whufc wrote:Tough place for Aussie cricket at the moment.
The team has been extremely successful winning the test championship, there is no denying that.
However, the writing has been on the wall a tad in recent times, the test loss to WI, and more so a batting line up thats relied on individual brilliance rather than team consistency, Smith carried the batting for a while, Labuschagne had an amazing run and then Trav had a couple of years of craziness.
There has been no denying the bowling line up has been Australias strength and our back up bowling stocks don't look to bad either.
What are they are going to do with the batting line up though. You look through the shield and you hardly see a name that you think is unlucky to not be in the sad.
Smith looks like this could be close to his final summer.
Trav looks like he might be back in one of his slumps albeit a few more hits won't do him any harm and one his innings away from being back in great form.
Labuschange had that amazing stint but let's not forget when he came into the test side he was low thirties averaging shield cricketer. Maybe his not as good as that scintillating start he had suggested.
Going to be very interesting to see how the selectors play this one.
Excellent comprehensive post