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[Sam]

Bird at Hants.

[uknsaunders]

Dukes ball won't last on our wickets.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/10552120/No-Ashes-but-cricket-ball-maker-Dukes-up-for-a-match-with-Kookaburra.html


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[windyroad]

If one infers that Ponting's eight are: Clarke, Ahmed, Haddin, Marsh, Rogers, Siddle, Voges, and Watson

That leaves a core of:

Smith (26), Warner (28), Starc (25), Hazlewood (24), Cummins (22), Lyon (27), M. Marsh (24), Nevill (29), and Johnson (33).  But realistically Johnson has perhaps 2 years left in him.

Which leaves the issue of who to build a team with now. I reckon it'll be a mix of   

Recalls  of: Burns, Khawaja, Quiney, Cowan, Faulkner or Maxwell
and
Debuts  of : Handscomb, Stoinis, Holland, Lynn, Maddinson

[Nmcgee]

Burns, Kawaja sooner rather than later.

Keep an eye out for Peter Handscomb and, looking forward a season or two, Doran and Zampa.

Cowan, Quiney, etc are long gone.

[dougydee]

Pattinson and Behrendorff are others that will be in contention for a bowling spot.

[WalkingWicket37]

What happened to Ashton Agar?

[Nmcgee]

He's on the Australia A tour of India too and no doubt still in the mix.

[Nmcgee]

Cameron Bancroft is right there too.

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/australian-batting-contenders-for-tour-of-bangladesh/2015-08-09

[lazza32]

please no more 32+ players. You don't get better after the age of 32

[skip1973]

please no more 32+ players. You don't get better after the age of 32

But you can still be better than what else is out there.

[lazza32]

true but its harder to change and adapt as we have found out with the england pitches. For example doran plays tests at the age of lets say 20. He gets destroyed on english pitches he then has 18 years and physical ablilty to adapt and become better for the next round of matches in england

[skip1973]

true but its harder to change and adapt as we have found out with the england pitches. For example doran plays tests at the age of lets say 20. He gets destroyed on english pitches he then has 18 years and physical ablilty to adapt and become better for the next round of matches in england

Unless our players spend time in the UK a series every 4 years isn't going to improve them and unfortunately now the T20 cricket is a massive earner for them off seasons in the UK are a thing of the past for high profile players.

[windyroad]

I agree with the sentiment regarding bringing in young players but the difficulty remains that none of the surviving members of the Australia team-with the exception of Johnson-have over 50 test caps.
 
Smith (32 test caps), Warner (42), Johnson (70), Starc (21), Lyon (38), Hazelwood (9), M Marsh (6), Cummins (1), and Nevill (2).

You can build a team around a group of talented young debutantes but unless Cricket Australia and the paying public have the patience to let them develop on the international stage then the outcome will be ultimately be poor.

[Alvaro]

Rogers and vogues have played county.


Maxwell is playing for Yorkshire, finch did last year was meant to this.

Faulkner is at lancs.

Think henriques was just a t20 spot for Surrey.


Is any other Aussies playing over here at mo?

Maxy Klinger has been playing for Gloucestershire this season and has seven centuries in all cricket.
Fabulous player, but is older than Clarke. He's played for South Australia, Victoria and moved the WA last year and had a great season along with Voges. Interestingly, he would be the first player of Jewish heritage to represent Australia if, as rumours abound, he gets a go in the ODIs.

[Alvaro]

We had Handscomb at Glos too, but he didn't really pull up any of the proverbial trees. Highly rated though, whatever that means.