God help me - the Test Cricket thread

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Will Pucovski is the young man to open with Warner but with his concussion issues its going to be problematic for him to overcome given every quick he faces will be serving him up short stuff every over and it only takes one to land on the helmet and he will be missing games. Lucky England dont have Archer and only have the pacy Wood who himself cant stay on the park, the rest of their attack are seam and swing bowlers who wont present the same problems.
Not a real fan of Harris either, he is ok vs the B grade bowlers but vs the decent quicks isnt going to last long at the wicket.
Paine has the keeping job for this series but after that we may need a new keeper bat, been some love for Carey and the Josh's Inglis and Phillipe but I think the smokey for the job is Jimmy Peirson. My preference is Inglis.....better bat IMO but I reckon if Inglis makes runs this summer he may be get a test call up as a batsman only player even as an opener.

Agree with most of that.

I find it quite hard to get a bearing on many players now, they play so much short form cricket it screws up their technique be it batting or bowling, too much T20 and ODI rubbish.

Personally, I'd be happy if the ICC made a rule that for International T20 or ODI the team had to come from players named or previously named in Test Squads. I realise it would kybosh some of the teenage sensations, but to me it's more about what is good for the sport and discouraging players just chasing the dollars no matter how remote the chance! Cricket is not Baseball, I've never been a fan of Tait types or even at times Starc or , I don't want guys who play 75% rubbish cricket for 25% highlights! Imagine how well placed Australia would be if guys like Maxwell had got the long form right, I mean he could have been Australia's version of Viv Richards!