I bet Laxman, Dravid, Tendulkar and Co. are quaking in their boots thinking about facing Hauritz, a man who averaged 64 with the ball in Pura Cup last season, and Cameron White, a young up and coming legspinner.

White seems to me to be more in the Chris Harris mould, who while good at one day cricket averaged extremely high with the ball in tests. He doesnt spin the ball a great deal so all of a sudden I read that he is "alot like Kumble", who feasts on batsmen in the subcontinent. Firstly that comparison is flawed, Kumble's high action with a good topspinner, flipper and wrong un is where he gets most of his wickets. He is a vastly experienced campaigner. White is not anywhere near the same category. You know the pitches will be doctored to last about a session before cracking up, and yet the second best spinner in Australia (TBSA) is left at home.

If selectors were so concerned about picking White as a "spinning allrounder" then why would go go past Andy Symonds. Sure Simmo is not the best bowler going around but has versatility as a medium pacer hitting the deck hard and as a part time offie. I would pick him over Hauritz or White any day. As we all know, Simmo is in imperious form with the bat and his feilding is unparalleled.

Secondy, people point at MacGill and say he's expensive. Maybe so. But I noticed in the Sri Lankan series that MacGill was used sparingly and in short bursts, where if he was on song, he was kept on and if he was not he was dragged immediately. Steve Waugh would have left the man bowling and try and make things happen, possibly letting him get pasted all over the ground. I thought Ponting's style of captaincy would suit the team, and MacGill by only using him infrequently. The man is still EASILY the TBSA. In every competition, Pura Cup, Test, County, One Day Domestic, all have him as one of the highest wicket takers every season.

Good luck to the youngsters though, they're young and have alot of succesful seasons ahead of them. I hope they make an impact in australian cricket in the future. Im just concerned that we are not picking the BEST TEAM AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME.

At any rate, I would not imagine two spinners picked unless things get really desperate or Warne gets tired toward the end of the series.