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[The_Bird]

Sam Robson must be in their thoughts if someone breaks down.
                                       

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Sam Robson (Middlesex)   4   7   2   579   215*   115.8

[PedalsMcgrew]

According to Chris Rodgers he's already made his mind up to play for England......he qualifies next May. He's scored more runs in 7 innings than Phil Hughes scored all season....

[The_Bird]

According to Chris Rodgers he's already made his mind up to play for England......he qualifies next May. He's scored more runs in 7 innings than Phil Hughes scored all season....

what a shame that is...

[PedalsMcgrew]

Indeed.........as good a 'steal' as any in recent years!

You have to ask yourself why Australia haven't been in touch sooner though....he has lived in England for 4 years now but he was the Australian under 19's captain...talk about casting someone adrift. If they lose him it will serve them right!

[Buzz]

is that something you have to decide, Symonds was selected to play for England and said, sorry I am an Aussie. I will have cost him maybe 40+ test match caps.

if he wanted the easy route to international cricket he would put his name forward to the Aussies, like Andrew Symmonds this is the harder call.

good luck to him.

[Vic Nicholas]

Honestly, why should he choose Australia?

He has never performed well enough in Australia to play even one first class game in Oz.

Before you all pipe up, his club record in grade cricket was mediocre at best and he quite simply did not merit selection.

His county record has been middling up until now as well, however, over the last two seasons he has improved after all the patience shown in him. Also, by all reports that 215 was made against an attack that was barely club standard let alone FC.

Let us see how he goes in the future shall we. Because as it stands, Phil Hughes has about 14 more FC hundreds than Sammy and 3 test hundreds more as well.

I wish the lad well.

[Vic Nicholas]

is that something you have to decide, Symonds was selected to play for England and said, sorry I am an Aussie. I will have cost him maybe 40+ test match caps.

if he wanted the easy route to international cricket he would put his name forward to the Aussies, like Andrew Symmonds this is the harder call.

good luck to him.

The "harder" call?

If he was available now, he would be replacing Compton this week!

[Kulli]

Would that be the same Nick Compton who already has more test 100's than Ed Cowan?

[El Nino]

Honestly, why should he choose Australia?

He has never performed well enough in Australia to play even one first class game in Oz.

Before you all pipe up, his club record in grade cricket was mediocre at best and he quite simply did not merit selection.

His county record has been middling up until now as well, however, over the last two seasons he has improved after all the patience shown in him. Also, by all reports that 215 was made against an attack that was barely club standard let alone FC.

Let us see how he goes in the future shall we. Because as it stands, Phil Hughes has about 14 more FC hundreds than Sammy and 3 test hundreds more as well.

I wish the lad well.

He would be playing state cricket, but coming back to Australia to play Aus state cricket would mean he'd have to play in England as an overseas player which would jeopardize his spot at Middlesex which isn't what he wanted to do. Still lives in Australia and plays club cricket here every season. Averaged 54 opening the batting in Sydney First Grade with 3 hundreds this season just gone.

Still has a big Australian accent with lots of mates here, nice guy too.

[Buzz]

The "harder" call?

If he was available now, he would be replacing Compton this week!

pretty sure he is behind Joe Root, Michael Carberry and a few others in the England pecking order to open the batting. All of whom would be in the current Aussie team.

but nice thought!!

[Manormanic]

pretty sure he is behind Joe Root, Michael Carberry and a few others in the England pecking order to open the batting. All of whom would be in the current Aussie team.

but nice thought!!

Lets see, Cook and Root will start the Ahses with Compton, Carberry, Hales and Chopra ahead of Robson, so he'd be seventh choice at best!

[alexhilly1492]

With Hales current form i dont think he'd be in that list, he needs an big season for notts and to break into the ODI side before i can see him in the test side especially with a relatively settled top order of cook, root/compton, trott, kp/bairstow. bell, taylor.

Id say james taylor has a better chance of playing test cricket again before hales especially with having root in the side who is by trade an opener not number 4/5/6

[Vic Nicholas]

Lets see, Cook and Root will start the Ahses with Compton, Carberry, Hales and Chopra ahead of Robson, so he'd be seventh choice at best!

I am 95% certain that Compton will be opening in the first Ashes test alongside Cook.

His record at this stage of his career is no worse than Trescothick or Vaughan.

Carberry has NO hope.

Hales and Chopra - we will see.

Root opening the first Ashes test? Yes please.

[Vic Nicholas]

pretty sure he is behind Joe Root, Michael Carberry and a few others in the England pecking order to open the batting. All of whom would be in the current Aussie team.

but nice thought!!

Carberry - a 32 year old with a FC average of 43?

Ahead of Chris Rogers? Average 50.16

We might be desperate, but we haven't bottomed out just yet.

Root? Yep, grant you that one. Will be a class player.

[Vic Nicholas]

Would that be the same Nick Compton who already has more test 100's than Ed Cowan?

Cowan's test hundred was against Steyn, Filander and Morkel.

Remember those guys?

You know, the ones that handed you your arses last summer?

Compton's two centuries were such landmark innings, that he is on the verge of being dropped, never to be seen again when they were only six innings ago.

That is what the English selectors think of those two hundreds.

I am glad you rate them higher than the English selectors.