God help me - the Test Cricket thread

[ElwoodBlues1]

We will have to disagree on Maxwell, if we can justify someone like Warner at the top of the order because he can be a match winner, and the continual repeat efforts put into Marsh because he can be a match winner, it's hard to justify excluding Maxwell because he's at another level not just in batting but in the field.

Everything Warner or Marsh can do Maxwell can do, but there is stuff Maxwell does that they can't do, all we need him to do is feel at home and relax into the game and he will win test matches off his own efforts!

I don't get the criticism about Maxwell throwing his wicket away, fans make a big deal of it because of how it happens, some weirdness. But as an inconsistency it's no different to Warner poking and prodding at pies, or Marsh having a moment and lobbying a dolly to mid-off.

It's a bit like in ODI or T20 when Finch goes out LBW again, it's his gig, fans get frustrated but somehow it's worse than a knick behind or a doddle catch to forward of the wicket. The outrage seems rather arbitrary.

Marsh isn't test material either imo, like Maxwell he will have his moments when he has a day out but for me he is still a short format player
Warner altered his game to play test cricket and learned to graft.
His poor run in England was due to excellent bowling from Broad to left handers with Tom Latham from NZ being his latest around the wicket bunny.
Warner also has a decent test average over the journey so I don't see the comparison.
Maxwell would have to displace Cameron Green at No 6 imo, I think the other positions are locks.Green is a better bowler, handy in the gully and his batting while not fantastic is on the steady improve and his ability to do a Stokes with the ball and take big wickets ie Root makes him valuable.
Maxwell is great in the field but imo isn't going to be a match saver at No 6, yes he can win games but I think No6 has to be able to both save and win games.
His off spin bowling is handy but compared to Green bowling outswingers at 145kmh I know who I would want as a change bowler on most test tracks.
Green needs to get his average up and make bigger scores but I see him as the future as that all-rounder we have struggled to produce.
Maxwell like Marsh will always be a better short format player and I don't see upside in him like I do with Green at test level