Something odd is going on with the Australian cricket team.
They keep trying to play Victorians in the national side.
Not content with Hodge, McGain, Nannes, Harwood, McDonald, White, Hussey, Holland and Quiney (the last two in squads), they have now picked Crazy Clint McKay as their replacement for Hopes and or Lee.
That is how good they think McKay in, he is relacing Australia’s best white ball bowler and their dependable all round tradesman.
They could have sent over Dirty Dirk Nannes and the all round dynamo of Dan Christian if they were trying to actually match the skills, instead they have decided that Clint has all the skills they need.
This isn’t exactly true, Moises was already sent over, even before anyone had been sent home, because of his stellar form for the KKR. So Clint is really just cover for Lee, and he won’t play unless Hilfy and Douggie get injured.
The major scandal is that there was another NSWales players that could have been picked.
Mitchell Starc.
Starc has played one first class and one list A game for New South Wales. He is 19 and took two wickets against the Warriors.
Surely that makes him overqualified for the Australian team.
It is a risky decision for an Australian selector to pick a Victorian over a NSWelshman, especially one as experienced as Starc is.
You could even say there were other NSWales bowlers who could have been picked, the Kings XI Punjab’s Burt Cockley took 4 wickets in a game of cricket the other day, surely that should have gotten him a ticket.
Other players that could have been picked before McKay include: Matthew Nicholson, Brad McNamara and Stuart Clark.
