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Doug Bollinger NSW 27
Nathan Bracken NSW 31
Stuart Clark NSW 33
Michael Clarke NSW 28
Callum Ferguson SA 24
Brad Haddin NSW 31
Nathan Hauritz NSW 27
Ben Hilfenhaus TAS 26
Brad Hodge VIC 34
James Hopes QLD 30
Phillip Hughes NSW 20
David Hussey VIC 31
Mike Hussey WA 33
Mitchell Johnson WA 27
Simon Katich NSW 33
Brett Lee NSW 32
Graham Manou SA 30
Shaun Marsh WA 25
Andrew McDonald VIC 27
Marcus North WA 29
Ricky Ponting TAS 34
Peter Siddle VIC 24
Andrew Symonds QLD 33
Shane Watson NSW 27
Cameron White VIC 25

New: Callum Ferguson, Phillip Hughes, Graham Manou, Marcus North, Andrew McDonald and Peter Siddle, Nathan Hauritz
Out: Matthew Hayden, Stuart MacGill, Beau Casson, Phil Jaques, Ashley Noffke, Shaun Tait and Adam Voges

Great for Manou

Tait is a shock though

Phil Jaques is pretty unfortunate to miss out.

rod_rooster wrote:Phil Jaques is pretty unfortunate to miss out.

Yep he is the biggest loser out of those contracts and Brad Hodge is the luckiest cricketer in Australia, doesn't play international cricket but gets paid as an international player .

Well done to Manou as well some reward for a breakthrough year last year. Shows that he is clearly second in line if Haddin were to go down injured.

wycbloods wrote:

rod_rooster wrote:Phil Jaques is pretty unfortunate to miss out.

Yep he is the biggest loser out of those contracts and Brad Hodge is the luckiest cricketer in Australia, doesn't play international cricket but gets paid as an international player .

Agree. Why have Hodge in there if he is not going to play?? Phil Jacques is definitely unlucky. Still he will be the next opener one would think if Hughes or Katich is injured.

Great for manou, how close would Klinger have been?? hopefully he continues his form from last year and cracks it soon.

rod_rooster wrote:Phil Jaques is pretty unfortunate to miss out.

Shows you know very little about cricket Rodney
After all

TESTS 11
902 RUNS
47-47 AVE
3 TONS


FIRST CLASS MATCHES 129
11707 RUNS
53-21 AVE
35 TONS

How could anyone with those stats expect to make the contract list ...

mal wrote:

rod_rooster wrote:Phil Jaques is pretty unfortunate to miss out.

Shows you know very little about cricket Rodney
After all

TESTS 11
902 RUNS
47-47 AVE
3 TONS


FIRST CLASS MATCHES 129
11707 RUNS
53-21 AVE
35 TONS

How could anyone with those stats expect to make the contract list ...

You are right Mal, RR obviously has no idea fancy averaging a paltry 47 and expecting to get another go once you are fully fit again .

It is a bit of a shock with Tait missing out but IMO it's warranted. The guy pretty much openly admits he has no interest in Test cricket and wants to concentrate on ODI but more specifically Twenty20 cricket and then breaks down all the time when even playing those limited overs versions of the game. It must be a tough time for him though missing the IPL season (easy money), then missing out on selection for the World Twenty20 squad and now this.

wycbloods wrote:

mal wrote:

rod_rooster wrote:Phil Jaques is pretty unfortunate to miss out.

Shows you know very little about cricket Rodney
After all

TESTS 11
902 RUNS
47-47 AVE
3 TONS


FIRST CLASS MATCHES 129
11707 RUNS
53-21 AVE
35 TONS

How could anyone with those stats expect to make the contract list ...

You are right Mal, RR obviously has no idea fancy averaging a paltry 47 and expecting to get another go once you are fully fit again .

Whoops, i didn't realise his stats were so poor

Manou.

Hodge.

Jaques missing is a joke.

