Big Cricket Thread

[FKASC]

I'd say scans showed something to rule Hazlewood out but as far as I know Warner's just bruised so it's just whether that goes down enough before Adelaide. He probably could have batted but not worth it chasing 20.

Hope he is out. Much more likeable side without Warner in there

 

[Rowan18]

Hope he is out. Much more likeable side without Warner in there

He and Head are arguably what won us that test. We definitely want him in, he's in great form.

 

[Tugga27]

Hope he is out. Much more likeable side without Warner in there

I'd rather us be unlikable and win.
Harris is a walking wicket, if Warner doesn't play it's a huge out.

 

[Dazzler9]

Harris isn't up to it. All our openers after Warner, suck. Get Khawaja back in.

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[kane249]

Fix me or take me: The ballad of Rob Baker

Twenty summers after his blossoming cricket career was forever cut short, the former Australia U19 captain and WA prodigy reveals for the first time the full extent of a decade-long physical and mental battle that almost cost him his life

www.cricket.com.au

A really good read, tough to see what he went through.

 

[Agent93]

Harris isn't up to it. All our openers after Warner, suck. Get Khawaja back in.

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I mean, Bryce Street tonned up against the Lions in the 2nd innings. There's one option.

Bison also went T20 with 7 sixes for a rapid 60*.

 

[THE A5]

Harris isn't up to it. All our openers after Warner, suck. Get Khawaja back in.

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I think Henry Hunt will open next summer. Sam Whitemans forms been good as well recently

 

[kfad05]

Fix me or take me: The ballad of Rob Baker

Twenty summers after his blossoming cricket career was forever cut short, the former Australia U19 captain and WA prodigy reveals for the first time the full extent of a decade-long physical and mental battle that almost cost him his life

www.cricket.com.au

A really good read, tough to see what he went through.

I remember him only vaguely, as I didn't watch a lot of shield cricket, just followed the stats. It seemed he was playing quality cricket, then just completely disappeared. Hard journey, but great that he has at least semi recovered and could have a life.

Slightly off topic, but how great was that Sheffield Shield team back then. Amazing talent, Baker included.

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[Truckosaurus]

Paris injured again.

Or doesn't feel like facing Marsh.

 

[Ochre]

Is there a more overrated T20 bat than Agar?

 

[Truckosaurus]

He's a lot like Starcs, swings pretty blindly most of the time but it goes a mile if he connects.

 

[Ochre]

He's a lot like Starcs, swings pretty blindly most of the time but it goes a mile if he connects.

Starc connects sometimes though

 

[THE A5]

Bison can have my babies

 

[FKASC]

Starc connects sometimes though

his batting hasn’t been relevant since his debut test

 

[Truckosaurus]

"It's the right move, sending David in now."

...who else were they going to send in?

 

[The Passenger]

Fix me or take me: The ballad of Rob Baker

Twenty summers after his blossoming cricket career was forever cut short, the former Australia U19 captain and WA prodigy reveals for the first time the full extent of a decade-long physical and mental battle that almost cost him his life

www.cricket.com.au

A really good read, tough to see what he went through.

Quite some read that.

I remember him and just assumed he was a guy he wasn't good enough for FC cricket, but back in those days you never really got as much of the story as you do now.

Everyone is well versed in the journey of Maddinson's mental health issues, Puc's concussions and Burns also getting diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. There are more than a handful of similar stories in the last five to ten years.

But twenty to thirty years ago this sort of stuff was just washed away as an "undiagnosed injury" or something similar, and then the general public just assumed the guy was soft. Unless you could see an injury, it didn't really exist.

This is one area the sporting world has improved significantly in.

 

[FKASC]

Great start to the season for the scorch dogs, if only Patterson managed to hold on to the stupid bonus point tonight

 

[THE A5]

Really want to see Mitch challenging him self when the shield resumes and putting himself at 3 and try to recreate this form. Don't think he's test career is just over yet

 

[Agent93]

Really want to see Mitch challenging him self when the shield resumes and putting himself at 3 and try to recreate this form. Don't think he's test career is just over yet

He'd need the right circumstance for that to happen. I don't see him as opening bat, Marnus and Smudge are entrenched when fit. The batter he'd need to displace is Head, or he'd need to prove to be a useful enough bowler for the selectors to decide to give Green more local time to work on his game.

That said I'd be happy if he continues his short form batting. At least until the media give him some plaudits, and actually care that he gets dropped for no apparent reason in the WC.

 

[larrikin]

Good to see Jhye getting the call up.

 

[Agent93]

Good to see Jhye getting the call up.

I was afraid they'd go the usual selection route of:

1. Is player from NSW? If yes, bring immediately into side when younger than 25, and allow to develop game at international level. If no, proceed to 2.
2. Pick the player with the longer Shield career.
3. Cross fingers. Reserve right to dump player after 2 games, never to hear from them again. Especially if Punter doesn't like them.
4. Go to 1.

Honestly, I hope he gets a good go at it, rather than being used as relief for Starc and Cummins. I don't have a lot of trust in the national side treating players fairly.

 

[Dazzler9]

I was afraid they'd go the usual selection route of:

1. Is player from NSW? If yes, bring immediately into side when younger than 25, and allow to develop game at international level. If no, proceed to 2.
2. Pick the player with the longer Shield career.
3. Cross fingers. Reserve right to dump player after 2 games, never to hear from them again. Especially if Punter doesn't like them.
4. Go to 1.

Honestly, I hope he gets a good go at it, rather than being used as relief for Starc and Cummins. I don't have a lot of trust in the national side treating players fairly.

Word is he's highly thought of. If not for his bung shoulder he would've been in and around the team these past 2 years.

 

[THE A5]

He'd need the right circumstance for that to happen. I don't see him as opening bat, Marnus and Smudge are entrenched when fit. The batter he'd need to displace is Head, or he'd need to prove to be a useful enough bowler for the selectors to decide to give Green more local time to work on his game.

That said I'd be happy if he continues his short form batting. At least until the media give him some plaudits, and actually care that he gets dropped for no apparent reason in the WC.

yeah not saying he’s gonna displace smudge and Marnus but for me 3-6 in the national side should always be top order batsmen at state level. He bats at 4 at times at shield level but IMO 3 is more harder as could easily come in with a moving ball with barely anything on the scoreboard.

 

[Ochre]

Happy to see Jhye in, but you gotta feel for Neser, been 12th man for most of the past 8 bajillion years it feels like, and just as there's an injury, Jhyes gone past him.

 

[ioppolo]

Happy to see Jhye in, but you gotta feel for Neser, been 12th man for most of the past 8 bajillion years it feels like, and just as there's an injury, Jhyes gone past him.

The bowling equivalent of all those batsman that dominated shield cricket in the 90s and early 2000s.