Opinion NMFC Board Cricket Thread III

[Junk yard]

Doesn't surprise me. His style of cricket is hit or miss. He's living of a few good games in last years BBL and junior reputation.

Had a teamate who played aussie championships against him and said he was an arrogant figjam who bagged all his opponents.

Certainly looks that way. Wouldn't be surprised if he isn't out of the game in another two years.

 

[Themanbun]

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Had a teamate who played aussie championships against him and said he was an arrogant figjam who bagged all his opponents.

That's pretty much every elite cricketer I ever met

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Underperform? The squad is pox

And has been for years.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Certainly looks that way. Wouldn't be surprised if he isn't out of the game in another two years.

Nah. He'll travel the circuit and make millions.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

That was an absolute shocker of a final over. Choked bigtime.

 

[shinboner magic]

Top performance by the big chief

Aussie honours incoming

Time to stack the side with all rounders
Sunderland , green and Webster

 

[gokangas]

Too many of you went early - Renegades top win.

 

[Junk yard]

That's pretty much every elite cricketer I ever met

it's the most individual team sport I know of, I'm guessing baseball would be similar but all the state or grade level guys I've played with have only ever cared about themselves.

 

[Junk yard]

That was an absolute shocker of a final over. Choked bigtime.

Yeah, roo has dropped off the cliff. He was always consistent and dependable, I think he's had shoulder issues, not really too sure but he was a very good bowler. Looks an absolute shadow of himself.

 

[Hazey1977]

Poor old Siraj. Must be disappointed to not be on the ground at the end of this match. I'm sure he'd like to have still been bowling as the game comes to its climax.

WAP taking himself off for an early shower!

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[WesternRoo]

Kid can bat too, peeled off a 50 in first grade on the weekend. I'm thinking the Australian selectors are pretty happy with how he's travelling.

I think he bats about 8 for University and 9 or 10 for WA, but no bunny that’s for sure.

 

[WesternRoo]

It's a shame Ashton Agar's career never really took off.

I think he has had an unbelievable career considering he is a pretty average left arm offy.

I think he has gotten everything out of himself.

 

[Junk yard]

I think he bats about 8 for University and 9 or 10 for WA, but no bunny that’s for sure.

About right, not your typical tail ender these day's. He really has a crack, talk is that he is or was a bit of a shithead or "character" but I heard Chris Matthews talking about him the other day and she only had good things to say. I'm guessing he's matured a fair bit over the last few years and there's no doubt at all that he's the most talented young offie in the country.

 

[KiwiRoo]

Averages less than 37 against us. Excellent player, brilliant human, but let's face facts. He has great figures in the 2's, when it counts (against us ie: The 1's), he's very good.

bit harsh.
Had a fantastic series against you guys in 2015 with 2 hundreds ( at the Gabba and Perth) .Then wasn't good in 2019 in Aussie when he was crook. Only played you in 11 tests .Also, if you remember the series in NZ , they have been real green tops .Not many top order batsmen got runs

 

[DuckYeah]

How did the renegades win that?

 

[roo blitz]

Stick that up ya bumrah

It was an amazing series by Jono. Ferociously quick with pace & swing as well.
Bowling like that as a left hanger just intimidated the English to where it looked like some just wanted to get out.
The ironic thing is that in previous series they had smashed him all over the park.
In that series he was unstoppable and yet in previous series he has admitted he was intimidated by the barmy army and put off his game.
He must of had a real change of mind and wanted proper revenge.
He had shown glimpses of it before in the odd test matches but not over a whole test series like this one. One of the great bowling series of all time. He was also no mug with the bat when he put his mind to it but probably underachieved with ball & bat over his whole career from what he was capable off. Obviously a player who played on confidence.

 

[toepoker]

The conditions over the last 10 years in UK have always been trickier to bat on than most of the roads in Australia. So many people struggle against the moving ball over there. Root has played many tests in UK and even with the last 2 years and bazball having more flatter pitches Root has played the majority of his tests against the swinging ball or spin conditions in Asian countries. He hasnt performed at his best in Australia but I think that is down to good bowling attacks and being under constant pressure with the poms struggling when they are over here.
I wouldnt be surprised if he rights that next year.
Big grounds or small grounds dont bother Root as he works the ball around the field more than over it so the bigger grounds should suit him. Most of the Aussie grounds are roped of these days anyway

Root has always scored a lot of runs in England (whether the pitches were flat or green seamers) steering balls through the fourth slip/gully region. A LOT. As soon as he comes here where the ball bounces above waist height that shot becomes a liability and he's consistently been caught in the cordon.
How well he does here will be largely influenced by how he counters the bounce.

 

[Chip Scab1]

That's pretty much every elite cricketer I ever met

Except for Warney, Wasim and Gilly of course. 3/11 in terms the greatest side ever.

Root has always scored a lot of runs in England (whether the pitches were flat or green seamers) steering balls through the fourth slip/gully region. A LOT. As soon as he comes here where the ball bounces above waist height that shot becomes a liability and he's consistently been caught in the cordon.
How well he does here will be largely influenced by how he counters the bounce.

Will be interesting to see. I don't think he will, hope he doesn't. He's been a great player, that much isn't up for debate...

 

[krakouers]

Green to come back an open when Uzzie goes.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

 

[Passmore]

 

[WesternRoo]

Yeah, roo has dropped off the cliff. He was always consistent and dependable, I think he's had shoulder issues, not really too sure but he was a very good bowler. Looks an absolute shadow of himself.

He’s certainly not a death bowler. Lacks the pace and hits more of a length.

When he does get it full, it’s just ramping paradise. It’s the perfect pace to guide it over the keeper for 4.

He is a handy enough shield bowler.

Travelling sides are learning to play Optus too. Trying to score your boundaries straight and behind the wicket and consistently getting 2’s by hitting the ball to the lateral boundaries, particularly the deep boundary.
Not many guys get caught in the deep square anymore, which for years this was how the scorchers consistently took wickets late in games.

I also think Turner’s captaincy has left a bit to be desired in the past two games.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Some good inclusions. Glad they didn’t go back to Maxwell.

 

[7577969923]

Some good inclusions. Glad they didn’t go back to Maxwell.

I heard Maxwell himself say that that window had closed for him. He has had a fantastic career in the white ball game and undoubtedly made a metric shit tonne of cash. I can't help but think that Cricket Australia failed to nurture what could have been an exceptional talent in test cricket.

First of all, there was the way they scheduled the Australian summer. Throughout most of Maxwell's career, they would schedule the international white-ball cricket at the same time as the Shield and the test series would run in conjunction with the state one-day cricket. This meant that Maxwell, who was in the Australian ODI & T20 teams played virtually no red-ball cricket for Victoria where he could have pushed his claims. He is now a 36-year-old who has been a professional cricketer for circa 15 years and only played 69 FC matches.

The other issue was selection. They took him on a tour of India in 2013, which had incredibly challenging conditions and where he was the only batsman other than Steve Smith to make a hundred. Then once the Australian summer started which would provide both pitches and bowling far more conducive to Australian bowling, they dropped Maxwell and brought their love child Shaun Marsh into the team. Marsh had previously been dropped for averaging 7.6 over a five-test series. That would be the pattern of the next decade or so in Australian cricket where the Marsh brothers were gifted tests they didn't earn and then delivered mostly mediocre performances whilst other players never got a look in.

 

[KiwiRoo]

He’ll be right.
So many T20 comps around for him to make his cash.
Mcgurk game is garbage - can’t rotate the strike and just tries to bash every ball

He and Finn Allan must be related.
Both got lots of talent but when God was giving out Brains they thought he said trains and asked for a slow one