Trevor Hohns Quotes (28 Quotes)

He's been a fringe player for a long time. We consider that he's probably at his peak right now. He was the logical replacement for Damien once we left a batsman out of the squad.

It's not too late (for Gillespie to be selected). He's only 30. It's up to him. He's got to be bowling how he was before the Ashes and we've got to make a judgment on that.

There's no doubt part of the charter that we have is preparing for the future and that's always in the back of our mind as well.

We have to take into account who may be bowling better at the time, and that's been difficult with a lack of games.

Despite its obvious challenges, I have certainly enjoyed the role and can only hope that my contribution has in some small way assisted Australian cricket.

All these blokes were performing extremely well, and have done for so for many years now. I don't think that's an issue.

Brad Hodge can count himself unlucky not to be included. It is fair to say that the (selectors) were looking for Brad to put together some really big scores in (domestic first-class) cricket to consolidate his position in the test squad but unfortunately that hasn't happened. The decision on the make-up of the fast bowling quartet was not an easy one, given that we are without Glenn McGrath for this series.

You can't go from top of the tree, as they were only three or four months ago, and say age is a problem,

Shane Watson returns to the side following his shoulder injury, and were keen for him to build on his impressive performances during the Johnnie Walker Super Series.

Brett is an exciting prospect who has good height and is able to generate good bounce. He has had solid results in domestic cricket and we want to have a look at him at the next level.

Obviously it's a concern to him, it's a concern to everybody, but he's not the only one at the moment either. It just so happens that Matthew's stats keep getting thrown up. That he hasn't scored a hundred in so many Tests.

We consider it is time to make some adjustments to the batting line-up after some disappointing results in England We considered the performance by Damien in England as not up to the standard we require.

Two-day games are useless as far as I'm concerned.

I think the depth is there but what we've got, I think, is a crop of four, five, maybe half a dozen bowlers all in the pack. We'd like to see one of those put their hand up and really come out of that pack and really grab that opportunity once it's given to them.

There's no doubt Phil's form has been great this summer and we've every confidence in him if his services are called upon.

There hasn't even been anything specific discussed. If he was going to make himself available, we would prefer him to do it sooner rather than later.

As we're two batsmen down for the time being, due to the injuries to Ricky and Andrew, the selectors feel it is essential to fly Phil in as cover.

I guess the past 12 months for Matthew in one-day cricket, even by his own admission, hasn't been great for him. We considered that it was now time to move on and try something else,

We have rejigged the one-day side to what we hope will provide a range of options to take on a formidable World XI side, as well as forming the nucleus of the 2007 squad for the World Cup.

It will be a good test for Daniel and we think it is the right time to give him some experience and a chance to be a part of the Australian team environment.

The decision on the make-up of the fast bowling quartet was not an easy one, given that we are without McGrath. We wanted a blend of pace, youth, experience and line and length and believe we have all of these covered with our selection. Tait is coming back from a shoulder injury and he's bowling at full pace so we're happy that the injury isn't hampering his bowling.

He can consider himself unlucky. We were looking for someone with a little more penetration. McGrath is almost impossible to replace so we had to look for a squad of fast bowlers to replace him.

Watson gives the squad added flexibility. We can choose to play two spinners if the pitch looks like it will offer them something, or we can play four bowlers with Watson providing a fifth option.

(Lee's) had a pretty hectic season, he's played nearly every game for Australia and he's done exceptionally well for us. He's bowled fast all the time so, once again, he's another one of those players that we're really going to have to manage a little bit, possibly a little bit better, in the future.

Justin is back in the squad subject to fitness. It was a logical decision for us to have him back in the team, particularly given his record and seniority within the group.

He can fill various positions in the batting order as we've seen. He's opened for Queensland, and he can bat in the middle.

The omissions are performance-based there's no doubt about that,

Martyn has had some time out of the team and we feel this is the right time to slot him back in at number four.