Aussies moving towards specialist teams for T20 and Tests

[hari504504]

http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/jun/02/australia-mull-specialist-teams-for-t20s-and-tests-sutherland.htm And who thinks that is the way to go for all teams... I would ideally like to see two completely different 11 for tests and T20s fielded by all the teams. Especially India except for Dhoni (Sehwag is too big a matchwinner in TEsts to be wasted in this tamasha)

[Lord]

yes Ind should folow this too

[Karan114]

"Taking it through to its natural extension, if you have a specialist team then why can't you have a specialist Twenty20 team and a specialist Test team (playing) at the same time?" he asked.

That is far too much of a stretch - players like Hussey and Johnson are integral parts of their Test and Twenty20 sides, for example and there are always going to be some players like that. If they really had a team of T20 players only (as opposed to 4-5 players who are T20 specialists as is the case now) then it could work, but that is unlikely. But interesting thought nonetheless.

[hari504504]

England for a brief time had a specialist ODI team mostly different from its Test team.. anyone remember Adam Hollioake and Mark Ealham days..I remember they even won a tournament with us in it....