Australian Domestic off season 2020

[GoodAreasShane]

Is Copperfield pretty much just a specialist bat these days?

 

[Nintendo]

Matthew gilkes hit a run a ball 200 in the 2nd round of nsw premier cricket.

 

[Burgey]

Is Copperfield pretty much just a specialist bat these days?

Yeah his knee is cooked mate, unfortunately. Only bowled in a couple of games last year and I think he's picked exclusively as a batsman for the foreseeable future. Shame bloke bowled genuine gas. Parra is very light on for bowlers in ones.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Yeah his knee is cooked mate, unfortunately. Only bowled in a couple of games last year and I think he's picked exclusively as a batsman for the foreseeable future. Shame bloke bowled genuine gas. Parra is very light on for bowlers in ones.

Unfortunate that, I liked what I saw. At least he is still around the club I guess

 

[Burgey]

Yeah for sure. He came back from his knee injury last year in twos and made a double ton against Sutherland so since then he's played ones as a batsman.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Top stuff that. Hope your Parra lads have a good season, even if I am a touch dissapointed #bertmentum isn't in Adelaide

Also in semi related news, Gibson and Sutherland and ACT/NSW country 2nd XI quick Tom Pinson are over here. Pinson was impressive in the inter squad practice game, good to have another bowler with some wheels out here

 

[Line and Length]

Not a fan of Aussie cricketers having hyphenated names. Bad look and not representative of the people. Can basically put a line though them.

What about AFL players? Two solid indigenous players have hyphenated names (Petrevski-Seaton and Powell-Pepper).

 

[Burgey]

Yeah but by definition they aren’t cricketers I suppose

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Interesting that WA are pretty much signalling their intention to go in with five bowlers, Agar at 7. Effectively that means Turner, Cartwright and Short are competing for one middle order spot.

Not sure thats the right call, not sure going all NSW with 5 bowlers* is really nessecary, especially considering the 5th bowler would likely be Moody or a rookie.



*Although I wouldn't exactly call what Gannon does bowling, that's a subject for another day

 

[Nintendo]

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Interesting that WA are pretty much signalling their intention to go in with five bowlers, Agar at 7. Effectively that means Turner, Cartwright and Short are competing for one middle order spot.

Not sure thats the right call, not sure going all NSW with 5 bowlers* is really nessecary, especially considering the 5th bowler would likely be Moody or a rookie.



*Although I wouldn't exactly call what Gannon does bowling, that's a subject for another day

If they play 5 bowlers they'll 100% pick hardie, don't need one of the rookies. Still not a great idea but agar/hardie at 7/8 is passable.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

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If they play 5 bowlers they'll 100% pick hardie, don't need one of the rookies. Still not a great idea but agar/hardie at 7/8 is passable.

Ahh thats right, Hardie made a ton at the back end of last season, feels like an eternity ago now.

Tassie squad

Plenty of seam options available, but that batting looks seriously patchy to me. Not sure what to expect XI wise

 

[Spikey]

I've only been paying the lightest of attention to this 30 best shield seasons thing, but I assume Katich is one, since I can't spot him elsewhere in the top 10. don't know how you can have above Bevan, unless you're placing a lot of weight on a final appearance

edit but also miller should be one just for the insanity of it all

Shield Classics, No2 | Colin Miller: Master of reinvention

Paceman and off-spinner rolled into one, the enigmatic Colin Miller's record-breaking summer comes in at No.2 on our countdown of the greatest Shield seasons of the past 30 years

www.cricket.com.au

 

[Nintendo]

Australia vs India Test series to start with pink-ball game in Adelaide

Tour likely to start with three ODIs and three T20Is in Brisbane and Adelaide respectively

www.espncricinfo.com

Subject to change but seems like we have dates for the test's vs India now.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

I've only been paying the lightest of attention to this 30 best shield seasons thing, but I assume Katich is one, since I can't spot him elsewhere in the top 10. don't know how you can have above Bevan, unless you're placing a lot of weight on a final appearance

edit but also miller should be one just for the insanity of it all

Shield Classics, No2 | Colin Miller: Master of reinvention

Paceman and off-spinner rolled into one, the enigmatic Colin Miller's record-breaking summer comes in at No.2 on our countdown of the greatest Shield seasons of the past 30 years

www.cricket.com.au

Been following this, I suspect you are right and it will be Katich. Which means the season I think was easily the very best probably won't show up on the list at all

Terrible

 

[morgieb]

Been following this, I suspect you are right and it will be Katich. Which means the season I think was easily the very best probably won't show up on the list at all

Terrible

Which was that?

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Which was that?

Dizzy 95-96

 

[Burgey]

Australia vs India Test series to start with pink-ball game in Adelaide

Tour likely to start with three ODIs and three T20Is in Brisbane and Adelaide respectively

www.espncricinfo.com

Subject to change but seems like we have dates for the test's vs India now.

Go and grab a pick-up XI from the back streets of Matraville for the upcoming test series vs India, they'll still win - Adelaide D/N bookending it with Brisbane in January. be surprised if India ends up touring tbh.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Been following this, I suspect you are right and it will be Katich. Which means the season I think was easily the very best probably won't show up on the list at all

Terrible

Good read on Funky Miller though. Such a weird cat. Don't see many characters like that in these days of ultra-professionalism.

 

[Spikey]

Well as he implies at one stage, its strange that in these days of ultra professionalism, no-one else is really giving it a shot

 

[Dan]

I for one will not stand for this erasure of Can-do Sandhu and his gentle offies from the historical record