I'm removing Chris Rogers from the smack list because I believe he is now back in Melbourne and can therefore be forgiven for not replying to my letter (maybe if I'd organised a stamped envelope ...?).
Anyhow, it looks like Ginger Rogers is hoping to get some action during the upcoming West Indies tour of Australia, according to this article at crapinfo. It's not completely out of the question, I guess, since Watson is probably going to get attacked the moment he gets back to Australia (and Phil Hughes hasn't gotten a note from his mum to allow him to be off school for the tests), there might be a place for him to open with Katich.
Note, though, that he also has a little whinge about not being called up during the Ashes tour when Phil Hughes was dropped. The article states:
When the selectors decided to drop Phillip Hughes ahead of the Birmingham Test, Watson was the only realistic replacement option within the squad. However, Rogers was stationed a mere 60 kilometres away in Derby and was in the middle of another blockbuster county season ...
As it happens, so was I - only 60km down the road in Derby, that is, and not happy that I couldn't make it to Edgbaston, so don't remind me. It's probably a good thing, Australia always does badly in tests when I watch. They wouldn't have pulled back that draw if I had gone. Lords and the Oval were entirely my fault because I went downstairs to make a cup of coffee and saw 2 seconds of the match.
Actually, I was also in the middle of another blockbuster county season - watching Lancashire do well in the T20 cup and almost, but not quite, making it to finals day. Again. There was that great day at Derbyshire when Flintoff was finally fit and back in action for the Lancys - he smacked the Derbyshire lads all over the park. I was cheering and whooping with the other 5 Lancashire fans.
Boy, did I ever come to regret that.
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