11-08-2016, 02:28 AM
(11-08-2016, 02:14 AM)shadesy link Wrote:Problem is Faulkner is not good enough for a 3rd seamer or bat 6 IMO.
What me need is Handscomb to bat in the top 6 allowing a Faulkner or Marsh to come in at 7 or 8.
A Keeper in the top 6 can give the team the flexibility it needs.
Batting at 6...No from me too, reckon his bowling is ok but he needs two very good quicks opening the attack.....
Marsh...one day player only, zero technique, that LBW to Philander in the 1st innings was woeful...bowling is handy only...
Handscomb is a good cricketer with a good technique......prefer my keeper at No 7 though and a bowling allrounder at 8 ie Faulkner.
Not fully convinced about Nevill either...he is no DeKock with the bat ...
Aus have always had this allrounder fetish to find ourselves a Botham to play at No 6...tried for years with Watson to no avail and seem destined to keep trying with M. Marsh..