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For what it's worth, I think that Haddin is a pretty good selection. You'll recall he had a pretty good Ashes series in 10/11 when it was him and the Huss saving face for Australia time after time. He is a very capable number 7 when playing well, but more importantly he keeps a tidy wicket -...

Awesome test match. Rarely will I enjoy watching Australia lose as much as that. However, yet again Australia loses a lot of wickets for **** all. This is starting to get scary. Warner batted well to prove that it was a pitch that you could score runs on, but no one else managed anything of...

I agree, Johnson has failed too many times and is simply a passenger (I have been a long time fan of his, but he needs to go). The current team is unable to carry anyone on the hope that they may come good. Ponting is getting to a similar position. This innings should be his best possible...

Matthew Hayden. He was awesome. Currently? Sachin Tendulkar. He can also swing a willow.

Pardon my ignorance, but when do the tests start?

I agree with futureblackcap in that I doubt Clarke was the reason (or at least the whole reason) Katich got dropped. I think that the selectors needed a scapegoat. Someone had to go to show that something was trying to be done. Of course, it would be one of the older guys in the team to get the...

Yeah, I wish Katich hadn't brounght it up. Everybody who follows cricket at least thought that the little disagreement played a role in his axing. Unnecessary . Anyway, he has certainly just put the nail in the coffin for his test career I'd say. I thought with the changes in the selection...

Dave Warner scores back to back 100's in T20 cricket, pretty solid effort I think. Hopefully he can carry some form over for Australia.

Hughes has now gone 10 Test innings without passing 50. Therefore, the selectors have now officially given him more chances than they gave Matthew Hayden who had 8000+ test runs to his name. Does this strike anyone else as strange? @Kram81 I agree entirely, Hughes can punish the...

you'd have to think that it Hughes fails to score this time, Marsh will be pressing pretty hard for his spot.

that is the most sense I have heard for a long time

Clarke to bat at 3, or will they put Khawaja first drop? I assume Marsh will bat 6. Warner had a good Aus A tour. If he ends up playing (due to injury to someone), I think he'd do pretty well.

And the Australians 2nd innings draws to a close. SL with 379 to chase for victory. Not likely from what we've seen so far. Averaging about 13 wickets a day. The debutants both hung around for a while at the end there, great to see. Copeland seemed willing to just put the bad balls away...

Incredable debut by Lyon. 5/34 from 15! Great stuff! SL all out for 105. Australia is now looking good.

yeah, Hussey and Ponting got us to a reasonable total. Looking forward to the 2nd days play!

The problem with Hauritz is that he has already played a test for Australia and has more than 4 first class matches and 10 wickets under his belt. C'mon, I thought it would be obvious.

Hussey finally goes, just 5 runs short of a well deserved hundred. Aus is in trouble if we are going to continue to let Hus do all our scoring. Aus all out for 273, which is more then they looked like getting not long after lunch. Now we get to see what our new bowlers are made of. BTW, whose...

Hussey's looking pretty good though (70no as I type). Hopefully he can hold the tale together once Johnson gets out. But yeah, it is a bit of a worry that not many will really make themselves count.

Lost Clarke for 23 and Punter for a more respectable 44. 4/118 at drinks, 2nd session. Hussey going along slowly but surely, probably what AUs needs right now, things are not looking brilliant. Good chance for Khawaja to prove he really belongs. We need a solid innings from him. Hope he can...

Shane Watson Phillip Hughes Ricky Ponting Michael Clarke (capt) Michael Hussey Usman Khawaja Brad Haddin Mitchell Johnson Ryan Harris Trent Copeland Nathan Lyon 12th man: Michael Beer (beer to carry the drinks lol) Once again there is an almost completely unproven spinner in the side. As...