Thought it might be worth just putting the figures up here before the second test, for those curious. I see a lot of off hand comments about Shield form, without really referencing the actual numbers.
All this will be are those figures for batting, bowling and all round performance. This will be the top 20 for each, with a minimum of 15 wickets taken for bowlers, and 15 dismissals for batsmen. These are very low minima, but there are a lot of players who don't play a lot of Shield cricket. Do take this into account:
Batters
| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJ Maddinson (Vic) | 14 | 21 | 1431 | 79.50 |
| WJ Pucovski (Vic) | 17 | 27 | 1648 | 68.67 |
| SE Marsh (WA) | 20 | 37 | 1956 | 59.27 |
| MS Harris (Vic) | 29 | 49 | 2691 | 58.50 |
| CD Green (WA) | 16 | 27 | 1149 | 54.71 |
| MS Wade (Tas) | 27 | 48 | 2237 | 54.56 |
| GJ Maxwell (Vic) | 12 | 22 | 934 | 46.70 |
| TM Head (SAus) | 25 | 48 | 2126 | 45.23 |
| AT Carey (SAus) | 14 | 26 | 991 | 45.05 |
| JA Burns (Qld) | 26 | 50 | 1982 | 43.09 |
| CT Bancroft (WA) | 19 | 35 | 1296 | 41.81 |
| CL White (Vic) | 16 | 28 | 1024 | 40.96 |
| Usman Khawaja (Qld) | 14 | 24 | 833 | 39.67 |
| SM Whiteman (WA) | 13 | 24 | 947 | 39.46 |
| SE Gotch (Vic) | 20 | 29 | 901 | 39.17 |
| DP Hughes (NSW) | 33 | 63 | 2186 | 39.04 |
| MC Henriques (NSW) | 30 | 54 | 1878 | 38.33 |
| MR Marsh (WA) | 14 | 27 | 985 | 37.88 |
| TLW Cooper (SAus) | 26 | 49 | 1669 | 37.09 |
| M Labuschagne (Qld) | 28 | 52 | 1795 | 36.63 |
Marnus has been very unimpressive, though this shouldn't come as a surprise if you've been following along. His improvement after his county spell has been remarkable, and he's not played enough Shield cricket to pump up that average.
Other notable points are Shaun Marsh still dominating, as he always does, while Susan Koala hasn't done a lot to restake his claim to a test berth. The faith placed in Harris and Wade seems reasonable, though Harris has a right to feel a bit hard done by. Green's selection at 6 makes a lot of sense in this context alone, before even considering his bowling.
Australia are in good hands when Paine eventually retires, which is a positive as well. It seems the big one with replacing Paine is who becomes captain, as opposed to who becomes the keeper.
Maddison deserves his own paragraph, what a turn around from him. I do wonder if he'll ever get another chance.
As to the bowlers, which I'll rank by my bowling rating, which is the geometric mean of their WPM and 1/average, ie basically covering both their ability to take wickets consistently, and take them cheaply:
Bowlers
| Player | Mat | W | Conc | WPM | Ave | Bowl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JR Hazlewood (NSW) | 4 | 22 | 283 | 5.500 | 12.86 | 0.6539 |
| MA Starc (NSW) | 8 | 45 | 861 | 5.625 | 19.13 | 0.5422 |
| NT Ellis (Tas) | 5 | 30 | 691 | 6.000 | 23.03 | 0.5104 |
| JM Bird (Tas) | 28 | 130 | 2920 | 4.643 | 22.46 | 0.4546 |
| MG Neser (Qld) | 28 | 115 | 2427 | 4.107 | 21.10 | 0.4411 |
| TA Copeland (NSW) | 29 | 121 | 2799 | 4.172 | 23.13 | 0.4247 |
| JA Richardson (WA) | 13 | 54 | 1269 | 4.154 | 23.50 | 0.4204 |
| WJ Sutherland (Vic) | 7 | 24 | 473 | 3.429 | 19.71 | 0.4171 |
| CP Tremain (Vic) | 28 | 115 | 2746 | 4.107 | 23.88 | 0.4147 |
| CJ Gannon (Qld) | 11 | 43 | 992 | 3.909 | 23.07 | 0.4116 |
| XC Bartlett (Qld) | 5 | 20 | 477 | 4.000 | 23.85 | 0.4095 |
| SM Boland (Vic) | 28 | 113 | 2749 | 4.036 | 24.33 | 0.4073 |
| DJ Worrall (SAus) | 16 | 67 | 1706 | 4.188 | 25.46 | 0.4055 |
| LW Feldman (Qld) | 17 | 64 | 1471 | 3.765 | 22.98 | 0.4047 |
| JL Pattinson (Vic) | 11 | 40 | 893 | 3.636 | 22.33 | 0.4036 |
| TS Rogers (Tas) | 14 | 46 | 979 | 3.286 | 21.28 | 0.3929 |
| GT Bell (Tas) | 22 | 80 | 2027 | 3.636 | 25.34 | 0.3788 |
| MT Steketee (Qld) | 24 | 87 | 2218 | 3.625 | 25.49 | 0.3771 |
| SA Abbott (NSW) | 21 | 76 | 2061 | 3.619 | 27.12 | 0.3653 |
| JM Mennie (SAus) | 24 | 86 | 2392 | 3.583 | 27.81 | 0.3589 |
Ignoring the cases of limited numbers of wickets, there's not a lot of surprises there. Sayers has fallen off a cliff in recent times of course, averaging in the 30s, but that's a different point.
