The new test team - 2011/12 | Cricket | Sports Forum

It just shows how out of touch CA is at the moment, I thought they"d done their worst when they dropped Katich but now they go and leave all of these players out.

I think it"s time that they scrap these CA contracts and just pay players for the matches they actually get picked for. What"s the point of having all of these players on the payroll, they"ll still be available to play if they are not contracted, and who wouldn"t want to play in the baggy green?

I"d prefer players get paid more for playing state cricket, there needs to be some form of incentive to keep players playing state cricket and raise the profile of our domestic game. It"s the only way we are going to get the best youngsters coming through the ranks and playing a decent level of cricket.

My thoughts exactly Turvs, he makes a good point!

Seriously though, it's great to see some of the young guns making a claim for a test team spot over in Sri Lanka, hopefully we'll see Copeland, Hughes and Khawaja get their chance as they are the future of Cricket for Australia!

Agree with pretty much everything there Turvs, mainly with Haddin needing to be taken out the back and shot though

Did you see him again missing chances in the Big Bash last night, lucky the Sixers ended up winning anyway but he may have cost them top spot.

I say give someone else a go with the gloves but I have a feeling they're waiting on Tim Paine with his injury as he will be next in line. They should give Matthew Wade a go for the T20 and One Dayers though as he could surpass Paine pretty quickly.

We have a great bunch of young bowlers and Harris, Hilfenhaus and Siddle leading the young blokes around well. When you look at it we have Pattinson, Cummins, Starc and Cutting in the mix, and that young bloke Hazlewood will likely come through in a year or two as well.

Injuries to the quicks seems to be our main concern at the moment but if, like you say, we can introduce a rotation policy for the youngsters we should be able to reduce that.

I think the middle order seems to be our biggest weakness, Clarke has shown what he is capable of now but Ponting Hussey and Haddin are all far too inconsistent. Marsh should be given a chance as even though he hasn't performed too well he has something about him that tells me he just needs time to develop.

We've got Khawaja waiting in the wings too, and Watson to come back from injury, he should slot in the middle order somewhere. I agree with Warner and Cowan, think Cowan could have a few more years left in him and then hopefully Hughes would have exorcised his demons by then and a Hughes – Warner partnership will flourish.

I think the selectors have finally got their act together and Invararity and Arthur will lead us back to the number 1 test ranking. Can't wait for next years ashes, I think we'll be ready this time!

India haven't been the best test for the side but I think confidence was the main thing we were lacking coming into this test series. We can only play what's in front of us and i've been impressed with how we have gone for the throat and never taken the foot off the pedal!