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Old 19-03-2008, 10:01 PM in reply to Andy Mellon's post starting "Excellent analysis, acker. This..."
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Openers: Broad + Hughes
Middle Order: Marsh, Bailey, Pomersbach, White
Keeper: Ronchi + AN Other
Spinners: Casson + AN Other
Seamers: Bollinger, Magoffin, Siddle, Harris

This leaves us requiring a backup keeper and spinner. Also, this leaves Shane Watson and Adam Voges in the A Team Wilderness.

Aurelius asked earlier about why I've changed the process to require a squad. This is to more closely mirror the real world where a squad is selected for a tour and a final XI selected based on the expected playing conditions. It also reduces some of the circular arguments we've had in other selection threads as regards team balance and Spinner vs Seamer, for example.

Not to mention it gives us more options of players to interview
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