A bit confused with Dhoni's tactics this morning. He should be going on the attack with 2 slips and a gully to get the final 3 wickets but he seems as though he is sitting back and waiting for a declaration. He needs the win to keep the series alive, Australia doesn't.
As for Watson, he has been kept around based on what I call brilliant "one-off" performances in the hope that he can replicate it for an upcoming game. But what the selectors should be doing is looking at that career over an extended period and what they would see is, as you have correctly AllBlackDan found, is a mediocre career.
In many ways, his bowling is keeping him in the team when it should be based on his batting given his position in the batting line-up and any good performance he gives with the ball should just be seen as an extra benefit that he brings the team, not a necessary quality.
And then when you think about the fielding attributes that a player these days has to bring to the team and you come to the conclusion that someone much quicker and more agile (and better catching
) in the field could be of greater use to Australia than him.
On a sidenote, Watson used to play for my local first grade club Redlands when he represented Queensland and they named a junior competition after him. These days there are now people who are shaking their heads as to how that ever happened.
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Originally Posted by exec771
This series has come down to the two tails. Ours is woeful, and Aussies is more productive than their top order, which barring 2 guys sucks.
Well it has only been two batsmen - Johnson and Harris. It isn't like it is our whole tail that is wagging.
Last edited by bundy5; 12-29-2014 at 08:39 PM.