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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3693347, member: 9052"] I'm not sure Cummins or Lyon will retire end of next year, and I'm hoping Smudge plays on a bit longer (just because he's a legend and I want to see him playing as long as possible... I'm hoping his form this series on difficult pitches is a bit of a resurgence for his career as he's only 35 and could go for a few more years if in form). Cummins is 31 at the moment though, so I'd say he's got a few years left yet. Lyon is getting on (38 next year), but he keeps talking about making the 2027 Ashes or something... so he might need to be pushed rather than retiring. For the next spinner I recall reading either here or Reddit about having a spinner that can bat a bit so they can contribute even on pitches that are pace friendly and I think that's a reasonable call just to have some safeguard batting at 8. Imagine Cummins at 9 and Jhye at 10, would be a deep batting lineup. Hazlewood is 34 in a few days, so he could end up calling it or go for at least one more year as well. I'd say he should get rotated a bit more, but if he's happy with his fitness and is performing then there's no real reason to not select him when he's available. Maybe stop him from playing ODI's though... keep him fresh for tests only. Starc looks a definite candidate for retirement by this time next year though... he's 35 in a couple weeks, so 36 by this time next year. He deserves to get a fair bit of respect put on his name when it's all said and done for him... he's only behind Warne, McGrath and Lyon for Australia's leading wicket takers. I think Ussie has basically confirmed he's retiring next summer hasn't he? Can't see Carey retiring, but I can see where you're coming from to fit Inglis in. I would feel more confident with Inglis coming in to bat than Carey. The team you've got has a lot of youth/inexperience in it and we've only got Sri Lanka and then the WTC before the Ashes next summer... so 3 tests this year before the next Aus summer series. Unsure what the series will be straight after the Ashes, as I'm guessing we have to wait for the next WTC calendar to be released, but they could sneak an NZ series in or end up doing West Indies or something in the winter. I think Cricket Australia needs to schedule in some soft series though, because there will be a lot of turnover happening over the next 24 months and you don't want to be scheduling in an India tour or something crazy to destroy these guys before they can even get going. [/QUOTE]

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