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[smokem]

David Warner
Ed Cowan
Phillip Hughes
Shane Watson
Michael Clarke (capt)
Usman Khawaja
Steven Smith
Matthew Wade (wk)
Glenn Maxwell
Moises Henriques
Mitchell Johnson
James Pattinson
Mitchell Starc
Peter Siddle
Jackson Bird
Xavier Doherty
Nathan Lyon

They picked 17 and they can't fit in the country's best performing spinner in O'Keefe?? Surely Smith is not there for just his batting and so why do we need 2 mediocre so-called spinning allrounders in the squad (Maxwell and Smith) when 1 is surely enough... Maybe they are "protecting" O'Keefe from India, much like they were protecting Hughes from South Africa...

[aussiejake]

and so why do we need 2 mediocre so-called spinning allrounders in the squad (Maxwell and Smith) when 1 is surely enough...

Back up in case/when one or the other fails.

[smokem]

Sorry must be part of the rotation policy. One mediocre spinning allrounder for another. What was I thinking.... 

[Cover_Drive]

Good to see Usman Khawaja there but I hope this is not just to accumulate Skywards miles.

Not overly convinced with Mitchell Johnson's selection perhaps Ben Hilfernaus should have been selected ahead of him?

[Tail Ender]

What's Steve Smith got on the selectors? That's what I want to know. It's not like he's set the Shield on fire with his performances and warrants a recall. Baffling selection. The rest isn't a surprise though.

[Julesoak]

He's just scored 72 - isn't that enough!!

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2013/content/current/story/602848.html

[Manormanic]

Five seamers in India with Henriques on top seems excessive.  Four spinners who can't turn the ball seems pretty over the top as well come to think of it.  Is this the weakest squad Australia have ever taken abroad?

[aussiejake]

Five seamers in India with Henriques on top seems excessive.  Four spinners who can't turn the ball seems pretty over the top as well come to think of it.  Is this the weakest squad Australia have ever taken abroad?

With how much our seamers are breaking down, doesn't seem OTT to me.

Weakest squad? Doubt it. Only weak area is the all-rounder component.

[uknsaunders]

Looks like an India whitewash to me. Let's compare the important bit for a team travelling abroad, with England as a reference:-

Spinners
Panesar and Swann

v

Lyon and Doherty (or Smith or Maxwell)

I can't stop laughing....nor can Dhoni I bet.

and then you can only play 2 seamers, one of which will breakdown. Plus Sicknote Watson doesn't want to bowl and if he touches a ball he'll get injured.

At least they have the reliable Mitch Johnson to fall back on in a two seamer attack.....

Talk about a train smash.

[400notout]

No idea why O'Keefe can't get a gig. They must be just holding out with poorer players to make Jon Holland look like a star when he does make his debut. Hope Holland does well when he gets his chance!
Cutting has more shield runs than smith this year.....

[Buzz]

no wonder Sachin doesn't want to retire! smash the Aussies around one last time...

[Manormanic]

Weakest squad? Doubt it. Only weak area is the all-rounder component.

The only weak area is.....are you for real?

You have one opening bat who, justifyably, averages 25 and one who is a glorified slogger, a number three with more holes in his technique than a Swiss cheese, a guy with one test behind him and an all rounder who doesn't want to bowl but thinks that two tons in 40 tests justifies him making demands that would shame a Premier League striker.  As for your bowling line up, I'll give you the seamers but anyone who thinks that Nathan Lyon and Xavier Doherty are anything other than a pie chucker who wouldn't get into an English county side and a joke who is the only slow left armer who couldn't even get KP out is insane!

[Manormanic]

No idea why O'Keefe can't get a gig. They must be just holding out with poorer players to make Jon Holland look like a star when he does make his debut. Hope Holland does well when he gets his chance!
Cutting has more shield runs than smith this year.....

More spinners who can't turn the ball!

Forget South Africans looking for their British passports, the new story will be bog standard county spinners looking for their Australian ones!

[aussiejake]

The only weak area is.....are you for real?

You have one opening bat who, justifyably, averages 25 and one who is a glorified slogger, a number three with more holes in his technique than a Swiss cheese, a guy with one test behind him and an all rounder who doesn't want to bowl but thinks that two tons in 40 tests justifies him making demands that would shame a Premier League striker.  As for your bowling line up, I'll give you the seamers but anyone who thinks that Nathan Lyon and Xavier Doherty are anything other than a pie chucker who wouldn't get into an English county side and a joke who is the only slow left armer who couldn't even get KP out is insane!

Cowan averages 32 and that's from only 13 games. I've liked what I've seen so far from him.

Glorified slogger? Very harsh on Warner there, who has transformed his game and has the potential to be the best bat in the world.

Hughes has been killing it lately.

Lyon is a decent spinner, hopefully he shows it in India.

[Manormanic]

Cowan averages 32 and that's from only 13 games. I've liked what I've seen so far from him.

He is a good writer and a thoroughly likeable chap but his performances in Test cricket suggest that he is some way short of the standard that Australian openers are expected to reach.  And thats having been able to mostly mug off poor opposition...

Glorified slogger? Very harsh on Warner there, who has transformed his game and has the potential to be the best bat in the world.

Stop it, you're killing me!  He's done well, but is funadmentally unwilling to take the mental steps needed to reach world class (ie to accept that its okay to leave the ball)  Even if he did, the chnces of him being the best in the world are similar to yours.

Hughes has been killing it lately.

He's made a few cheap runs against Sri Lanka.  Big deal.  The Aussies selectors said it all when they admitted that he was not good enough to face South Africa and sacrificed Rob Quiney instead. 

Lyon is a decent spinner, hopefully he shows it in India.

Seriously, Lyon is not even county standard - he only looks vaguely decent when compared to Cullen, Casson, White, Krezja, McGain, Doherty and Beer.  What has he achevied thus far in Test cricket?   Nothing save a few tail end wickets...