Cricket Season Thread

[Cultured_Bogan]

They're going to have to start blooding replacements for Hussey/Ponting at some point. Someone like Khawaja or Doolan would be the go. No point in replacing them with Dave Hussey, despite the fact that he could definitely perform there. I suppose with the relative youth of our bowling attack now the selectors must make a decision on whether the side can stand to carry inexperience in the batting order as well.

 

[Yossarian]

They're going to have to start blooding replacements for Hussey/Ponting at some point. Someone like Khawaja or Doolan would be the go. No point in replacing them with Dave Hussey, despite the fact that he could definitely perform there. I suppose with the relative youth of our bowling attack now the selectors must make a decision on whether the side can stand to carry inexperience in the batting order as well.

Is this the right series to blood guys with first class aveages below 40? Could be a Ken Rutherford waiting to happen…

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

They're going to have to start blooding replacements for Hussey/Ponting at some point. Someone like Khawaja or Doolan would be the go. No point in replacing them with Dave Hussey, despite the fact that he could definitely perform there. I suppose with the relative youth of our bowling attack now the selectors must make a decision on whether the side can stand to carry inexperience in the batting order as well.

Is this the right series to blood guys with first class aveages below 40? Could be a Ken Rutherford waiting to happen…

Probably not, but who's to say D. Hussey will perform either? In any case if Ponting isn't right to go, someone has to step up… So it very much will be a conundrum for selectors if that situation eventuates.

 

[Yossarian]

They're going to have to start blooding replacements for Hussey/Ponting at some point. Someone like Khawaja or Doolan would be the go. No point in replacing them with Dave Hussey, despite the fact that he could definitely perform there. I suppose with the relative youth of our bowling attack now the selectors must make a decision on whether the side can stand to carry inexperience in the batting order as well.

Is this the right series to blood guys with first class aveages below 40? Could be a Ken Rutherford waiting to happen…

Probably not, but who's to say D. Hussey will perform either? In any case if Ponting isn't right to go, someone has to step up… So it very much will be a conundrum for selectors if that situation eventuates.

Well I guess it is more that there is less to lose putting in D Hussey. If he goes well, happy days. If he fails then he's 35 and he isn't a young bloke having his long-term confidence isn't being shattered.

Besides his first class average is about 20 runs more than most of the other contenders. There was a time that runs got you in the side.

 

[TigersFan4Life]

David Hussey will never play a test match for Australia. The time to bring him in was back in early '09 when we toured South Africa, but they debuted Marcus North instead. We all know how he turned out.

I'm surprised that Khawaja is not at the top of the pecking order as far as the batsmen just outside of the test team are concerned. He didn't really do anything wrong to deserve being dropped to begin with, so it's weird that this Quiney fella has been able to jump the queue, so to speak.

 

[Yossarian]

Well Quiney is in great form… This season his first class scores are: 36, 0*, 2, 25*, 5, 85, 11*

Hard to ignore an avalanche of runs like that.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Well Quiney is in great form… This season his first class scores are: 36, 0*, 2, 25*, 5, 85, 11*

Hard to ignore an avalanche of runs like that.

Ah yes, but that's an average of 41 Yoss :wink:

 

[Yossarian]

Well Quiney is in great form… This season his first class scores are: 36, 0*, 2, 25*, 5, 85, 11*

Hard to ignore an avalanche of runs like that.

Ah yes, but that's an average of 41 Yoss :wink:

It was looking pretty dismal up to then. Once score over 50 for the summer -those crafty saffas were probably playing him into the team. They tried the same thing with Phil Hughes but Phil has the skill to play on to even the juiciest wide bowling.

 

[Fade_To_Black]

Turn he volume down and listen the ABC Grandstand GNR

Any of the newer members of missionary team annoy the crap out of me , in particular Taylor and Slater

Over rated cricketers and commentators imo

Bit harsh to say Taylor is an over rated player but agree 100% on the commentating, I can listen to Kerry O'keefe and Damien Fleming all day with ol mate Maxwell piping in aswell

Saw Taylor on the telly yesterday…fair dinkum if that right eye of his gets any lazier they will have to give it a banana lounge and a Pina Colada during the lunchbreak

 

[dermo]

Quiney is a good choice, hes the closest thing we have to the "mid-late 20's player with plenty of shield runs under his belt" sort of player we have. And Yoss he did make a 100 in a Ryobi cup game at the Gabba not long ago

 

[Peaches]

Alex Doolan should come in for Ponting, if hes injured IMO. Hes young and inexperienced yes, but hes made a mountain of runs recently and just made 160 for Aus A against the Saffas attack which included Steyn and Philander. I would expect them to put Khawaja in though due to his prior experience

Before this season, Doolan would have struggled to get into the Tassie team. He isn't ready yet but if he has a good solid season, he'll throw his name in the ring.

