Steve Smith

[Mego Red]

I'd have another look at McDonald as well - we are really lacking someone who can tie the batsmen up and build pressure from one end.

 

[Gazza_11]

Anyway we have the perfect #6 waiting in the wings when his little finger is better.

I like this.

 

[Gazza_11]

how does every thread about anyone between 2 and 10 in the aussie batting order turn into a cameron white wankfest?

I'd have him at 1 tbh.

 

[Selective Retention]

Turns out the only person to rate Smith lower than Victorian bigfooty posters is Michael Clarke.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Smith to answer his critics by carrying his bat this innings and justify NSW hype

 

[ROSEMVP]

Smith has looked great this innings give him a longer run in my 11

Cosgrove
Watson
Khawaja
Lynn
White (C)
Smith
Wade
Boyce or Okeefe
Johnson
Siddle
Copeland/Mckay

around the fringes

Fergusson
Finch
Paine

 

[Knight Ryders]

I'm not going to say Smith is the answer just yet, but you can already see an improvement in his batting. I just don't know what it means if he ends up being the bowler/batter we are wishing for?

Do we play him and Paine/Wade and 7/8 and pick another batter or play them at 6/7 and play another bowler?

 

[desie]

As much as I like seeing the young blokes get a game, I don't believe Smith is up to it just yet. Anyway we have the perfect #6 waiting in the wings when his little finger is better.

I'm inclined to agree, although personally I reckon our best number 6 is currently opening the batting.....

I'm a big Smith fan, but I think he probably needs a couple of years of strong performances at Shield level to get his technique in order and his bowling more consistent.

I really don't get the love for White either. He had his chance batting at 8 and barely scored a run.

And as for this NSW bias thing, remind me how many selectors they've had on the panel over the last 15 years?

 

[The Passenger]

Even Duminy was a year or so older when he took us to pieces.

Duminy is on the sidelines now after 12 tests. although that is to be expected when your last 12 innings only produce 2 scores above 20.

i wouldn't have picked smith for this series but now that he is in the time i wouldn't drop him. i think he needed another couple of seasons in shield cricket at which stage he would've been 23 and we would have had a fairer indication of where he is at as a player.

i reckon he'll turn out allright. not a great technique, but it's one that is more workable than hughes'.... and batting at number six you can get away with a looser technique.

i would've preffered marsh or ferguson come in at six for the perth test, but anyway.

 

[eddiesmith]

I'm inclined to agree, although personally I reckon our best number 6 is currently opening the batting.....

I'm a big Smith fan, but I think he probably needs a couple of years of strong performances at Shield level to get his technique in order and his bowling more consistent.

I really don't get the love for White either. He had his chance batting at 8 and barely scored a run.

And as for this NSW bias thing, remind me how many selectors they've had on the panel over the last 15 years?

Barely scored a run at no8, how terrible of him! Yet still averaged about 10 more than Smith...

 

[dan warna]

Barely scored a run at no8, how terrible of him! Yet still averaged about 10 more than Smith...

LOL aye, averaged 30 and with better bowling figures than smith...whats he on now? 3 wickets at 80?

still we can't persist with white, a proven captain with a century against bresnan and tremlet, but persist with smith because he has potential...

hughes and smith have had longer chances than most already.

 

[skipper kelly]

I'm inclined to agree, although personally I reckon our best number 6 is currently opening the batting.....

Agree. Ponting 5, Watson 6 would be perfect.

I'm a big Smith fan, but I think he probably needs a couple of years of strong performances at Shield level to get his technique in order and his bowling more consistent.

I look forward to seeing him in a couple of years, and get rid of the pull shot.

And as for this NSW bias thing, remind me how many selectors they've had on the panel over the last 15 years?

That's what I don't get either. It really is a Victorian thing and has been like that for more than this generation.

 

[The Passenger]

I look forward to seeing him in a couple of years, and get rid of the pull shot.

big time. it's one of the most akward, weak looking shots of anyone you'd see in the top seven of a top line international batting line up.

 

[skipper kelly]

big time. it's one of the most akward, weak looking shots of anyone you'd see in the top seven of a top line international batting line up.

I'm never one to really bag a batsmans technique, especially a Test cricketer, but it does look awful and more importantly very risky.

 

[peternorth]

nsw cricket boss gilbert declared smith could be the captain of the test team (reminds him of steve waugh).

ffs just let the boy play and try to cement his spot in the team before annointing him!

 

[mattymac]

cos he got dropped on his head?

 

[eddiesmith]

nsw cricket boss gilbert declared smith could be the captain of the test team (reminds him of steve waugh).

ffs just let the boy play and try to cement his spot in the team before annointing him!

Wow, never thought I would hear the boss of NSW say such a bad thing about one of the legends of NSW

 

[Oliver09]

Comes across as a smart alec. When the poor bloke copped a Tait full toss in the most tender of spots (commentry was priceless) he was surrounded by trainers & recieving treatment. Smith decided to pick up his opponents bat & practice his forward defence at the batting crease. It was something you see at u14s level, not at a World Cup & seemed very patronising to me. Who does he think he is? He's another golden child from NSW & god help us if he ever becomes a regular Test player, let alone captain. Very ordinary cricketer who just keeps getting picked. Great fieldsman though can't deny that.

 

[Gavin Excell]

have no issues with him in one day side as can add something in field as a bwolwr and batsman without being brilliant.

But it defies logic he is the Test side

 

[Ill Chicken]

Comes across as a smart alec. When the poor bloke copped a Tait full toss in the most tender of spots (commentry was priceless) he was surrounded by trainers & recieving treatment. Smith decided to pick up his opponents bat & practice his forward defence at the batting crease. It was something you see at u14s level, not at a World Cup & seemed very patronising to me. Who does he think he is? He's another golden child from NSW & god help us if he ever becomes a regular Test player, let alone captain. Very ordinary cricketer who just keeps getting picked. Great fieldsman though can't deny that.

Ha. That is ordinary, plenty of players pick up and swing the opposition player's bat, if you think there is something wrong with that, I don't really know what to say.

 

[Kim Hagdorn]

He's another golden child from NSW & god help us if he ever becomes a regular Test player, let alone captain. Very ordinary cricketer who just keeps getting picked.

Oh boo hoo, have a cry mate

 

[thurmanmunson]

His eyes are too close together, he has a lot of puppy fat on his face and he might be a virgin

 

[Higs]

His eyes are too close together, he has a lot of puppy fat on his face and he might be a virgin

well that's done it for me sack him

 

[Parquet Court]

Comes across as a smart alec. When the poor bloke copped a Tait full toss in the most tender of spots (commentry was priceless) he was surrounded by trainers & recieving treatment. Smith decided to pick up his opponents bat & practice his forward defence at the batting crease. It was something you see at u14s level, not at a World Cup & seemed very patronising to me. Who does he think he is? He's another golden child from NSW & god help us if he ever becomes a regular Test player, let alone captain. Very ordinary cricketer who just keeps getting picked. Great fieldsman though can't deny that.

that is ****en village, i hate when that kind of shit happens in cricket. it is one of the last bastions of ettiquette in sport along with union and golf.

i wonder if his forward defence practise shots ended up finding the outside edge

 

[Ill Chicken]

that is ****en village, i hate when that kind of shit happens in cricket. it is one of the last bastions of ettiquette in sport along with union and golf.

i wonder if his forward defence practise shots ended up finding the outside edge

So he picks it up, has a swing with it and then gives it back to the batsman once he has recovered. Get a grip.