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About half way through I thought "Jeez, barely been a decent kick here at all" but it got better as the game went on. Wonder if he just needed to build into the game. His kicking action seems to launch it a bit loopy which I'm not a fan of. Edit: on reflection, most of the kicking throughout...

Saw this post on the * board (What can I say, I like reading it after their big losses) and thought it was very interesting. Back in some of the years listed there was a lot of doom and gloom but maybe it wasn't so bad, its funny to think that other supporters looked at us as a team that looses...

I wouldn't say that this is a danger game, but it feels important in the context of our season for the simple fact that the next 7 rounds after this will all be against finals contenders. A game against the crows in round 5 followed by a run of games against good teams is exactly what put us in...

Some promising signs from the youngsters in the NSW v QLD match today. Callum Vidler made his debut and took a wicket in his first over, and then another one later. Kostas batted very well on his way to his first first-class milestone. I wasn't watching for his dismissal so I'm not sure if it...

Pitch suits us well given our pace. Think this will be really tough for India despite their batting talent. Really happy with the total.

Another amazingly mature innings from 17yo Oliver Peake in the u19 World Cup final. He has great game awareness, knows when to score and when to sit back and stabilise the team while keeping the runs ticking over. We could have a real player here. Scored at a-run-a-ball while playing with the...

Raza to Peake, went down leg near the bat.

Yeah that was terrible. Feel like he rewarded Raza for a good over.

I missed most of the Dixon/Peake partnership but from what I have seen from Peake, he has played a really mature innings.

Dixon needs to be careful here, he has come close to causing a run out a couple of times now.

Great ball from Ali Raza to get Kostas. Just came in to smash the stumps. What a player he could be

Straker almost loses the Awais wicket to a no-ball. Good innings from the Pakistani. Straker has been great all day.

Another wicket for Straker, he has been pretty tidy, some nice movement down off to catch the edge.

That wicket was coming, could have easily been Vidler's the over before as the batsmen were playing some shots that weren't there. Pakistan are 1-25 after 8.1

I'm tuning in today. We won the toss and are having a bowl.

For what it's worth, Warner had a shield average of 46 from 13 innings and had recently come off a 148 when he made his test debut (source).

What's everyone's thoughts on Fergus O'neill? I feel like he is easy to ignore because he is just not that quick. I feel like people have just thought "he is in really good form" for over a year now but the number of wickets he's been taking make him hard to ignore. He won the young cricketer of...

Appreciate the update. As someone who isn't too familiar with the U19 team I really only know Konstas since he has played some Shield. Would you say he is the most advanced, or are any of the others in line to play FC this year?

I haven't had the chance to watch him. Can anyone comment on his control of his line? Is he a bit wild in the mould of Starc?

Xavier Bartlett was brilliant in his international debut against the WI. Figure of 4/17 in 9 overs on a pretty flat track.

Great shout, hopefully his unbelievable shield form makes him focus on red-ball. Just turned 23 so still tons of time to re-specialise. It's a shame all of our batting talent coming through seem to be middle order. Would be great if Marnus could move into one of the openers slots within the next...

That's fair. Like I said, I have very high hopes for him. I'd love to see him get his first ton before the end of the season.

Yeah true, although another example of Kellaway unable to convert a start into a big score.

Two players not named in that list worth mentioning are Fraser-McGurk who has just scored his first FC ton but is still probably a white ball player. Lawrence Neil-Smith has just taken 7fer against NSW which was well deserved after a strong start to the season.

A couple of months ago I posted a "uncapped XI", which was more of a watch list for SS this season. I thought I'd check in to see how everyone was going... 1. Hearne Currently playing premier cricket in QLD, playing pretty well there though. Will likely be back playing FC next year but has a...

I agree 100%. Not a fan of jumper switching at all, even if its a "bad" number players should relish to opportunity to make it there own. After all, for most clubs 43 would be a number players would want to get out of but its special at Carlton because of the great men who've worn it and made it...

A future third is more valuable to us than a late second this year. The strength of this draft class would make pick 35 quite speculative, and we need the points for next year.

This is proof the points system is nonsense. Just look at the trade the Dees just did for pick 11 to see how far away 21+25 is from being worth pick 8.

Thought I'd have a quick look back at the past "U17 Futures Match" to see how well the past BOGs went once drafted and was pretty happily surprised. Bodes well for young Ben. Named is best on ground for each team. 2022: Curtin - Medal Sanders 2019: Braeden Campbell - Medal Gulden (side...

This is a post on the draft board that might be interesting for a few of the Lance Collard fans in this thread. Seems like he could be a good fit for us on field, but it seems like it would be quite a big risk for us to take.