I just don't know why people see Smith as a future captain
He just reminds me of Greg Mo Matthews without all the bling
Bowling or **batting isn't even close to Tests standards**
I'd like to see Bailey play 15-20 Tests before I even thought about him being capable to cope with Test cricket let alone give him the captaincy
he just scored a 100 in the last test against some of the best bowlers in the world no biggy
Until he does it consistently all he is the flavour of the month. I don't know of any sporting team anywhere in the world where a player puts in one performance and everyone crowns him as the second coming of Jesus Christ. We've had a few of them in recent yrs.
Doug Bollinger - Remember Doug the rug? he was that guy who got left out of the first test the last time the Ashes were in Oz and the public put our performance down to the fact he wasn't there. He came back in the second test and did diddly squat, hasn't been seen since and has been conveniently forgotten about
Usman Khawaja - Was being compared to Ricky Ponting before he had even made his debut. Scored 37 in his first test innings and you'd have been mistaken for thinking he'd made 137 the way people carried on
Phil Hughes - Pretty much the same as Khawaja, scored a heap of runs at domestic level and never really took the next step
Atm it appears the saviours are Harris and Smith. The saviour in the bowling ranks usually changes depending on which bowler produced the best figures that week. As for Smith, Happy is spot on, one innings does not make a career let alone a future captain. And the funny thing is, if he does indeed fail, people will complain he should never have been there in the first place. Thats the mentality of the Australian cricket fan, never look at themselves and admit they were wrong about someone they pushed for, just blame the selectors, while latching onto the new flavour of the month and repeating the cycle when they fail as well.
Bit harsh on Harris, has pretty much always stepped up to the plate when fit enough to play.
I'll admit I was wrong about Khawaja, seems to lack the mental "toughness" to make it at international level. I still feel that was partly because he was never afforded the shot that Hughes was. Bollinger is and will always be a preferable option to Mitchell Johnson.
I think that Smith has matured a great deal in the last 18 months and he can kick on. If Warnie pulled his head out of his arse for five minutes he could show him a thing or two with the ball and he could be a decent leggie option as well.