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 | Selector-World XI (1980 onwards) (NZ) Passed Mark Greatbatch's 2021 Test runs | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: now SW New South Wales My main national team: Australia My other team/s: Western Bulldogs
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Originally Posted by sittingduck  They're the top two qualifying specialist openers aren't they? And I think most selectors indicated they wanted specialists in opening. | Hughes clearly is by virtue of an average above 60, Broad is not so clear cut averaging in the low 30's.
Anyway it looks like the vote is settled so we have Hughes Broad
as the opening pairing.
I will just paste up the Australian Test and ODI sides selected to tour the West Indies, which have a couple of the candidates we have spoken about (highlited) Quote:
Australia will play three Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty-20 match on the eight-week tour.
Test squad:
Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke (vc), Beau Casson, Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, Ben Hilfenhaus, Michael Hussey, Phil Jaques, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill, Ashley Noffke, Andrew Symonds.
One-day squad:
Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke (vc), Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, James Hopes, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Andrew Symonds, Cameron White.
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