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Message: [QUOTE="Sproj, post: 3464470, member: 8423"] Interesting comments from Smith about not sure how long he will go on for. Australia might be needing to replace all of Warner, Khawaja, Smith, Lyon and Starc in the next 12-18 months. Not sure who the next ones in line are. You would think this is a concern for Cricket Australia. Contenders: Openers Hunt, Ward, Pucovski, Harris, Renshaw, Street, Chandrasinghe, Whiteman, Bancroft, Hughes, Jewell, Burns I reckon these are the choices and some of those are extremely speculative like Jewell and Chandrasinghe and others are old like Burns and Whiteman, so really you are looking at Harris, Hunt, Ward, Pucovski, Bancroft and Renshaw. Pucovski would be comfortably next in line but we all know the issues there. Harris will likely be a stop gap and really shouldn't be, he has had plenty of chances and just disappointed so badly in all of them. This is a problem area. Number 4 - Smith's spot Green, Patterson, Hardie, Phillippe, Inglis, Handscomb, Kellaway, Kerr, M.Marsh, McSweeney, Wyllie, J.Sangha, Cartwright, Henriques, Clayton, D.Short, M.Short, Turner, O.Davies, Fraser-McGurk, Sutherland, Doran, J.Edwards, Maddinson, McDermott, Gilkes This is just about all the current and just starting middle order players around, so again most of them are not even close to being in contention. You would think that the choice will come down to promoting Green (most obvious and likely best option) and bringing in someone at 6. Which to me, means you are looking at a slimmed down list of Hardie, Patterson, Phillippe, Inglis, McSweeney and Kellaway. It is too soon for Wyllie, Fraser-McGurk and neither they or most of the other options above are consistent enough to be in contention. You do have the option to bat Carey at 6 and then pick another all-rounder type at 7 in either Hardie or Sutherland, both of whom I think will eventually play for Australia. So from the narrowed down list, obviously Phillippe and Inglis have long been touted as the next big things but their records just don't back it up. Kellaway looks extremely promising and did very well in the tour game which put his name up in lights but like Wyllie, right now it is too soon, but what about in 18 months' time? McSweeney MIGHT be the next Labushagne. Although his record isn't great thus far, there is something elegant about him. Pace Bowler: Boland, Morris, J.Richardson, Neser, Paris, Ellis, Sandhu, Steketee, Abbott, W.Agar, Meredith, Tremain, Bartlett, Sutherland, Buckingham, Neill-Smith, Doggett, M.Kelly, Guthrie, Scott, Perry, McClure Australia is not wanting in this department. You could probably run out three pace attacks and they would be world class. Obviously, J.Richardson is the best of the lot but will injury let him fulfil his potential? Aside from that, pretty much pick a name out of a hat, all of Morris, Steketee, Neser, Sandhu, Paris, Ellis, Abbott, Tremain, Sutherland and Boland are good enough / likely good enough. Spinner: Murphy, A.Agar, T.Sangha, Kuhnemann, Swepson, Rocchicioli or something, Freeman and Manenti The cupboard is not as bare as it once was. T.Sangha is a concern as he has been robbed a year of development this year due to stress fractures in his back. Murphy is the closest thing you are going to get to a Lyon-clone, he'll play a lot of tests for Australia but how T.Sangha kicks on or doesn't will determine whether that is as first or second choice. Manenti is a fun cricketer, a bit of a Greg Matthews, I like him a lot but doubt he will ever make it as a first choice spinner. So who are your picks for openers, no.4, next paceman and spinner? Mine: Pucovski Renshaw Green (4) Hardie (7) J.Richardson Murphy (Sangha if he comes back well) [/QUOTE]

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