Unless Hussey produces a miracle and puts on another 150 with the tail like he did in his debut season, we are going to go to Hobart locked at 1-1.
Presuming Katich is passed fit do we think there will be any changes apart from Katich in for Hughes ? North may be a little nervous given his form of late, especially as he hasn't been offering any all rounder value with his bowling. He can't lay claim to being the 6th best batsman in this country on current form. If he was chipping in with wickets than you'd cut him some slack. I think he may be lucky that Hughes didn't really fire this Test. In fact to be frank Hughes looked a little at sea, even his second innings was scratchy with plenty of windy woofs with little footwork, a return of 37 isn't enough to force his way in. Had he fired there may have been a chance he held his spot and opened with Katich and Watson dropping down the order to replace North. As it is we'll see the same side that contested the 1st Test.
Presuming Katich is passed fit do we think there will be any changes apart from Katich in for Hughes ? North may be a little nervous given his form of late, especially as he hasn't been offering any all rounder value with his bowling. He can't lay claim to being the 6th best batsman in this country on current form. If he was chipping in with wickets than you'd cut him some slack. I think he may be lucky that Hughes didn't really fire this Test. In fact to be frank Hughes looked a little at sea, even his second innings was scratchy with plenty of windy woofs with little footwork, a return of 37 isn't enough to force his way in. Had he fired there may have been a chance he held his spot and opened with Katich and Watson dropping down the order to replace North. As it is we'll see the same side that contested the 1st Test.