Gozu wrote:It is a bit of a shock with Tait missing out but IMO it's warranted. The guy pretty much openly admits he has no interest in Test cricket and wants to concentrate on ODI but more specifically Twenty20 cricket and then breaks down all the time when even playing those limited overs versions of the game. It must be a tough time for him though missing the IPL season (easy money), then missing out on selection for the World Twenty20 squad and now this.

I think it's actually a bit rough from the selectors, having told him not to go to the IPL and then drop him off the contract list in the middle of the IPL. Not quite the right way to do it, IMO.

I guess they figure that Phil Hughes is a lock so why contract Jacques? Seems harsh to me too. Maybe it's cheaper to pay him for the potential 1-off back up test this season, rather than a full contract, and then they can re-assess the season after based on how Katich is going?

As for Hodge I assume it's cover for our badly out of form no 4 who must be on his very last chance. If Hodge is lucky, then so is David Hussey IMO. I guess he's a good limited overs player but is there no-one out there younger and better?

hondo71 wrote:I guess they figure that Phil Hughes is a lock so why contract Jacques? Seems harsh to me too. Maybe it's cheaper to pay him for the potential 1-off back up test this season, rather than a full contract, and then they can re-assess the season after based on how Katich is going?

As for Hodge I assume it's cover for our badly out of form no 4 who must be on his very last chance. If Hodge is lucky, then so is David Hussey IMO. I guess he's a good limited overs player but is there no-one out there younger and better?

I agree Dave Hussey is lucky but at least he has played international cricket in the last 12 months, albeit not very well.

smac wrote:

Gozu wrote:It is a bit of a shock with Tait missing out but IMO it's warranted. The guy pretty much openly admits he has no interest in Test cricket and wants to concentrate on ODI but more specifically Twenty20 cricket and then breaks down all the time when even playing those limited overs versions of the game. It must be a tough time for him though missing the IPL season (easy money), then missing out on selection for the World Twenty20 squad and now this.

I think it's actually a bit rough from the selectors, having told him not to go to the IPL and then drop him off the contract list in the middle of the IPL. Not quite the right way to do it, IMO.

Not often I agree with you mate, but...I thought the same thing

hondo71 wrote:I guess they figure that Phil Hughes is a lock so why contract Jacques? Seems harsh to me too. Maybe it's cheaper to pay him for the potential 1-off back up test this season, rather than a full contract, and then they can re-assess the season after based on how Katich is going?

As for Hodge I assume it's cover for our badly out of form no 4 who must be on his very last chance. If Hodge is lucky, then so is David Hussey IMO. I guess he's a good limited overs player but is there no-one out there younger and better?

Lets leave the Michael Hussey debate until the Ashes hey Hondo

Is David Hussey a good ODI player though? Only averages 24 from 22 games (Nathan Hauritz averages 23 from 19). Has had a lot of chances and he just does not seem to be able to grab them. Good 20/20 player but i have yet to see him show this form in the 50 over format. Is on his last legs IMO.

Gozu wrote:It is a bit of a shock with Tait missing out but IMO it's warranted. The guy pretty much openly admits he has no interest in Test cricket and wants to concentrate on ODI but more specifically Twenty20 cricket and then breaks down all the time when even playing those limited overs versions of the game. It must be a tough time for him though missing the IPL season (easy money), then missing out on selection for the World Twenty20 squad and now this.

Good wake up call for Tait, he is at the cross roads in his International career right now, He can get serious about all forms of the game and string a good season together and no doubt he will be back in the side or he can waste his talent bowling 5 over spells before falling in a heap for SA. Up to him, I know which i would choose.

Shaun Tait not forgotten, says Hilditch:

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=813815

browny2323 wrote:Great for Manou

Tait is a shock though

WTF,the guy is a f##n dud.you can not be serious,there must be about 10 blokes in front of him now.

Tait has worn the baggy green for the last time and it remains to be seen if he will ever play 4 day cricket for the Redbacks again too...

Having said that, I still think we'll see him playing ODI and T20 cricket for Australia in the future.