the australian balancing act

No one is quite sure how the Australian team will look.

Other than the fact 11 players will be wearing white in green hats.

Katich seems to be in, and obviously Hayden, Ponting, Hussey and Clarke, Haddin, Lee, Clark and Johnson are there.

So is it Watson or White?

If they play together the 4 part timers need to get 5 wickets between them and the team is saying their batting needs protection, and their bowling can handle it.

If Watson plays and not White, then Krejza might get one of the luckiest test caps ever, or Siddle could round out the fast bowling quintet.

If White plays and not Watson, Siddle will definitely get a game.

4 proper quicks, three part spinners, and a partridge in a hairy arm tree.

It is probably the best balance of a badly balanced bowling attack and Lee comes in at 8, which is pretty much standard these days.

Australia is more likely to back their batting than their bowling, so White and Siddle could debut together.

If I had said that a month ago, my head would have exploded and my bowels would have provided fireworks.

Two Victorians in the test team.

If that actually happens we will have replicated the big bang theory, and you better say goodbye to your mother before the vortex swallows the world in a colonic sort of way.

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