Spose you didn't watch the game where Agar took 10fa on a turning Sydney pitch?
It's pretty much the only time Agar has taken wickets in the Shield over the past two Shield seasons.
To repeat what I said in this thread a month ago, because it still holds true...
Agar took 31 wickets in 2014/15 (9 matches, 318.1 overs, 30.48 average, 61.58 strike rate, 2.97 economy rate), showing good signs, but those numbers were skewed heavily by
one big match against bottom-of-the-table South Australia on a turning Glenelg wicket, where he took 10/214 off 69.5 overs. Take that match out, and his figures for the year (34.81 average, 70.95 strike rate, 2.94 economy rate) weren't really
that impressive.
He was rubbish last year in the Shield (7 matches, 220 overs, 76.87 average, 146.67 strike rate, 3.15 economy rate, conjuring bad memories of
Aaron Heal), and his record this year (4 matches, 143 overs, 27.81 average, 53.63 strike rate, 3.11 economy rate) is also skewed by
that big performance on a raging SCG turner (10/141 off 50.3 overs). Again, take that match out as well, and his figures (50.67 average, 92.50 strike rate, 3.29 economy rate) so far this year are pretty poor too.
Agar obviously shows signs of brilliance in favourable conditions, but I still think he's another two or three good, consistent full seasons away from being a proper regular Test option, and that's fine at his age (turned 23 in October). Just don't think we need to be pushing him before his time, when he really hasn't produced all that much in the Shield over the last couple of summers (11 matches, 363 overs, 45.48 average, 87.12 strike rate, 3.13 economy rate combined from 2015-16 and 2016-17 so far, heavily skewed by that one SCG 10-fer a couple of months back).