Australia vs Australia A

[Santana]

Also a lot of people would have subscribed to Foxtel/Kayo so they could watch the ODIs and T20s that aren't shown on FTA anymore, now there won't be the ODIs and T20s that NZ were going to play here so people aren't getting the matches that they paid to watch.

We'll just tell the broadcasters and the customers they'll just have to deal with it. /s

 

[deanc]

given that nz odi series has been postponed / cancelled, and sri lanka are probably going to do so too, surely it's time for a variation on oztraya vs oztraya a

do it like the women's ashes series - 1 test, 3 odis, 3 t20s

do a draft and turn it into a tv event - cummins' team vs smith's team - like the nba all stars thingy

draft a squad of 17 to play the test, 3x odis, 3x t20s

would be so good

i may, ahem, have already conducted two drafts with two other cricket-obsessed nuffies to theorise this out...

Concept sounds good, I would be interested to see your proposed two teams for this hypothetical tournament...

 

[Hamingja]

Daniel Cherney said on Twitter that it should be JL v Bayliss, winner gets to coach, loser gets deported.

That would be interesting if the players got to pick who to play for.....

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

For the ODI world cup?


Whatever money that does happen to go to grass roots, where do you think it comes from?


What test country nowadays has their regular test players play often for their domestic first class team?


The Shield isn't starting again until early February while the 1st test in Karachi starts early March. The test regulars were never going to play that much shield to begin with.


Is that including the 3 we are going to miss this summer?

2. Why not, similar skills needed for bowling, fielding and batting. Much more similar to ODI than Tests.
3. I know where the money comes from, not that there is much.
4. Australia does. Only Cummins, David Warner and Steve Smith are rarely available for Shield cricket. The rest are regulars.
5. The more games they play the better it is for all the players and selectors.
6. If you want to count those games it would have been 20.

 

[kenneje]

given that nz odi series has been postponed / cancelled, and sri lanka are probably going to do so too, surely it's time for a variation on oztraya vs oztraya a

do it like the women's ashes series - 1 test, 3 odis, 3 t20s

do a draft and turn it into a tv event - cummins' team vs smith's team - like the nba all stars thingy

draft a squad of 17 to play the test, 3x odis, 3x t20s

would be so good

i may, ahem, have already conducted two drafts with two other cricket-obsessed nuffies to theorise this out...

Ripper idea, it would be so much fun.

You've got to show us the results of your mock draft!

 

[Yoda_]

Why do we need more? Let them play Shield cricket we have 10 tests in the sub continent these players should either be having a rest (Green, Cummins, Starc) or playing these games.

Would be nice to have some of our international stars playing shield cricket.

I do like that nostalgia of an Aus v AusA series though.
Could we play a 3 match series over a one week period? Gives that next group of guys a chance to test themselves whilst the guys at the next level an opportunity to play shield cricket


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[LukeParkerno1]

Would be nice to have some of our international stars playing shield cricket.

I do like that nostalgia of an Aus v AusA series though.
Could we play a 3 match series over a one week period? Gives that next group of guys a chance to test themselves whilst the guys at the next level an opportunity to play shield cricket


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If we must play it over 3 days.

 

[Mkcaptain]

They should be very thankful. Series was going to be poor, and I'm popping the champagne we need more red ball cricket. The LAST thing we need is our blokes going to the sub continent on zero red ball form and they wonder why it fails. Players need to be playing long form cricket. We should send NZ a whole box of champagne as a thank you gift!

The NZ series wouldn't have hampered our preparations at all. Half of our ODI team against NZ would be comprised of white ball specialists. And most of the Test players who'd miss out on the Shield to play in the ODIs are coming off a 5 match Test series anyway with plenty of red ball cricket played.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

The NZ series wouldn't have hampered our preparations at all. Half of our ODI team against NZ would be comprised of white ball specialists. And most of the Test players who'd miss out on the Shield to play in the ODIs are coming off a 5 match Test series anyway with plenty of red ball cricket played.

More shield and or long form cricket the better.

 

[Mego Red]

Are people seriously arguing that international-level cricket for the summer should be finished by mid-January?

I think sending test quality crickeers back to playing shield games at Karen Rolten oval for the rest of the summer is a terrible idea.

