debut: 2/16/24
635 runs
In reply to WICFan
The more red ball and A team cricket the better. As with the tour of South Africa, prior to the Australian test tour, the A team should feature a few of the test players. Da Silva leading the side was a good choice and he got much needed practice. More of the same going forward would be good.
McKenzie patently has talent but he needs to learn so much about discipline and maintaining focus, as do plenty of the others in and around the side. They are mostly very young and almost to a man, lack experience. You do not pick up a bat and instantly become a test player who averages 50. It needs time and the right set up, coaching, management and direction. Kirk McKenzie can be a joy to watch...but that joy will be short lived until he learns to focus.
The late in-swinging 90mph yorker from Wood that got him yesterday was probably the best ball he ever faced. That will not happen all of the time, so maybe in the second innings, he will get a chance to prove himself. I want him around the set-up, even out of form such as now. These youngsters cannot be discarded, chopped and changed for the sake of it...there is no quick fix. Keacy Carty would be my choice at number three for the South Africa and Bangladesh series. The young man displays seemingly very good composure.