Ashes 2019

[ElwoodBlues1]

Yep, I'm pretty much in agreement with that side Jon...Burns really hasn't done much wrong & should be given at least as much of a run as Harris (who just doesn't have the technique).  Warner, should be done & dusted.

I really liked the look of Renshaw...but he just needs to score some RUNS !

Pucowski, yes, get him in for the home series....I think Wade has done enough to get a gig first home test.

And as a proud Tassie supporter....Painey needs to hand over the gloves & get Carey in sooner rather than later (ie, well before the next Ashes series !).  of course, that does come with it's own problem of captaincy.
But Australia has always had the tradition of picking your best side & then selecting the captain......England were always known for picking blokes with poor test records just for their captaincy. (Denness, Brearley etc)

Fast Bowlers.....Core group of Cummins, Hazelwood Richardson, Pattinson.........bit of a distance then Starc.

Not sure where Marsh fits into this if at all.  If Carey is keeper the batting lookes stronger, so soemone like Marsh could be carried....not my ideal scenario though.

Lets face it, we retained the Ashes with 1 batsman & two bowlers.....POMS are in real trouble....particularly when broad & anderson are gone.

Poms have some good kids in Pope, Crawley and Sibley to blood as batsman plus have a new generation fast bowler in Archer and another kid Ollie Stone who is also quick.
The best keeper/bat in England is Ben Foakes who cant get a game because Bairstow is retained on the mates club basis.
They also have a boys club which denies kids getting games and promotes oldies like Denly instead, India are on top of world cricket because of money for sure but do they promote
their wonder kids early. We used to do that with Ponting, Clarke, Mcgrath, Warne etc but now just rotate one boys club member for another.