I think it's time for a new thread, a new start...
The squad's been released, kinda. It's very fitting that a) we don't bother releasing the squad the same week everyone else does and b) foxsports are the guys who release it. So this isn't 100% confirmed. It's a pretty boring squad, in that everyone who has been given a full contract has already played for NSW, and the two new rookies have been regulars in the junior aus squads for awhile now. And Doran goes back onto it.
CA Contracted:
Michael Clarke
Pat Cummins
Brad Haddin
Mitchell Starc
David Warner
Shane Watson
NSW:
Sean Abbott
Doug Bollinger
Trent Copeland
Tim Cruickshank
David Dawson
Josh Hazlewood
Moises Henriques
Scott Henry
Daniel Hughes
Joshua Lalor
Nic Maddinson
Peter Nevill
Steve O’Keefe
Kurtis Patterson
Ben Rohrer
Steven Smith
Christopher Tremain
In: Abbott, Cruickshank, Dawson, Henry, D. Hughes, Lalor, Patterson, Tremain
Out: Casson (dead), Clark (retired although he was retired before and that didn't stop us), Burt Cockley (delisted) Hauritz (Left for Queensland because it's kinda hard to displace the captain), Phillip Hughes (South Australia), Phil Jaques (Left for England), Simon Katich (retired; will focus on his cooking), Usman Khawaja (Queensland), Brett Lee (didn't want one)
Rookies:
Nicholas Bills
Harry Conway
Luke Doran
Gurinder Sandhu
Adam Zampa
In: Conway, Doran, Sandhu
Out: Abbott (full contract), Nathan Brain (delisted), Timm Van Der Gugten (TAS)
I lied, Daniel Hughes hasn't debuted for NSW yet. He's a batsman, for those who don't know. But yeah we've promoted from within. Cruickshank quite lucky imo. Didn't really look up to it. Pace got him a bit. Most of the rest expected. I suspect the delisted Cockley would still play before Abbott if push came to shove, Abbott's an LO player only at this stage.
Anyway, think we've escaped a bit of damage really. Hauritz is a better spinner than SOK but you know...a prime example why you shouldn't make your captain the keeper or spinner until he's got that spot in the team nailed on. Katich retiring hurts, but we thought he was going to WA anyway. We knew Usman was going. Hughes blindsided us a bit, which leaves a bitter taste, and he'll probably be the hardest to replace. But we kept Smith, Nevill, all the fast bowlers. It could have been a lot worse. Haddin and Starc could have missed CA contracts...
So a quick mock line-up for our first couple of shield games, which are expected to take place during the T20 WC, because the Champions League, which CA part owns, and which most of the nsw squad will be attending, is on later, in November, cause of the T20 WC.
1. Maddinson
2. Hughes/Henry
3. Smith
4. Clarke (C)
5. Rohrer/Patterson
6. Nevill
7. Haddin (+)
8. SOK
9. Copeland
10. Hazlewood
11. Bollinger
Maybe a question mark over Haddin, cause you know. Clarke captains when he's back now. Frankly I'd move him up to 3 but w/ever. So I guess Smith will take it. Which could be uh... Don't think Patterson will walk straight into the team. Haddin and Nevill playing means we can't really pick Henriques, but with the C gone he could replace SOK if conditions suit. And if Haddin were to miss, he'd come in. Starc's killing the English T20 league after being very good in our one, so I expect he'll be gone. Big seasons for SOK and Copeland who were pretty pathetic last season. And yes I do know in reality we'll pick Moz so we can have 5 ******* bowlers...although we put out an ad for a new selector so maybe there's hope.....
Like last season, top order batting will be the worry, but this time we don't have a couple of test players filling those spots...
The squad's been released, kinda. It's very fitting that a) we don't bother releasing the squad the same week everyone else does and b) foxsports are the guys who release it. So this isn't 100% confirmed. It's a pretty boring squad, in that everyone who has been given a full contract has already played for NSW, and the two new rookies have been regulars in the junior aus squads for awhile now. And Doran goes back onto it.
CA Contracted:
Michael Clarke
Pat Cummins
Brad Haddin
Mitchell Starc
David Warner
Shane Watson
NSW:
Sean Abbott
Doug Bollinger
Trent Copeland
Tim Cruickshank
David Dawson
Josh Hazlewood
Moises Henriques
Scott Henry
Daniel Hughes
Joshua Lalor
Nic Maddinson
Peter Nevill
Steve O’Keefe
Kurtis Patterson
Ben Rohrer
Steven Smith
Christopher Tremain
In: Abbott, Cruickshank, Dawson, Henry, D. Hughes, Lalor, Patterson, Tremain
Out: Casson (dead), Clark (retired although he was retired before and that didn't stop us), Burt Cockley (delisted) Hauritz (Left for Queensland because it's kinda hard to displace the captain), Phillip Hughes (South Australia), Phil Jaques (Left for England), Simon Katich (retired; will focus on his cooking), Usman Khawaja (Queensland), Brett Lee (didn't want one)
Rookies:
Nicholas Bills
Harry Conway
Luke Doran
Gurinder Sandhu
Adam Zampa
In: Conway, Doran, Sandhu
Out: Abbott (full contract), Nathan Brain (delisted), Timm Van Der Gugten (TAS)
I lied, Daniel Hughes hasn't debuted for NSW yet. He's a batsman, for those who don't know. But yeah we've promoted from within. Cruickshank quite lucky imo. Didn't really look up to it. Pace got him a bit. Most of the rest expected. I suspect the delisted Cockley would still play before Abbott if push came to shove, Abbott's an LO player only at this stage.
Anyway, think we've escaped a bit of damage really. Hauritz is a better spinner than SOK but you know...a prime example why you shouldn't make your captain the keeper or spinner until he's got that spot in the team nailed on. Katich retiring hurts, but we thought he was going to WA anyway. We knew Usman was going. Hughes blindsided us a bit, which leaves a bitter taste, and he'll probably be the hardest to replace. But we kept Smith, Nevill, all the fast bowlers. It could have been a lot worse. Haddin and Starc could have missed CA contracts...
So a quick mock line-up for our first couple of shield games, which are expected to take place during the T20 WC, because the Champions League, which CA part owns, and which most of the nsw squad will be attending, is on later, in November, cause of the T20 WC.
1. Maddinson
2. Hughes/Henry
3. Smith
4. Clarke (C)
5. Rohrer/Patterson
6. Nevill
7. Haddin (+)
8. SOK
9. Copeland
10. Hazlewood
11. Bollinger
Maybe a question mark over Haddin, cause you know. Clarke captains when he's back now. Frankly I'd move him up to 3 but w/ever. So I guess Smith will take it. Which could be uh... Don't think Patterson will walk straight into the team. Haddin and Nevill playing means we can't really pick Henriques, but with the C gone he could replace SOK if conditions suit. And if Haddin were to miss, he'd come in. Starc's killing the English T20 league after being very good in our one, so I expect he'll be gone. Big seasons for SOK and Copeland who were pretty pathetic last season. And yes I do know in reality we'll pick Moz so we can have 5 ******* bowlers...although we put out an ad for a new selector so maybe there's hope.....
Like last season, top order batting will be the worry, but this time we don't have a couple of test players filling those spots...
