Australia A v New Zealand Tour match

[brod]

Ben Hilfenhaus, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc and Ben Cutting will duel for the Test spot likely to be left open by the injured Ryan Harris when Australia A face New Zealand in Brisbane from November 24. (im happy with the last three, but Hilf PLEASE NO)

Australia A squad: George Bailey (capt), David Warner, Michael Beer, Tom Cooper, Ed Cowan, Ben Cutting, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nic Maddinson, James Pattinson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade (wk).

[DOC]

Good to see Tom Cooper in there. George Bailey I would think will try to get the side playing to win as opposed to individual performances.

[DOC]

Mark Waugh saying on Fox that Fergusson needs to be in the side as he is a genuine class player. High praise indeed.

[Jim05]

Cant believe O'Keefe didnt get a gig. Beer is rubbish

[brod]

Mark Waugh saying on Fox that Fergusson needs to be in the side as he is a genuine class player. High praise indeed.

At the moment thta class is not translating into runs. cant pick blokes cos they are classy but not scoring runs

[The Dark Knight]

Cant believe O'Keefe didnt get a gig. Beer is rubbish

Agreed.

[NFC]

Cant believe O'Keefe didnt get a gig. Beer is rubbish

Disagree, Beer's bowled wll this season and deserves a shot. I personally wouldve been temped to play both SOK and Beer, and forget about Hilf as seriously, we know what he offers and it's not enough.

[brod]

Cant believe O'Keefe didnt get a gig. Beer is rubbish

Disagree, Beer's bowled wll this season and deserves a shot. I personally wouldve been temped to play both SOK and Beer, and forget about Hilf as seriously, we know what he offers and it's not enough.

Im with you NFC 100%

[Jim05]

Cant believe O'Keefe didnt get a gig. Beer is rubbish

Disagree, Beer's bowled wll this season and deserves a shot. I personally wouldve been temped to play both SOK and Beer, and forget about Hilf as seriously, we know what he offers and it's not enough.

Your right about Hilfy.
Would like to see big Georgy get a run

[westcoastpanther]

Haven't we seen enough of bloody Smith to know??

[Rik E Boy]

Haven't we seen enough of bloody Smith to know??

Here we go......

regards,

REB

[Jim05]

Haven't we seen enough of bloody Smith to know??

Yeah we know that he is one of the form batsmen at shield level and has been batting in top 5 for NSW. On current form id rather have him than Ponting in my test side

[Media Park]

The way the Aussies are going, picking young lads on promise, Ben Cutting should not get a gig. He is not promising, he is performing.

Overqualified for the Australian team...

[westcoastpanther]

Haven't we seen enough of bloody Smith to know??

Yeah we know that he is one of the form batsmen at shield level and has been batting in top 5 for NSW. On current form id rather have him than Ponting in my test side

Liam Davis anyone? They just can't leave Smith out

[westcoastpanther]

Haven't we seen enough of bloody Smith to know??

Here we go......

regards,

REB

Do you really think he has the technique to be a Test batsmen? He didn't even get a bowl in the second dig of the Shield match so he is now just a batsmen. Anyone else would be sent back to the Shield to make a mountain of runs

[Jim05]

Haven't we seen enough of bloody Smith to know??

Yeah we know that he is one of the form batsmen at shield level and has been batting in top 5 for NSW. On current form id rather have him than Ponting in my test side

Liam Davis anyone? They just can't leave Smith out

Leading run scorer in SS this year. Deserves a crack at least

[stan]

This has been his best season so far, probably deserves a crack, hes 27 now and has played a fair bit of cricket, perhaps the selectors should have a look at him.

[Mr_Willy]

100% agree with the other guys.... Beer is a joke... Should be playing Grade cricket, not for Australia...

[Ewok]

Where's the bloody tv coverage?

[Brodlach]

NZ 0/25 after 7


McCullum opening and is 21* off 23 in a 4 day game

Guptill 0* from 19