View Full Version : McKay called up to ODI squad, Hopes coming home
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26291161-5018870,00.html
I guess perhaps Nannes is too old for selection, or they have enough left arm pacemen already?
Jeezus. Not another Victorian nobody?!
peternorth
1 Nov 2009, 21:31
he better play!
which shield games will he miss?
Offsider
1 Nov 2009, 21:33
He is very highly rated by state quickers, apparently as the best young bowler. Just a reward for some good solid form.
potatomasher
1 Nov 2009, 21:54
He'll be sent home in a few days too, the way things are going
Selective Retention
1 Nov 2009, 22:04
Good record. Screams domestic cricketer only for mine though.
Blue Dimension
1 Nov 2009, 22:38
His improvement in the shorter form of the game, T20 has been immense over the past few months. He had no variety and would continually get smacked from pillar to post. Then you take a look at the next step he took and how he performed in the Champions League and you can definitely understand why he's been picked. If he can bring that form into ODI cricket then he could be a handy asset
Good on him.
Johnson#26
2 Nov 2009, 01:25
Deserves a run. Really improved with nearly every game so fun. Remember his ODD debut vs Tassie. Good luck mate.
he better play!
which shield games will he miss?Just today, then 2 ODDs. The next Shield game's a few weeks away
Don't think he should've got this spot, and do think the selectors are getting a little carried away with Champions League form, but I did say to myself watching it that he'd get a game this summer. Hopefully he does a Siddle with his chance, not a Laughlin.
Also have to wonder why they didn't do this on Friday night - clearly they needed to replace Lee, and not with Henriques who is nowhere near good enough to play as a bowler.
Jeezus. Not another Victorian nobody?!
Victorian bias!
Geeves is a bit rough.
Exhale You
2 Nov 2009, 06:03
Don't think he should've got this spot, and do think the selectors are getting a little carried away with Champions League form
Perhaps they've selected him based on his outstanding domestic form last season that saw him take 33 Shield wickets @ 21 and also average 31 with the bat.
His FRC form last season wasn't great, but the season before he took something like 14 wickets @ 13, so he's definitely shown enough in all forms of the domestic game to at least deserve an opportunity.
It's a remarkable rise for Clint.
Less than two years ago he was unfit and unable to get a consistent game for Victoria but he worked his arse off and in the space of a season has become an automatic selection and a prime strike bowler for the reigning champions.
Impossible to know whether he'll make the transition to international cricket but he has certainly earned the opportunity.
King Elvis
2 Nov 2009, 08:17
Looks like Stuey Clark will never play ODIs again.
Merv saw him play for 5 minutes a few years back.
Johnson#26
2 Nov 2009, 09:33
Yeah, what's happened to Geeves and Laughlin?
Cousin Jed
2 Nov 2009, 09:42
Laughlin is injured, plus he was average against S Africa. Geeves is getting more (http://www.cricinfo.com/ausdomestic/engine/match/361292.html) and more (http://www.cricinfo.com/ausdomestic-09/engine/current/match/417671.html) expensive (http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/engine/match/417674.html)
And more! (http://www.cricinfo.com/ausdomestic/engine/match/361308.html) (Remember watching this game - without doubt one of the dumbest spells of bowling I have ever seen.)
Johnson#26
2 Nov 2009, 10:05
Thanks mate, appreciated. :)
King Elvis
2 Nov 2009, 10:12
Not saying he should be in contention yet, but Mitchell Starc looks promising..
Our current quick bowling stocks aren't looking particularly good...
Johnson
Siddle
Lee
Hilfenhaus
Bollinger
George
Haberfield
Cleary
Duval
Clark
Cockley
Starc
Dorey
Noffke
Knowles
Hogan
Geeves
Drew
Macdonald
Faulkner
Cutting
Rimmington
Walter
McDermott
Nannes
McKay
Hastings
McDonald
The future looks very good (George, Haberfield, Cockley, Starc, McDermott). But the present isn't looking too flash. A lot of the guys are either too raw or they need a couple more seasons of decent form, before being seriously considered.
A fit Shaun Tait and Ryan Harris would be pretty handy right about now...
Far out, I can't believe that with the amount of blokes coming home injured that Shane Watson has managed to avoid it!:D
King Elvis
2 Nov 2009, 11:15
Far out, I can't believe that with the amount of blokes coming home injured that Shane Watson has managed to avoid it!:D
Maybe he did a deal with the devil? ;)
How's Noffke performing these days? I'd still love to see him given a chance.
Johnson#26
2 Nov 2009, 11:57
Nannes
McKay
Hastings
McDonald
Plus Harwood and Wright (despite their supposed old age).
Ryan Harris isn't thaaaat good, is he?
Dixie Flatline
2 Nov 2009, 18:07
Far out, I can't believe that with the amount of blokes coming home injured that Shane Watson has managed to avoid it!:D
That's a jinx if I've ever read one.
Cotchin 9
2 Nov 2009, 18:32
Ryan Harris is a pretty good bowler and handy with the bat aswell.
Noffke has probably missed the boat, 2-3 years too late IMO.
King Elvis
2 Nov 2009, 20:47
Ryan Harris is a pretty good bowler and handy with the bat aswell.
Noffke has probably missed the boat, 2-3 years too late IMO.
We have enough players in the side already who are pretty good at one discipline and handy at the other.