4th. Ashes Test. Manchester.

[Donny]

September 4-8.

Australia v. England.

An Aussie win will retain the Ashes.

Cummins needs a rest. Starc in.

Who will miss out to include Smith - Wade, Khawaja or Harris ?

[Donny]

If Harris, Khawaja would open with Labu at first drop. Or Smith, with Labu at 4.

[Donny]

Tour match: Australia v Derbyshire, August 29-31.

[K]

This is purely hypothetical now, but who else bats in the top three in Sheffield Shield cricket? Harris & Khawaja both disgraced themselves. I'm not sure Khawaja should have made the squad at all. Can Burns really be any worse?

[K]

On the other side, playing a specialist batsman at 7 is odd --- and, like Wade, if you can keep but aren't keeping then you are picked as a specialist batsman.

Here's ECB slo-mo from the nets of Buttler in 2014, before what must have been an ODI (because the ball is white):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afbiXBFnwAg

Look at how little footwork there is. He's always on that crease. He never gets back towards the stumps, even for the back-foot defence and the cut.

[Donny]

Cameron Bancroft
Marcus Harris
Usman Khawaja
Steve Smith
Marnus Labuschagne
Matthew Wade
Alex Carey
Mitchell Marsh
Michael Neser
Peter Siddle
Mitchell Starc

Wade will bat at 6.

[Donny]

Derby won the toss. Elected to bat first.

[Donny]

[Donny]

Early wicket for Neser. Caught by Wade.

Derby 1/0.

[Donny]

Another duck. Neser has both.

[Donny]

Neser missed the hatty.

Some fun ahead if he outbowls Starc, significantly.

[Donny]

2/35. Leus du Plooy 17*, Luis Reece 14*.

[Donny]

3/71. Neser has 3/20 from 8 overs.

Starc 0/15 from 7.

Sids 0/3 from 5.

[Donny]

Wicket for Labu. 7 overs 1/28.

4/96.

[Donny]

Starc roars back into the limelight, with 3 quick wickets.

Derby 8/154.