A game or so for the development of younger players? Sure. No international-level short form cricket at all? No thanks.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Are people seriously arguing that international-level cricket for the summer should be finished by mid-January?

I think sending test quality crickeers back to playing shield games at Karen Rolten oval for the rest of the summer is a terrible idea.

A game or so for the development of younger players? Sure. No international-level short form cricket at all? No thanks.

We have way more important test series’ coming up frankly. They need red ball form

 

[Mego Red]

We have way more important test series’ coming up frankly. They need red ball form

What possible comparison does playing a shield game at North Sydney oval have to our test team playing in Karachi?

Zero international cricket after January 16 is insane.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

What possible comparison does playing a shield game at North Sydney oval have to our test team playing in Karachi?

Zero international cricket after January 16 is insane.

Red ball form is better than white ball form going into that series.

 

[whatwhatsaywhat]

seeing as some asked, here's the results of the two drafts i've done for what i am calling the 'paul reiffel cup' of 1 test, 3x odi, 3x t20

draft 1
their squad:
Alex Carey
Andrew Tye
Ben McDermott
Cameron Boyce
Daniel Sams
Darcy Short
Jhye Richardson
Josh Hazlewood
Marcus Stoinis
Matthew Short
Mitchell Swepson
Patrick Cummins
Scott Boland
Shaun Marsh
Travis Head
Usman Khawaja
Will Pucovski

my squad:
Aaron Finch
Adam Zampa
Ashton Agar
Cameron Green
David Warner
Glenn Maxwell
Josh Inglis
Josh Philippe
Kane Richardson
Marnus Labuschagne
Matthew Wade
Michael Neser
Mitchell Marsh
Mitchell Starc
Nathan Lyon
Riley Meredith
Steve Smith

we then theorised it out further...

test xis:
Will Pucovski
Usman Khawaja
Shaun Marsh
Darcy Short
Travis Head
Marcus Stoinis
Alex Carey
Patrick Cummins
Jhye Richardson
Scott Boland
Josh Hazlewood

vs

David Warner
Marnus Labuschagne
Steve Smith
Glenn Maxwell
Matthew Wade
Cameron Green
Josh Inglis
Mitchell Starc
Michael Neser
Nathan Lyon
Riley Meredith

odi xis:
Usman Khawaja
Ben McDermott
Shaun Marsh
Darcy Short
Travis Head
Marcus Stoinis
Alex Carey
Patrick Cummins
Jhye Richardson
Mitchell Swepson
Josh Hazlewood

vs

David Warner
Aaron Finch
Mitchell Marsh
Glenn Maxwell
Steve Smith
Cameron Green
Josh Inglis
Mitchell Starc
Michael Neser
Adam Zampa
Riley Meredith

t20 xis:
Ben McDermott
Marcus Stoinis
Shaun Marsh
Matthew Short
Travis Head
Alex Carey
Daniel Sams
Patrick Cummins
Andrew Tye
Cameron Boyce
Josh Hazlewood

vs

David Warner
Aaron Finch
Mitchell Marsh
Glenn Maxwell
Steve Smith
Cameron Green
Josh Inglis
Ashton Agar
Mitchell Starc
Adam Zampa
Michael Neser

draft 2:
my squad:
Aaron Finch
Alex Carey
Andrew Tye
Cameron Boyce
David Warner
Josh Hazlewood
Marcus Stoinis
Marnus Labuschagne
Matt Renshaw
Matthew Wade
Mitchell Marsh
Mitchell Starc
Nathan Lyon
Patrick Cummins
Riley Meredith
Travis Head
Usman Khawaja

their squad:
Adam Zampa
Ashton Agar
Ben McDermott
Cameron Green
Darcy Short
Glenn Maxwell
Jhye Richardson
Josh Inglis
Josh Philippe
Michael Neser
Mitchell Swepson
Moises Henriques
Nic Maddinson
Scott Boland
Shaun Marsh
Steve Smith
Will Pucovski

 

[t_94]

Are people seriously arguing that international-level cricket for the summer should be finished by mid-January?

I think sending test quality crickeers back to playing shield games at Karen Rolten oval for the rest of the summer is a terrible idea.

A game or so for the development of younger players? Sure. No international-level short form cricket at all? No thanks.

Bilateral white ball cricket has been hammered to death. Most people don’t care for it anymore.