alfie wrote:from_the_stands wrote:Mitchell Marsh is now in doubt.
Astonishingly bad timing ! Maxwell now in line to play as the allrounder .
This thread could set new records ...
I'll say it is. With Mitchell Marsh, who I'm a big fan of (which is pretty well documented by now), I still think he's a season away from being ready for Test cricket. He needs a bumper season in the Sheffield Shield under his belt before being elevated to the big time, and that hasn't happened yet. He's definitely shown glimpses of what he is capable of. He needs to be managed the right way (unlike other players I've been banging the can for over a period of time - Usman Khawaja springs to mind). Taking him on tour is one thing, but throwing him to the wolves when he isn't ready is another matter all together. Twatto will retire eventually, or will simply break apart and make a hell of a mess in the process.
As for Glenn Maxwell, I like him. Of course I like him, he's a Victorian - get him up here, I want to boof him! Long term, I see Maxwell competing with Mitchell Marsh for the number 6 slot in the Oz Test team. Maxwell, IMHO, is a special talent. His baptism of fire against India was unfortunate, and really he should have played in the dead rubber a couple of months earlier in Sydney against Sri Lanka. Should Maxwell play against Pakistan, I reckon he'll do great... unless he gets injured, of course. Should that happen, then it will be over to James Faulkner, I guess. And after him, it will be back to Moises Henriques... and after him, Dan Christian. Andrew McDonald could come into contention... if he wasn't injured. I'm too depressed to go any further.
And yes, at the rate that Oz cricketers break down, this thread could see quite a bit of traffic.