Finally, there's players by all round performance, this is just a geometric mean of batting average and that bowling rating:
All Rounders
| Player | Mat | Runs | Ave | W | WPM | Ave | Bowl | AllRond |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG Neser (Qld) | 28 | 1064 | 30.40 | 115 | 4.107 | 21.10 | 0.4411 | 3.662 |
| SA Abbott (NSW) | 21 | 908 | 34.92 | 76 | 3.619 | 27.12 | 0.3653 | 3.572 |
| CD Green (WA) | 16 | 1149 | 54.71 | 18 | 1.125 | 25.22 | 0.2112 | 3.399 |
| JA Richardson (WA) | 13 | 354 | 19.67 | 54 | 4.154 | 23.50 | 0.4204 | 2.875 |
| JD Wildermuth (Qld) | 26 | 1115 | 29.34 | 53 | 2.038 | 29.40 | 0.2633 | 2.780 |
| MR Marsh (WA) | 14 | 985 | 37.88 | 21 | 1.500 | 36.48 | 0.2028 | 2.772 |
| TS Rogers (Tas) | 14 | 362 | 19.05 | 46 | 3.286 | 21.28 | 0.3929 | 2.736 |
| AC Agar (WA) | 13 | 604 | 35.53 | 26 | 2.000 | 51.04 | 0.1980 | 2.652 |
| MP Stoinis (WA) | 18 | 869 | 28.97 | 33 | 1.833 | 33.12 | 0.2353 | 2.611 |
| JM Bird (Tas) | 28 | 533 | 14.41 | 130 | 4.643 | 22.46 | 0.4546 | 2.559 |
| SNJ O'Keefe (NSW) | 17 | 412 | 18.73 | 55 | 3.235 | 27.18 | 0.3450 | 2.542 |
| CJ Sayers (SAus) | 22 | 572 | 19.07 | 73 | 3.318 | 31.53 | 0.3244 | 2.487 |
| ML Kelly (WA) | 28 | 518 | 17.86 | 90 | 3.214 | 27.87 | 0.3396 | 2.463 |
| SA Milenko (Tas) | 13 | 555 | 26.43 | 23 | 1.769 | 34.61 | 0.2261 | 2.444 |
| MT Steketee (Qld) | 24 | 458 | 15.79 | 87 | 3.625 | 25.49 | 0.3771 | 2.440 |
| JM Mennie (SAus) | 24 | 605 | 16.35 | 86 | 3.583 | 27.81 | 0.3589 | 2.423 |
| CP Tremain (Vic) | 28 | 410 | 14.14 | 115 | 4.107 | 23.88 | 0.4147 | 2.421 |
| TA Copeland (NSW) | 29 | 470 | 13.06 | 121 | 4.172 | 23.13 | 0.4247 | 2.355 |
| NP Winter (SAus) | 21 | 427 | 15.81 | 77 | 3.667 | 30.61 | 0.3461 | 2.340 |
| DJM Short (WA) | 13 | 638 | 30.38 | 16 | 1.231 | 40.50 | 0.1743 | 2.301 |
Green comes third here largely due to his lack of bowling last season, but still, it's interesting to see how well Neser and Abbott are still doing with bat and ball.
Stoinis' "Test credentials" as plain to see. Warnie is a cricket genius.
Mitch Marsh's race may be run at this point, as the best argument for his return was always that his bowling was good, but that's fallen off a cliff, though like Green that's also to do with lack of bowling due to injury.
Green's selection seems well justified in any case.
Anyhow, out of that, Harris and Maddison would be justified in feeling a bit hard done by, but at the same time, both have had their issues. I suspect we'll see them pop up again if their form continues.
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