Thread: Hogg or McGain?
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Old 14-12-2007, 07:03 AM in reply to draexem's post starting "I disagree with Kerry O'Keefe. He talks..."
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...so it's definately too early to be commenting that the future looks to be finger tweakers for Australia. My money is still heavily on Bailey to be the best young spinner in Australia in 4 or 5 years... unless Doran gets his act together.
Good point draexem. But I really wouldn't count on Doran to do much- as I understand it he's a specialist no. 10 who only really bowls when the opposition racks up 400. Outside of Heal, Bailey and Cullen, Hauritz could do a job in the one-dayers, and Xavier Doherty's a very long shot, but he's really going to have to lift his game.

As an aside- can anyone see Bailey moving to another state in the next couple of years? Tasmania and Queensland really have big holes in their spin departments. With Cullen already entrenched in South Australia, a move up north or down south might be on the cards.
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