So now Haddin out for the next Test: maybe for good?
It's arguable he would have been dropped anyway.
Faulkner out of the One-Day series, with Court appearance to come; Starc still doubtful for Thursday. Harris gone. Creak after creak in the Aussies! It's so sad!
Yes, well let's not count our chickens just yet.
No, but it's promising at the moment, and Aussie morale must be low.
Haddin is certainly finding it hard now, not surprisingly; and I don't think he can cope with back-to-back Tests. I thought he was looking much less agile than he has been, having lots of diving to do, and falling increasingly like the proverbial sack of potatoes! He managed it, but I reckon it's time up for him, and I think they'll see how Nevill goes at Lord's before deciding whether to make it a permanent change.
Rogers, of course, is also calling it time at the end of the Series; Watson is really struggling, probably out of the Lord's match, too; and even Clarke is creaking with injuries, constantly feeling his injured back, and maybe lacking the old motivation? Plus no Harris and maybe no Starc. I reckon the Aussies will do well to bounce back from all that! Looks like Jason Gillespie was not far off when summing up his old team-mates as, "Dad's Army."