Australia vs Sri Lanka 3rd test At the SCG

[whufc]

Correct Jim05. I like 6 batsman, 4 bowlers, and if the wicketkeeper can bat then great.

Agree but if a team can have a decent all rounder it can turn an ok side into a very good side.

Australia don't have a decent all rounder though.

[The Sleeping Giant]

No. Haven't had one since mal was a child.

If you can't get a decent score out of your countries best 6 then your screwed.

[mal]

TSG
Who are those 2 most dominant sides ?

Im guessing Windies of the 80's and Aussies of the mid 90's to mid 2000's

TSG,
Jim
Agree with the 2 eras of teams
Sorry I have not responded since last year

[whufc]

No. Haven't had one since mal was a child.

If you can't get a decent score out of your countries best 6 then your screwed.

You here Adam Gilchrist be mentioned as an All-Rounder a fair bit, does he count!

[rod_rooster]

No. Haven't had one since mal was a child.

If you can't get a decent score out of your countries best 6 then your screwed.

Agreed.

[rod_rooster]

I love how every one says play the best side only

Ummm our last two test captains and arguably best batsmen this millennium were given a chance before they were in the best 6 bats in the country because of potential and the need to add youth.

Ponting and Clarke turned out alright,

We need to build a side our best eleven is NOT good enough

Ponting was in the best 6 bats when he got picked.

[whufc]

I love how every one says play the best side only

Ummm our last two test captains and arguably best batsmen this millennium were given a chance before they were in the best 6 bats in the country because of potential and the need to add youth.

Ponting and Clarke turned out alright,

We need to build a side our best eleven is NOT good enough

Ponting was in the best 6 bats when he got picked.

Very very very debatable especially considering you had the likes of Martyn, Langer, Elliott, Maher, Lehmann and co scoring a ton of shield runs as well, also Blewett who was dropped for him was considered slightly unlucky. (According to ESPN cricket site)

You then also had Stuart Law playing in that test who at the time was making a bucket load of runs.

In the end the decision obviously turned out to be the right one.

[Phantom Gossiper]

Maxwell joins the growing list of Victorian dud allrounders in the last few years.
McDonald, McKay, Hastings and now Maxwell
For such a proud cricketing state apart from Siddle and Patto they have given us stuff all in the last few years

Yep i reckon Dean Jones was their last decent offering as a batsman

Brad Hodge?

[whufc]

Matty Elliott was handy!

Darren Lehmann was ok

[daysofourlives]

Maxwell joins the growing list of Victorian dud allrounders in the last few years.
McDonald, McKay, Hastings and now Maxwell
For such a proud cricketing state apart from Siddle and Patto they have given us stuff all in the last few years

Yep i reckon Dean Jones was their last decent offering as a batsman

Brad Hodge?

How many tests did Hodge and Elliot play?

Might give you Elliot as he was cut short by injury but for such a big state they have produced no quality Aust batsmen since Jones.
Even SA has had Blewett and Lehmann in that time

Mind you producing Warne all could be forgiven

[Media Park]

Maxwell joins the growing list of Victorian dud allrounders in the last few years.
McDonald, McKay, Hastings and now Maxwell
For such a proud cricketing state apart from Siddle and Patto they have given us stuff all in the last few years

Yep i reckon Dean Jones was their last decent offering as a batsman

Brad Hodge?

How many tests did Hodge and Elliot play?

Might give you Elliot as he was cut short by injury but for such a big state they have produced no quality Aust batsmen since Jones.
Even SA has had Blewett and Lehmann in that time

Mind you producing Warne all could be forgiven

Siddle, Pattinson & Wade

[daysofourlives]

since when have siddle pattinson and wade been batsman??

And Siddle is the only one of them that you could consider to have made it

[The Sleeping Giant]

No. Haven't had one since mal was a child.

If you can't get a decent score out of your countries best 6 then your screwed.

You here Adam Gilchrist be mentioned as an All-Rounder a fair bit, does he count!

No. Wicketkeeper who could bat.

[whufc]

No. Haven't had one since mal was a child.

If you can't get a decent score out of your countries best 6 then your screwed.

You here Adam Gilchrist be mentioned as an All-Rounder a fair bit, does he count!

No. Wicketkeeper who could bat.

I agree just the commentators have a man crush on calling him an all rounder.

Last test sides at number 1

Saf- Kallis
Eng- Flintoff
Aus- Symonds

[The Sleeping Giant]

Lol. Symonds

[Media Park]

No. Haven't had one since mal was a child.

If you can't get a decent score out of your countries best 6 then your screwed.

You here Adam Gilchrist be mentioned as an All-Rounder a fair bit, does he count!

No. Wicketkeeper who could bat.

I agree just the commentators have a man crush on calling him an all rounder.

Last test sides at number 1

Saf- Kallis
Eng- Flintoff
Aus- Symonds

Flintoff was a poor mans Kallis, symonds in tests a poor mans flintoff.
Symonds in ODIs a different story

[rod_rooster]

Flintoff is one of the most overrated cricketers in history. Had a couple of good games against Australia but apart from that a very average career.

[Jim05]

Flintoff is one of the most overrated cricketers in history. Had a couple of good games against Australia but apart from that a very average career.

Agreed, averaged only 30 with the bat.
Take out those couple of Ashes series and its not much to look at

[whufc]

Was reading a book where they credited Symonds being in the side for extending Dizzy Gillespies career by a year and a bit because he was then able to be bowled more efficiently in his latter stages.

Look I'm not saying play an all rounder for the sake of it, apart from Watson and then maybe a couple of spinning all rounders in India, we don't have one good enough.

But it's very naive to not think a good all rounder is a massive advantage especially if u don't have the McGrath, Warne, Gillespie, Lee luxury

[The Sleeping Giant]

What I'm saying is you pick your best side. Not for the future, not because of the belief an all rounder makes a team better automatically and certainly not because of this theory that players need to be rotated.