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Latest noise (via Ian Healy) is that it looks like Joe Burns could be the man who gets Rogers' opening spot. I suspect the Aussie selectors will stick with both Voges and Shaun Marsh for at least one more series, so that likely gets us a top 6 that looks like: Warner Burns Smith Voges S. Marsh...

To be honest, I think the post-McGrath/Warne/Ponting era has been a long-running tale of the Aussie selectors trying to pick the side right now that would create the next 10-year dominant Aussie side, when they should have been picking a 5-year side and transitioning in the 10-year players as...

Bancroft and Lynn have played well in India on the A series, but neither have genuinely set the world alight in Shield. Looking at last years Shield stats, the top performing batsmen were all either a) retired from international cricket, b) already playing for Australia, or c) overseas players...

There's been a lot of "whispering in the background" that's followed Clarke throughout his career. Some of it deserved, some of it well and truly undeserved. All of it, generally, orchestrated by people who simply didn't like his style, who felt he wasn't the right "down to earth, gritty, hard...

You may be right, actually. It took so long for Waugh to vacate that it feels like Ponting was identified early (as he had to wait so long once he was decided on as the next man). Reality is that Warne was probably ahead of him in the pecking order for a good long time, until he shot himself in...

I was going to reply to the same post you did, but instead I'll reply to yours - it'll be a far more pleasant write :). As you quite rightly point out, the Aussie selectors are not averse (as was suggested in what you replied to) to choosing the best batsman as Captain. But it's not as simple...

Smith is the next captain for Australia.