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Shane Watson and Cameron White are playing the most important one day series of their lives.

The platy well or be damned series.

Shane Watson finds himself in an odd position.

He has been picked based on form.

This has never happened to him before.

Also he has to audition for the vacant openers position against a guy so virile that lady spectators are told to bring their own contraception.

Allrounders in one day cricket are not as rare as they were when Watson came onto the scene.

Hopes has done wonderfully well in Watson’s absence.

And Noffke is an animatrix character.

Not too mention that White, Clarke, D Hussey (FPM) and Symonds are all rounders of some kind.

White is a whole other kettle of fish.

Ponting has said “White's obviously been picked as the spinner on this tour”.
Obviously.

Since he was quite often the 4th choice spinner for his state side, I’d say that’s a little less than obvious.

Bryce McGain was the number one wicket taker in the one day cup (and was quick to point out this fact when I said otherwise).

Behind him D Hussey and B Hodge bowled a fair few overs.

Then occasionally when he got bored, White would bring himself on.

White was a spinner once, then everyone tried to fix him, read as: make like Warney, and his technique and subsequently his confidence fell apart.

Then the selectors pick him as a spinner, even though, he hasn’t been a spinner in 4 years.

What is wrong with actually picking a spinner?

McGain was the leading wicket taker.

Xavier Doherty bowled brilliantly for most of they year, and although he has never told me this personally, was the equal top wicket taker with McGain in domestic one dayers, and he also invented the cricket stutter ball.

Dan Cullen even took a few wickets in the one dayers.

But instead the pick White, because he can bat, and no other reason.

Ponting doesn’t think he can bowl.

White is not sure he can bowl.

So why pick him as a bowler?www.cricketwithballs.com

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