SA Footy

Commonwealth Bank Series

Ricky Ponting (c) TAS 32
Adam Gilchrist (vc) WA 35
Nathan Bracken NSW 29
Stuart Clark NSW 31
Michael Clarke NSW 25
Matthew Hayden QLD 35
Brad Hogg WA 35
Michael Hussey WA 31
Mitchell Johnson QLD 25
Brett Lee NSW 30
Glenn McGrath NSW 36
Andrew Symonds QLD 31
Cameron White VIC 23


Preliminary 30 man World Cup Squad

Ricky Ponting TAS 32
Adam Gilchrist WA 35
Andrew Symonds QLD 31
Brett Lee NSW 30
Glenn McGrath NSW 36
Michael Hussey WA 31
Michael Clarke NSW 25
Stuart Clark NSW 31
Brad Hogg WA 35
Shane Watson QLD 25
Simon Katich NSW 31
Brad Haddin NSW 29
Phil Jaques NSW 27
Mitchell Johnson QLD 25
Adam Voges WA 27
Marcus North WA 27
Daniel Cullen SA 22
Shaun Tait SA 23
Nathan Hauritz NSW 25
Shane Harwood VIC 32
Matthew Hayden QLD 35
James Hopes QLD 28
Nathan Bracken NSW 29
Andrew McDonald VIC 25
Brad Hodge VIC 32
Mark Cosgrove SA 22
Ben Hilfenhaus TAS 23
Travis Birt TAS 25
Shaun Marsh WA 23
Cameron White VIC 23

Interesting move to see Hayden back in the mix. Experience counts for plenty in the World Cup and with no one else really grabbing the opportunity to open with Gilchrist, Australia can fall back to the trusted Hayden. A good move IMO. White has also forced his selection.

They have named pretty much every first class cricketer in the squad of 30, to be halved for the World Cup. Will probably just add two to the Comm Bank squad to make it to the World Cup. Most probably Watson and Haddin?

The triangular one day series can often be a bit boring IMO, but with the World Cup coming up straight after, it should add some interest.

I would say the Australian side for the first Comm. Bank ODI would be something like:

Gilchrist
Hayden
Ponting
Clarke
Symonds
Hussey
Hogg
Lee
Johnson
Bracken
McGrath
************
White
Clark

Clark to play when McGrath rested, ditto for Haddin when Gilchrist rested.

[quote="Aerie"]Commonwealth Bank Series

Ricky Ponting (c) TAS 32
Adam Gilchrist (vc) WA 35
Nathan Bracken NSW 29
Stuart Clark NSW 31
Michael Clarke NSW 25
Matthew Hayden QLD 35
Brad Hogg WA 35
Michael Hussey WA 31
Mitchell Johnson QLD 25
Brett Lee NSW 30
Glenn McGrath NSW 36
Andrew Symonds QLD 31
Cameron White VIC 23..................AH HAVALOOK

WHITE IS IN, THE selectors not the snipers agree with me

______________________________________________________________________________


Preliminary 30 man World Cup Squad

Ricky Ponting TAS 32
Adam Gilchrist WA 35
Andrew Symonds QLD 31
Brett Lee NSW 30
Glenn McGrath NSW 36
Michael Hussey WA 31
Michael Clarke NSW 25
Stuart Clark NSW 31
Brad Hogg WA 35
Shane Watson QLD 25..*******************************
Simon Katich NSW 31............TOO SLOW
Brad Haddin NSW 29
Phil Jaques NSW 27
Mitchell Johnson QLD 25
Adam Voges WA 27.............WHY NOT
Marcus North WA 27.............WORTH A PUNT
Daniel Cullen SA 22..............
Shaun Tait SA 23..............AGREE
Nathan Hauritz NSW 25..............SURELY NOT
Shane Harwood VIC 32...............STAR BUT INJURY PRONE
Matthew Hayden QLD 35...............WELCOME BACK
James Hopes QLD 28................GREAT SELECTION
Nathan Bracken NSW 29
Andrew McDonald VIC 25...............TOO SLOW BATTING
Brad Hodge VIC 32
Mark Cosgrove SA 22...............NOT ON FORM
Ben Hilfenhaus TAS 23...............OH YEAHHHHHH
Travis Birt TAS 25...............OUT OF FORM CAN IMPROVE
Shaun Marsh WA 23...............MAKING UP NUMBERS
Cameron White VIC 23...............

30 players from a pool of 6 x 11 = 66 players = some are making up numbers
No David Hussey a big big surprise.
No Ashley Noffke in the top 30 a surprise as well.

Notable absentees but players of the future

BLIZZARD
CHRISTAIN

well its really a 29 man squad at Hackitch is in there....

actuallly dissappointed that Cosgrove is in there, would have been a great opportunity for the selectors to say your not in the top 30 cricketers in Oz...might have waken him up...now he will probably eat more maccas and drink more beers satisfied he made the initial squad!!!

Dutchy

I have to agree on your Cossy comment

the interest is in the second openers spot, Hayden, Jaques, Rogers all lining up, others such as Katich and Watson have been tried, while Hussey could possibly move up

there also seems to be some good competition for the spinner role, Hogg's first crack but White and Cullen are waiting for their opportunity

The way the Redbacks have been playing.
There's no surprise there won't be any picked...
Still, I reckon Shaun Tait deserves a shot!

sydney-dog wrote:there also seems to be some good competition for the spinner role, Hogg's first crack but White and Cullen are waiting for their opportunity

I think Cameron White has a great chance of making the ODI side as a batsman alone and the way he has been playing of late, he certainly deserves a look in. Having said that, I don't rate his legspin at all and Cullen appears to be Hogg's direct replacement.

Symonds & Clarke can easily fill the void with their part-time spin.

If Australia didn't have such a large gap until their next Test series, I'd be calling for Gilly to be replaced in our 1 day side (not World Cup though), as I think we need to start looking after him.
If he doesn't retire from 1 dy cricket after the World Cup, they should replace him, to protect his Test level longevity