Ashes are done, now for the ODIs

[JBs-Hawks]

Get Travis Head in the aus team :P

[BB67th]

Good to see that batsmen are doing better so far this Shield season compared to last year. Already this season there has been hundreds to North, Smith, Rogers, Warner, Hughes, Cooper, Doolan, Klinger, Silk and Forrest.

Half of those are either in the test team now or should be one day soon, so at least the batting is looking a little up.

Also, I think Jordan Silk is going to be a very good opener. In a few years time I wouldn't be surprised to see him and Warner at the top of the card.

[Scrads]

Get Travis Head in the aus team :P

Gun, he went to my school I used to play footy with him ;)

[JBs-Hawks]

Get Travis Head in the aus team :P

Gun, he went to my school I used to play footy with him ;)

Heard hes pretty arrogant?

[Scrads]

Get Travis Head in the aus team :P

Gun, he went to my school I used to play footy with him ;)

Heard hes pretty arrogant?

Nah no way. Confident, not arrogant. There is a definite difference.

[JBs-Hawks]

Ah ok just hearing whispers from a few ex ttg guys, probably blinded by jealousy :P

[Jay]

Ah ok just hearing whispers from a few ex ttg guys, probably blinded by jealousy :P

ttg guys are full of shower :P

[JBs-Hawks]

Ah ok just hearing whispers from a few ex ttg guys, probably blinded by jealousy :P

ttg guys are shower :P

Fixed :P

[specky92]

(Insert pointless comment just so I'm now in the loop)  ;D

[PowerBug]

Yeah BB, loving all the hundreds, however I can never help but noticing the amount of Strike Rates that are under 40! I've been noticing Marcus North's scores, despite being good run tallies, are taking forever to actually get achieved, and I'm wondering whether he's actually hindering the team by batting so slow.

Silk's ton was also scored quite slowly, and Rogers during his 88 in the first round, was 10 off 79 balls at one stage and the Vics were like 2/52 at lunch on Day 1.

[BB67th]

I think that is a great sign actually PB. Patient batsmen is exactly what we need right now. Too often we have seen the test team collapse because people get out playing rash shots and they don't know how to bunker down and play a long innnings.

[PowerBug]

That's a very good point actually.

[specky92]

When/Has the squad been announced? I'm interested to see who Lehman has included

[Noz]

When/Has the squad been announced? I'm interested to see who Lehman has included

Chris Rogers
David Warner
Shane Watson
Michael Clarke (c)
Steve Smith
George Bailey
Brad Haddin(vc)
James Faulkner
Mitchell Johnson
Ryan Harris
Peter Siddle
Nathan Lyon

12th man hasn't been named yet but i would say it would be Faulkner.

[Jay]

Depends if they want to go an all out pace attack... I wouldnt do it. Lyon actually has surprisingly good figures at the Gabba.