 

[Yossarian]

Quiney is a good choice, hes the closest thing we have to the "mid-late 20's player with plenty of shield runs under his belt" sort of player we have. And Yoss he did make a 100 in a Ryobi cup game at the Gabba not long ago

Acknowledged! But he's still a 30 year old with a first class average of 37\. There was a time when the closest he'd get to a test match was playing the game with the hand-operated batsman.

Maybe I'm just not ready or willing to face the reality that is Australian batting right now…

 

[stryker]

Maybe I'm just not ready or willing to face the reality that is Australian batting right now…

You and me both…but we grew up in an era of extraordinary batsmen.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Maybe I'm just not ready or willing to face the reality that is Australian batting right now…

You and me both…but we grew up in an era of extraordinary batsmen.

x 3\. We we spoilt for choice for years.

But, while I enjoyed us being on top and thrashing everyone, I'm looking forward to the rebuilding phase though, you can't be the best forever.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

My predictions for the summer:

1) We get our butts handed to us by SA, after which every man and his dog will turn into a selector saying this one and that one should go, and he should retire, and this one should have been punted 12 months ago. Basically the world will be coming to an end.

2) We give it to SL and the world makes sense again. We'll be a force again and the SA series will be wiped from the memory and the team will be the greatest thing since sliced bread till they lose their next game where the cycle will repeat itself once again

In a nutshell thats the schizophrenic nature of the Australian public when it comes to the Aussie cricket team

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

I don't think SA will run away with it like everyone thinks they will. They have the batting prowess but our bowlers are no slouches either. Our bats are a worry but the boys showed what they could do against India last summer (given they're a shadow of their former selves, but we were a right rabble beforehand.)

Would like to see Starc take some wickets, Clarke bowl himself more often, Cowan make some good runs Warner show some patience with the bat.

 

[Jazza]

Maybe I'm just not ready or willing to face the reality that is Australian batting right now…

You and me both…but we grew up in an era of extraordinary batsmen.

x 3\. We we spoilt for choice for years.

But, while I enjoyed us being on top and thrashing everyone, I'm looking forward to the rebuilding phase though, you can't be the best forever.

I don't think stats quite tell the full story. Pitches in Australia do a lot more then they did 10-15 years ago. In fact probably the only batting pitch in Australia at the moment at Shield level is Adelaide. All the other pitches in Australia except for probably Melbourne provide a lot of movement and are very green, that includes Sydney as well.

There was a concerted effort made by CA about 5 years ago to instruct the groundsman to provide results based pitches, so where as an average of 37 today mightn't seem like much, it is probably equivalent to an average of 45 ten years ago.

On top of that, not as many Aussies play county cricket anymore and so we are not seeing players with inflated career first class averages from guys such as Hussey, Hodge, Rogers and Lehmann. It wasn't unusual for their season averages in England to be close to the 100 mark.

 

[happy_tiger]

Jazza I still think it had more to do with say 15 years ago you play Shield sides with players like Bichel ,Kasperwicz ,Jo Angel Law Moody Eliott Lehmann etc who couldn't get a run playing for Australia who would of been first up picks for a lot of other Test sides

You knew you were facing world class players in almost every match

Look at the Aussie team now , half these blokes wouldn't have made some of the Shield sides back then

 

[happy_tiger]

Thoughts for the 1st Test

Thinking we will end up with a hard fought draw Bit of rain predicted over the next three days

 

[happy_tiger]

I don't think SA will run away with it like everyone thinks they will. They have the batting prowess but our bowlers are no slouches either. Our bats are a worry but the boys showed what they could do against India last summer (given they're a shadow of their former selves, but we were a right rabble beforehand.)

Would like to see Starc take some wickets, Clarke bowl himself more often, Cowan make some good runs Warner show some patience with the bat.

Talk that Starc will be twelth man CB

Personally if Clarke's back is up to scratch would give him some bowling and go in with 4 quickies