Why did they drop Bailey? He is the only one that could hold an innings together...
Well Smith was not in team for sure before the summer in terms of one day team but once he hit his hot streak in whole Aussie summer of Tests and one dayers it meant when Clarke was back then Bailey leaner trot meant he was most likely to go. I do not agree with it but hard to argue against including Smith given his form. However in first two games of World Cup he has failed. Tricky way whatever way selectors went. Had my concerns about batting order but the Aussies won the first one dayer so well after Finch got dropped first over and Smith failed that the concerns not high priority to change from selectors view I guess. Easy from our vantage point to say what we think and should do but at end of day it is down to players out in middle to sew up their spot. Some people say leave Clarke out, some way Maxwell, some say Bailey, some say Watson. The selectors make the decisions , not us.
Anyway, should be interesting to see how many wickets New Zealand lose to win this game. They should still win but Aussie probably give them some concerns in next hour.