Road to the 2015 Ashes in England

[Gnske]

Maxwell is better than Burns

Bill Lawry please leave.

 

[dfrinku]

Who's keeping in the tour match?

 

[dfrinku]

End of over 3 (12 runs, maiden). Oh, Siddle.

 

[Daemon]

And Shaun Marsh is

It's not rocket science mate

i like how you took two minutes to figure out you wanted to edit the post and add that condescending remark in

 

[Uppercut]

Leg byes should definitely go against a bowler's name. They only ever come from **** bowling.

 

[TheJediBrah]

i like how you took two minutes to figure out you wanted to edit the post and add that condescending remark in

thanks

I didn't think my original response would make the other poster feel bad enough about themselves

 

[Gob]

Don't want big show in the top five thanks

 

[TheJediBrah]

ok no. 6

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Could go either way but I do actually think Maxwell will be a good test cricketer eventually. He'll always be a bit dopey but he's got a pretty ridiculous gift for the game. Wouldn't pick him that soon though.

 

[Gob]

Well technically he is much better than 10/11 Smith. Whether he has the same work ethic,drive and capacity to build an innings properly i dont know. Either way there is no room for both him and MMarsh and atm i like MMarsh more

 

[Spark]

10/11 Smith was 21 years old though.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I don't really think he and Marsh are competing for the same role at all. Thinking of Maxwell long term as being a specialist bat, can't really see him being someone who you'd want bowling in every innings.

 

[Red Hill]

In addition, I dont hate fielding abilities and I think Maxwell is probably the best fielder in world cricket right now.

 

[Tangles]

Maxwell could easily cover every spot in the team he's that talented and why should he have to prove he can in similar conditions. Obvious talent is enough.

 

[BeeGee]

Leg byes should definitely go against a bowler's name. They only ever come from **** bowling.

Nope. What about leg byes that come from a good bouncer or a close LBW shout?

 

[Compton]

Maxwell bowls at under 40 in red ball cricket, no reason to suggest he couldn't develop into a batting all-rounder at test level. Across a test match he's easily worth 25 runs in the field, too.

His biggest issue is that he just isn't playing enough red ball cricket because he's constantly playing in T20 and ODIs.

 

[Compton]

Bigger crime in cricket scoring is umpire's refusal to call wides. I feel sorry for the keepers some of the ludicrous decisions to award byes you see.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Well technically he is much better than 10/11 Smith. Whether he has the same work ethic,drive and capacity to build an innings properly i dont know. Either way there is no room for both him and MMarsh and atm i like MMarsh more

Probably not but they should pick him anyway

 

[Dan]

Probably not but they should pick him anyway

And all that talent will go the same way as Shane Watson!

See also: http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/64626-anton-devcich-all-wrong-modern-cricket.html

 

[marc71178]

Maxwell bowls at under 40 in red ball cricket, no reason to suggest he couldn't develop into a batting all-rounder at test level. Across a test match he's easily worth 25 runs in the field, too.

His biggest issue is that he just isn't playing enough red ball cricket because he's constantly playing in T20 and ODIs.

How do you calculate him being worth 25 runs in the field?