummins
Doherty
Finch
Hazelwood
Haddin
Johnson
Warner
Watson
Smith
Faulkner
M.Marsh
Start
Maxwell
So starting 11 would be?-
Finch
Warner
Watson
Clarke
Smith
M.Marsh/Maxwell
Haddin
Faulkner/Starc
Johnson
Hazelwood
Doherty
Don't think we would play three left arm paceman in the same side.
I like the squad. My normally unblemished unwavering unbiased opinions admittedly is influenced on the X factor as I'm friends with the Doherty family. I know some stats have been thrown up but no RPO and as Rod Marsh said "you know what you will get with Xavier". I loved Marshys press conference it was a bit of a throw back as opposed to the same old same old we tend to get. Time will tell on Zav but with Maxys in the team they effectively have back up. I think he will go OK. Fingers crossed anyway.
My bone of contention is you all have finch pencilled in as a certainty to open. For that to happen and if Clarke and Smith play it won't be at the expense of George who has been our best one day batsmen over the last two years. It is a selection quandary. So therefore I am going to list two teams...
Team for game one that I think they will pick
Finch
Warner
Watson
Smith
Bailey
Maxwell
Haddin
Faulkner
Johnson
Hazelwood
Doherty
Leaving Clarke (inj), Starc, MMarsh, Cummins
Team for World Cup final at MCG
Warner
Watson
Smith
Clarke
Bailey
Maxwell - will slap a 50 off 20 balls v Afganastan or Russia or someone and save his spot
Haddin
Faulkner
Johnson
Starc
Cummins - sorry Zav