Elliot or Katich

[Seamer]

I would,nt deny Hodge his chance if it came. In fact, i would take him ahead of Katitch any day (I think he is a bit of a choker under pressure) but i still maintain that we need to restore the balance of youth and experience. If a bright prospect appears, blood him. Even if he initially come off, we will still have a good enough team to win anyway, and that is a luxury no other test nation has.

[Paoli]

respectable point. I agree to a degree

[freddie flintoff 142]

katich a chocker? thought his 125 was a match saving one and there a few other innings as well that would suggest he isn't, i'm willing to be proven wrong tho, being a pom

[Beny]

The point about state cricket is that it is arguably the best domestic compititon in the world and thanks to our batting depth, it is not all that far away from International cricket...e.g. WA second XI beating Pakistan. The transistion is therefore not all that hard and so there is not really a need to 'blood' the players much at all. Any 'blooding' is done in the One-day arena.

[Paoli]

Yeah definetely that is why the likes of ML Love didn't get a debut until 28.

By the way, i'll put up a list of Australians who I think could make the English team who have played less than 6 tests.

J Cox
M Love
B Hodge
M Hussey
D Hussey
J Maher
W Seccombe
B Hogg
D Wright
A Noffke/ N Bracken
B Williams

I reckon they'd rank second to the current Australia side

[Seamer]

Looks a quality team, though i would have thought Bevan should be in the mix somewhere, and a leggie would be good too. How is Cameron White coming on?