While everyone was going on about barramundigate something happened.
Another NSWelshman with no real performances behind him leap frogged several hopefuls and made it to the Australian squad.
Moises Enriques is his name.
He is the new Shane Watson, except made of oak, not ply wood.
So get used to his name.
This time he was probably picked because he was the highest rated of the academy kids.
All the A boys in India, and probably every other Australian cricketer in England, he was one of the few left.
With a List A batting average of 18 and a bowling average of 50 it still must annoy some other domestic players.
Some of whom may have even considered coming home from some Lancashire league type thing just to train with the national team.
The selectors however probably thought that as he was already up north it was easier.
The reason this is a big deal, has less to do with him being Portugese, and more because the selectors have been itching to get him in there.
Moises is very much a product of the NSWales brown bag soceity, when he was a rookie at the Speedblitz blues Trevor Hohns was already kissing his knuckles and licking out his toe sweat.
I think they boy is promising, but my question is, would he have got the same golden treatment if he was from Western Australia or Victoria?
If he can really play, then I am all for him, but if we have to play him for 5 years like we did for Shane Watson, because of our Keith Miller syndrome, then I will cut the boy down at every oppurtunity.
And because he is from NSWales, i will really enjoy it.www.cricketwithballs.com... fighting the war on tony greig
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