Dave Warner for Australia?

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Dave Warner is currently enjoying a very fruitful tour of Zimbabwe. He has scored 132 in the A team final vs South Africa A. He then scored a brilliant 164 vs a Zim XI in a 2 day game, which was unfortunately not a 1st class game. He then scored a brilliant 48 and 82 in the 1st A team 'Test'. Then today he scored a brilliant 211 vs a Zim side whom will be playing Bangladesh and New Zealand in Tests soon.

With the Australian middle order pretty weak at present, Watson could slip in at 3/4 and Warner could open up with his buddy Hughes, Warner could give Australia those lighting starts, which have been missing since Hayden retired.

Raymond wrote:

cricketfan90 wrote:

Linebreaker wrote:Huge chance? I see you know a lot about cricket...

thats not a particuarly fair comment is it relle....

i no a lot about cricket, and am passionate about the game.... its my opinon, and on what i have seen, i dont warner has the temperament to play test cricket, i might be wrong, but i can only say on what i have seen :/

I agree with you cricketfan, Warner is nothing more than a hyped up T20 player, in tests he won't have a good time of it, bit of a difference between a few pie chuckers from Zimbabwe and world class bowlers you get in test matches.

i wouldnt go that far, i just dont think he is READY for test cricket

cricketfan90 wrote:

Raymond wrote:

cricketfan90 wrote:

Linebreaker wrote:Huge chance? I see you know a lot about cricket...

thats not a particuarly fair comment is it relle....

i no a lot about cricket, and am passionate about the game.... its my opinon, and on what i have seen, i dont warner has the temperament to play test cricket, i might be wrong, but i can only say on what i have seen :/

I agree with you cricketfan, Warner is nothing more than a hyped up T20 player, in tests he won't have a good time of it, bit of a difference between a few pie chuckers from Zimbabwe and world class bowlers you get in test matches.

i wouldnt go that far, i just dont think he is READY for test cricket

He has scored like 700 first class runs, he hasn't even proven him self at first class cricket yet never mind tests.

i think at this stage, marsh would be the better option

is there any queensland boys in the mix? cos i all here is new south wales..

Watson is from Queensland...Ipswich. He's played for Tassie, Qld and now NSW. Then there's Mitchell Johnson (Townsville). Ryan Harris born in Sydney but playing for Qld. Hauritz is also a Q'lander....hence he is playing for them in BBL.

i think the aussies just need a solid series agianst sri lanka and confidecne will build

Me too. That's the plan I'm hoping they're working towards. One tour at a time.

(What about today? I never would have guessed. Still a long way to go...)

yh we are struggling, but jimmy can match the indian bowlers or do better

michael clarke has got a huge job to do as aussie skipper

It's always a huge job for any Aussie skipper. We say it's the 2nd most important job in Oz after PM. He sure has his work cut out for him, I agree.

If India had batted this morning...could have been in a similar situation. Jimmy will bowl well at his home ground...Swanny too!

this is isnt jimmy's home ground........

of course he's a Lancashire lad... I meant Broad.

if mitchell johnson fails in sri lanka surely his place will be hugely under pressure?

cricketfan90 wrote:if mitchell johnson fails in sri lanka surely his place will be hugely under pressure?

Certainly not, he's the Golden Boy, he can do no wrong - even though he has cost us the Ashes twice.

i doubt sri lanka will be rolled over in their territory as well

whats going on with james hopes these days?

If Lanka prepare spin friendly tracks and play Mendis/Randiv and Herath, then Australians will have a tough time out there.

I expect Hughes to get a few runs, there is not a single quality pacer in Lankan ranks. They have to somehow convince the Slinger to come out of test retirement. Just doesn't see that happening though.

if hughes cant score runs on the flat pitches in sri lanka then should retire....

cricketfan90 wrote:if hughes cant score runs on the flat pitches in sri lanka then should retire....

Sure pal, his 1st class record is World Class and he's only 22. He'll score 10,000+ Test runs.

i thought khwajla opened in state cricket

cricketfan90 wrote:i thought khwajla opened in state cricket

No his original position was 5, but last season he batted at 3 - as there where rumours that he could replace Punter at 3 (which where partly true, but due to Punter's broken hand).

For NSW, Hughes opens every time. Then the other opener could be Warner, Maddinson, Jaques and in the coming season Katich as well.

Hasn't Watson also shifted to NSW?

Yes, but he has hardly played for them though, due to his representative commitments.

Watson has played 1 game max for the Blues

watson is crucial to aussie teams nowadays one must feel......

australia could probably do with a stuart clark type bowler against sri lanka

cricketfan90 wrote:australia could probably do with a stuart clark type bowler against sri lanka

Trent Copeland...

havent seen much of him...

is doherty in the squad going to sri lanka?

CF
Doherty is in the odi squad.
for the tests they have picked beer and nathan lyon.lyon has impressed me whenever i have seen him bowl in the Big Bash although admittedly its a different format.i think he will be a quality spinner for aus in all 3 formats.the only thing is aus selectors must pick him in the xi and give him a long run rather than chopping and changing.

Might sound ever more biased for my beloved NSW, but Stephen O'Keefe should be the Test spinner. He's the only spinner who averages under 30 in 1st class cricket, a rather decent 52 wickets @ 24!!!

i think its ridiclous that hauritz isnt in the test sqaud

how much longer do you think haddin will last in the test side, as tim paine looks a very promising player?!

Cf
haddin is quality imo.

i no he is!!

im just getting people's opinon on tim paine

Paine is a very very good replacement for haddin when haddin retires/loses form in another couple of years.
until then haddin

i think now punter has given up the captaincy, the aussies starting again and have dropped down the rankings, have nothing to lose and will probably play with freedom and start winning games again

until the ashes :P

It's not in as much trouble as you make out, cf.

Can we stick to the topic please...?

they are lucky that malinga has been ruled out of the two t20's!

Clarke confident of success in Sri Lanka

Australia has a better record v SL than England has with Malinga playing... in all forms including T20. They should be competitive again.

surely you have to admit that ponting needs runs or he will go

aussies will be back, but they wil ltake time to get back

Warner doing well in the T20 against Sri Lanka. Rest of the Aussie batting not up to much - look as tho they will finish well short of Sri Lanka's total of 198.

the aussies off to an awful start to their tour of sri lanka.

cricketfan90 wrote:the aussies off to an awful start to their tour of sri lanka.

Hardly, T20 is a game of luck, and Dilshan smoking a ton pushed the game away from us. Some strange captaincy that O'Keefe and Smith only bowling 6 of 8 overs.

We'll be more game in the ODIs and Tests.

australia are currently ranked no1 in odi cricket, do you think they will stay there?

cricketfan90 wrote:australia are currently ranked no1 in odi cricket, do you think they will stay there?

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NO. SL would smash them in ODIs

Tests would be more competitive.

How long have we been No.1 in ODIs? Seems like forever. I think once they get warmed up they'll do OK but it's early days yet.

its gonna be tough for aussies when they have to force the rate in spinning conditions in sri lanka, they struggled in the t20 with the spin.