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- Cowan - Rogers - Khawaja - Watson - Clarke - Warner - Haddin + - Harris - Starc - Pattinson - Lyon Hughes is crap, and Bird unlucky not to get a start.

Here's the XI to pick for a chance at winning in England... Chris Rogers Ed Cowan Mark Cosgrove Shane Watson Michael Clarke Dave Warner Brad Haddin James Pattinson Mitchell Starc Ryan Harris Nathan Lyon Plus: Ashton Agar Steve Smith Moises Henriques Matthew Wade Peter Siddle Jackson Bird...

I love the chick in your avatar. Single?

Looks like Steve Waugh's.

It's fine to do that if the selectors think that both Haddin and Wade are in the best seven batsmen in the country. I'd be inclined to let Wade keep the gloves on through. Haddin has shown at times what a good batsman he can be.

How creative can we get with our line up? I wonder whether it's worth trying something different as we ease Ponting and Hussey int to retirement. Let's say Hussey goes first, what about something like... Warner Cowan Watson Ponting Clarke (c) Wade (wk) Andrew McDonald/Steve Smith/Dan Christian...

I'd think when Clarke is available, Forrest will lose his spot. He's made runs though, so good on him. Even if he bats a bit slow, it's better than a bloke who scores 12 off 15 balls. He's made some decent totals, and with Warner, Watson, Wade and the Husseys batting around him, someone who can...

So, it would seem that Haddin might be finished at international level now. Lack of reasons for his departure is interesting, and there is a degree of speculation he has fallen out with someone. Time will tell. In any case, one of Haddin, Ponting and Hussey had to go sooner or later, and Haddin...

Will go ok too. Good luck to him.

Do you realize that in the test series we just finished, against India, Ricky Ponting averaged 108 runs per innings? He's not going away from the test team yet, and nor should he. Easy selection for the WIs in my eyes: Warner Cowan Watson Ponting Clarke Hussey Wade Pattinson Siddle...

Could someone edit the title, so it says "XI" instead of "Xi"? :)

There was a successful draft a few years ago on this board involving Australian players, where each person takes turns to choose a player from Australian test match history with the intention of creating a final XI. In this draft you can choose any player from any nation in test history (past...

Is anyone interested in an international test XI version of this?

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