1st test v India - commencing Fri 22/2/13

[Squids]

Team

Michael Clarke (c)
Ed Cowan
Moises Henriques
Phillip Hughes
Nathan Lyon
James Pattinson
Peter Siddle
Mitchell Starc
Matthew Wade
David Warner
Shane Watson

Glenn Maxwell 12th man

[heater31]

Where is Watson going to bat? Arthur said Cowan and Warner to open...

[The Sleeping Giant]

Watson to bat at 4.

[The Sleeping Giant]

I really hope the quicks can get the ball to reverse, otherwise they might be bowling for 2 days straight.

Even though Starc deserves his spot, I think Johnson is better suited to Indian conditions.

Can't wait for Friday.

[Johno6]

I will be putting a lot of money on India first test

[RustyCage]

Team

Michael Clarke (c)
Ed Cowan
Moises Henriques
Phillip Hughes
Nathan Lyon
James Pattinson
Peter Siddle
Mitchell Starc
Matthew Wade
David Warner
Shane Watson

Glenn Maxwell 12th man

Clarke and Warner to bowl 45 overs between them it seems

[The Sleeping Giant]

Funny if true. Why pick 3 quicks and henriques then?

[stan]

When I heard Moses got the call up I was expecting the 2 spinners. But hehas been bowling the best out of the "all rounders"

[whufc]

That is a disgraceful side, I would be interested to know who the last team to win in India with four seamers in their side were, maybe the windies dominant era!!!

I know Inverarity is from the old bouncy WACA wickets but this is taking the piss!!!!!

House and mortgage on India or the draw!!

Our guys may reverse it but in the recent series with Englabd it was reversing around the 60 over mark by then India will be 1 at best for 270-300 with that attack.

Watch Clarke screw his back having to bowl so many overs.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Arthur wouldn't be a keen spin man either.

[test]

Not a real strong side but probably the best we've got. There's little point playing another spinner when Clarke and Warner are already better then the incumbent.

[whufc]

Not a real strong side but probably the best we've got. There's little point playing another spinner when Clarke and Warner are already better then the incumbent.

Problem is Clarke is well know for having back issues which has limited his bowling previously! We can't afford for him to miss games because of injuries from bowling.

Maybe he sees another 6fa

If Clarke and Warner are going to bowl 20 overs between them an innings why not play an extra batter which appears to be a massive weakness. One of these fast bowlers will bowl less than 10 overs an innings and be wasted!

[Brodlach]

Not a real strong side but probably the best we've got. There's little point playing another spinner when Clarke and Warner are already better then the incumbent.

Problem is Clarke is well know for having back issues which has limited his bowling previously! We can't afford for him to miss games because of injuries from bowling.

Maybe he sees another 6fa

If Clarke and Warner are going to bowl 20 overs between them an innings why not play an extra batter which appears to be a massive weakness. One of these fast bowlers will bowl less than 10 overs an innings and be wasted!

Good point about Warner bowling spin. I guess with Watson not bowling, a bowling all rounder (Henriques) was more important than another batsman on those pitches. If the pitches are there normal roads, we shouldnt need another specialist batsman

[CoverKing]

I'm not sure if Warner will be fit to bowl. What hand is his injured finger on?

[Brodlach]

Left thumb

[whufc]

Not a real strong side but probably the best we've got. There's little point playing another spinner when Clarke and Warner are already better then the incumbent.

Problem is Clarke is well know for having back issues which has limited his bowling previously! We can't afford for him to miss games because of injuries from bowling.

Maybe he sees another 6fa

If Clarke and Warner are going to bowl 20 overs between them an innings why not play an extra batter which appears to be a massive weakness. One of these fast bowlers will bowl less than 10 overs an innings and be wasted!

Good point about Warner bowling spin. I guess with Watson not bowling, a bowling all rounder (Henriques) was more important than another batsman on those pitches. If the pitches are there normal roads, we shouldnt need another specialist batsman

Their only roads if u know how to play spin!

This pitch is going to be a massive turner from ball one.

I'm still in shock with the selected side!

[RustyCage]

We have seen in the past with the likes of Colin Miller and Jason Krezja that very average spinners can become world beaters on the Indian pitches. We are definitely one spin bowler short here. I really can't see how we will take 20 wickets. We just need to hope India bat first and declare twice, leaving us with a target we can chase down

[The Sleeping Giant]

I'm not sure if Warner will be fit to bowl. What hand is his injured finger on?

Do you really rate Warner as a spin bowler?

[whufc]

We have seen in the past with the likes of Colin Miller and Jason Krezja that very average spinners can become world beaters on the Indian pitches. We are definitely one spin bowler short here. I really can't see how we will take 20 wickets. We just need to hope India bat first and declare twice, leaving us with a target we can chase down

X2 u summed up all my thoughts especially offies being gold in india

[The Sleeping Giant]

Krezja did take a bag in 1 test, but did get belted all over the park, and Australia was soundly beaten.

It's done now, so I guess we see what happens. Either inverarity and co are genius, or there will be a heap of I told ya - sack them all posts.