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@jimmaxcricket Australian cricket has become a circus. Experts keep defending perpetual failures like Labuschagne with the same tired line about how well he’s “timing it.” Maddison was thrown under the bus by the selectors and Cummins, yet nobody is held accountable. Double standards everywhere

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@ChloeMacSweeney Today’s 37 guarantees his place till the Ashes and beyond. Bailey and Cummins will never drop Labuschagne.

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@danbrettig Looks like Webster is low on confidence after the failures against Bangladesh.

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@cric_blog Bailey, McDonald and Cummins hung Maddison out to dry. Got to feel sorry for him. He was set up to fail

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@JakeBeer11 Selectors with vision build for today and tomorrow. Every player in today’s XI is 30+, and when retirements hit next year, Australia could fall off a cliff. Yet Bailey & co haven’t backed youngsters while giving Labuschagne a two-year lifeline despite prolonged poor form.

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@TUnlimitedd The most ridiculous decision and an all-time blunder by a bunch of clueless men. The team should have had an injection of youth but the current selection panel is determined to stick with an ageing and misfiring top order.

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@atsillypoint No one in their right mind would blame him. Bailey and co threw him under a bus.

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@jimmaxcricket That 37 will keep him in the team as long as Bailey and co are around. Guy was plumb and wasted a review.

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@MitchellGlenn To be brutally honest Bailey and co are clueless and should be sacked ASAP. They have no idea

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@stone1_matthew Labuschagne’s 37 will make sure he plays for another 5 years. He must be the worst No 3 but Bailey and Cummins think he’s the best. Australia needs to lose this series for CA to act and get rid of this selection panel. Warning signs have been there for a few years

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@danbrettig Bailey and co have completely lost the plot and will leave Australian cricket in a precarious position when the retirements kick in. Felt sorry for Maddison who was playing red ball cricket after 19 months.

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@ChalynRugby Tupou and Hooper are in Europe, Gordon injured and Paisami banned. Four crucial players missing and the Wallabies have a smaller pool than ABs. How can this be the strongest?

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@OBBY001 Tizzano should have been there instead of De Crespigny. Lonergan needs to play 80 minutes or most of it. When he leaves game management falls off a cliff. Anyone knows why Nasser is preferred ahead of Pollard?

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@JohnBFergo Bench is a huge concern. Why pick Champion de Crespigny ahead of Tizzano? Hopefully Lonergan will play the whole game or most of it. Moment he leaves game management is non existent.

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@telegraph_sport When was the last time visiting teams to SA had to prepare to play on a spinning wicket? Goes to show Australian lineups struggle against the slow bowlers. If the pitch is turner I'd prefer Khunemann

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@nibraz88cricket Zimbabwe’s three 40+ players are fitter than Hasaranga. He’s dropped from the national side and unsold in ILT auction so this should be a massive wake-up call.

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@andymcg_cricket Bailey and co are going out of the way to make sure Australian cricket falls off a cliff when the mass retirements kick in next year. Peake should have been the obvious choice or they should have picked Sangha who scored difficult runs in India

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@Im_amila Jayawardane barely made an impact but has been rewarded with a place but Ratnayake has stood up with bat and ball but is left out. What message are the selectors sending?

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@RexClementine When did he do anything significant in ODIs? He’s been good in T20s but lately his effectiveness has dropped. He needs to get fit and that’s non negotiable.

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@samtugwell_15 Bailey can co haven’t done any succession planning and randomly pick players. Peake or Sangha would have been better. Sam Harper deserved the break.