Australian Domestic off-season 2019

[NUFAN]

because he's naturally depressed due to the red hair?

Heh. Maybe. Nah just a guy with talent and the ability to take wickets. I understand he has work to do, but his upside is higher, so reward him.

From the contracted list outs I think Bosisto and Kingston could benefit from a move interstate. I kind of liked Kingston as a white ball bowler.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Pope is easily the most naturally talented slow bowler South Australia has had in my lifetime, it would be a travesty if he gets shafted by those higher up at SACA. Personally I would have given him a full deal, and use him primarily as a red ball bowler (be that Shield or FL) for the short to medium term.

Agreed on Kingston, I've said it before but he kinda reminds me of South Africa/Cobras pacer Dane Paterson a bit, has a decent yorker from memory.

 

[social]

Renshaw still can’t get a game for Kent

Not a good reflection

 

[stephen]

Renshaw still can’t get a game for Kent

Not a good reflection

He's going through a really bad patch isn't he. The real test is to see whether he had the game to lift himself back to first class and test standard.

 

[theegyptian]

Renshaw hasn't been dropped. His contract just ended a while back. Wiaan Mulder has taken over as overseas.




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[GoodAreasShane]

An interesting read on the life and times of Alister McDermott on his journey back to the Queensland squad

 

[Daemon]

Anybody know anything about this kid? - Tim David - Check David's News, Career, Age, Rankings, Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com

Will be turning up for Singapore in the ICC T20 WC Qualifiers

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Anybody know anything about this kid? - Tim David - Check David's News, Career, Age, Rankings, Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com

Will be turning up for Singapore in the ICC T20 WC Qualifiers

Tall middle order bat, likes to go straight from what I remember. Can also bowl a few meds, they don't look anything to write home about though. Was on the WA list, but he missed a fair bit of cricket with a busted foot, lost his contract recently as a result so he has obviously now decided to try his luck in the associate world

There is something seriously weird going on in Perth grade. How the hell did Craig Simmons (yeah, THAT Craig Simmons) take 53 wickets at 14ish. I'm not sure to laugh or be deeply depressed about that

 

[brockley]

Will follow Singapore then,when does it start.
Kelvin Smith moves to WA.

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

Kelvin Smith has done nothing in is multiple chances for SA to show he is capable of playing FC cricket. Hopefully he will prove me wrong in WA but I highly doubt it.

 

[social]

An interesting read on the life and times of Alister McDermott on his journey back to the Queensland squad

I know his former coach

Basically said his fall was all down to attitude and that´s pretty much what he admits here so good on him

This guy is incredibly hard on youngsters and allegedly so was Craig so they probably contributed to his burn out more than they´ll admit

 

[morgieb]

The whole idea of being a budding sportsman when your dad was a very famous one in the same sport seems really daunting to my POV. Like it would be really hard to live up to expectations.

 

[social]

The whole idea of being a budding sportsman when your dad was a very famous one in the same sport seems really daunting to my POV. Like it would be really hard to live up to expectations.

Might be wrong but don´t remember there being that much pressure on Alister from media or fans because of his Dad

 

[GoodAreasShane]

I wonder what chance of him coming straight into the Queensland XI are? I tend to think he might personally. They may try to slot him into the role Feldman was doing, Queensland tend to like having a steady stock bowler in their XI and Gannon is just dreadful

 

[GoodAreasShane]

As for Kelvin Smith, going out to the west seems an odd move to me. Don't think he'll find it as easy to smash up grade medium pacers on harder Perth wickets

 

[social]

So Pat Howard has been replaced by 2 dudes just when things were looking up

 

[Dan]

As for Kelvin Smith, going out to the west seems an odd move to me. Don't think he'll find it as easy to smash up grade medium pacers on harder Perth wickets

Taking some inspiration from Jono Wells?

 

[Chubb]

Hi guys, looking for some info.

It’s very likely I’ll be moving to Melbourne in September (my partner has a great career opportunity) and I need to find out more about the cricket scene/clubs/levels etc.

I play fourth grade in Wellington and not sure how that compares to anything in Australia. Don’t want looking to play anything serious and not sure exactly where we’ll be living yet. I guess it would be good to know how the leagues are structured and what sort of team I should be looking for.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Hi guys, looking for some info.

It’s very likely I’ll be moving to Melbourne in September (my partner has a great career opportunity) and I need to find out more about the cricket scene/clubs/levels etc.

I play fourth grade in Wellington and not sure how that compares to anything in Australia. Don’t want looking to play anything serious and not sure exactly where we’ll be living yet. I guess it would be good to know how the leagues are structured and what sort of team I should be looking for.

Hard to give you much information without knowing where you will be located, Melbourne's a big place. As far as structure goes it's all pretty straight forward, most clubs tend to have between 3 and 8 teams of significantly varying level. The highest level of club cricket would be premier cricket, each club having 4 teams and generally pretty strong (except Greenvale) depending on what you're used to.

Then there's varying grades and competitions of turf + synthetic wickets, most clubs will probably have a grade that suits you, but not all have turf wickets. So if that's something you value then check before signing up to a club.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Meanwhile in Adelaide Gradeland, Redbacks rookie Tim Oakley has moved to West Torrens from TTG, in large part to work with Mark Harrity who has been head coach there for a while. Nice stuff, Oakley isn't entirely dissimilar to Hags himself in mindset (different arms though), likes to just charge in and whang it down as quick as possible, which is what I have been thinking the SACA attack needs more of for a while now.

Obviously he's still quite raw, can have a tendency to have an errant front foot at times, but if he keeps on improving he could be an absolute weapon