Sport The Hangar Cricket Thread IV

[Pweter]

They're doing a Faf du Plessis. Will be some effort to block out the day.

 

[eth-dog]

They're doing a Faf du Plessis. Will be some effort to block out the day.

16 overs. Not that long.

 

[Howard Moon]

Open thread!

Game on Pweter

 

[Pweter]

Open thread!

Game on Pweter

SA are the Richmond of the Shield. Whilst I'd love to be confident they've let me down so much I'm not confident at all.

Still, carn the Redbacks!

 

[Howard Moon]

Quiney needs replacing

 

[Howard Moon]

The full bung sixes from agars first

 

[monty1104]

The full bung sixes from agars first

Horrible over.

I don't understand the selections. No Finch? Agar? Coulter-Nile? Crazy.

 

[eth-dog]

Quiney needs replacing

Nope. Good opening bat, needed experience at the top with Dean, Stoinis and Handscomb the other top order players

Horrible over.

I don't understand the selections. No Finch? Agar? Coulter-Nile? Crazy.

Usman over Finch is baffling, but Coulter-Nile is our best T20 quick without Starc and Cummins

 

[monty1104]

Nope. Good opening bat, needed experience at the top with Dean, Stoinis and Handscomb the other top order players

Usman over Finch is baffling, but Coulter-Nile is our best T20 quick without Starc and Cummins

NCN ahead of Hastings?

My XI would be:
Watson
Khawaja
Smith
Warner
Finch
Maxwell
Faulkner
Nevill
Marsh
Zampa
Hastings

 

[eth-dog]

NCN ahead of Hastings?

My XI would be:
Watson
Khawaja
Smith
Warner
Finch
Maxwell
Faulkner
Nevill
Marsh
Zampa
Hastings

I'd have both, and no Khawaja/Marsh.

Watson
Finch
Smith
Warner
Maxwell
Faulkner
Nevill
Hastings
Zampa
Coulter-Nile
Hazlewood

 

[monty1104]

I'd have both, and no Khawaja/Marsh.

Watson
Finch
Smith
Warner
Maxwell
Faulkner
Nevill
Hastings
Zampa
Coulter-Nile
Hazlewood

Yeah I can agree with that team.

I think Khawaja is stiff to miss given his form, but the top 4 have been good for a long time and deserve their shot.

 

[eth-dog]

Yeah I can agree with that team.

I think Khawaja is stiff to miss given his form, but the top 4 have been good for a long time and deserve their shot.

Khawaja's T20I form has never been fantastic. Plus having Marsh at 9 is extremely wasteful, Haze and NCN are better bowlers.

 

[Howard Moon]

Guess it was uzzies big bash form

 

[BrunoV]

How is Coulter-Nile an international player? What does he ever actually do?

 

[eth-dog]

So the Shield final isn't a snorefest for once. Victoria 4/269 at stumps day 2, chasing 340 on first innings, Travis Dean making 111. Peter Handscomb is batting well, on 79* and if he survives the first hour I'd be surprised if he didn't make 150+.

 

[Yoda_]

So the Shield final isn't a snorefest for once. Victoria 4/269 at stumps day 2, chasing 340 on first innings, Travis Dean making 111. Peter Handscomb is batting well, on 79* and if he survives the first hour I'd be surprised if he didn't make 150+.

Let him get to 100 first. Conversion has never been his strong suit.

After two of five days, it is firmly game on. Need to hope we can bowl super well after making a handy 150 - 200 run first innings lead and hope to chase down 100 - 150 in the last innings.

 

[eth-dog]

Let him get to 100 first. Conversion has never been his strong suit.

After two of five days, it is firmly game on. Need to hope we can bowl super well after making a handy 150 - 200 run first innings lead and hope to chase down 100 - 150 in the last innings.

Not anymore really, his record at it's worst was 1-16, and now he's improved that to 6-21*. Now his problem is making them big hundreds.

*including the current half century

 

[Pweter]

Let him get to 100 first. Conversion has never been his strong suit.

After two of five days, it is firmly game on. Need to hope we can bowl super well after making a handy 150 - 200 run first innings lead and hope to chase down 100 - 150 in the last innings.

I firmly disagree with all of this other than it being game on.

 

[Yoda_]

Not anymore really, his record at it's worst was 1-16, and now he's improved that to 6-21*. Now his problem is making them big hundreds.

*including the current half century

Shows how little this season I have followed of shield cricket?

Would hope he is at the front of selectors minds when it comes to test batting positions. Although Warner/Burns/Khawaja/Smith is a tough top 4 to crack.

 

[Yoda_]

I firmly disagree with all of this other than it being game on.

Carn Vics

 

[eth-dog]

Shows how little this season I have followed of shield cricket?

Would hope he is at the front of selectors minds when it comes to test batting positions. Although Warner/Burns/Khawaja/Smith is a tough top 4 to crack.

I'd have Kurtis Patterson slightly ahead but otherwise I'd hope so too.

 

[Yoda_]

I'd have Kurtis Patterson slightly ahead but otherwise I'd hope so too.

Good call. Rate Patterson well ahead of Nic Maddinson. Some rate him (Nic) highly enough, don't know about long form cricket for he or Chris Lynn for that matter

 

[eth-dog]

Good call. Rate Patterson well ahead of Nic Maddinson. Some rate him (Nic) highly enough, don't know about long form cricket for he or Chris Lynn for that matter

Maddo just doesn't have it between the ears. Lynn is perennially injured so can't see it for him. Heazlett and Renshaw are two to watch from up there, as well as young Jake Lehmann.

 

[Zach Package]

Faulkner was utter garbage last night

 

[Pweter]

Vics with a 59 run 1st innings lead. Definitely still game on though SA would want to bat smart given there's still plenty of time for either side to get a result.