Australian Domestic Season 2016/17

[Top_Cat]

I'll admit I've been hard on the guy but he's been bloody consistent. On the other hand, he won't displace any of the first-choice top-4 and doesn't solve the spin problem. I don't imagine he's competing with Marsh at 6 at his age.

 

[Midwinter]

Slow, cold day and night at the MCG yesterday

Temperature dropped from 20 to 12 as the change came through just after play started and there was probably 2 hours of delays due to light drizzle which meant they played through to 10:30 and will start at 1 pm today.

Wade was hitting out at the start,White didn't play many shots
Bird was steady and didn't give much away, Milenko got most of the tail by trying hard. Boyce only came at the end and got the last wicket when Boland missed hoicking him to midwicket.

Siddle looked sharp, Tremain and Boland were steady.Holland only bowled 3 overs at the end, a couple of good balls.

At dinner Tassie had scored 5 off 11 overs , it took till the 15th over to get the run rate up to 1/over and 22 overs for it to be 2/over.
Doolan went at one a ball by hitting fours, some intentional. Bailey was very sratchy at the start of his innings but came good.He was dropped off Bolly Boland in in slips late in the day.

Three of the Tassie wickets were LBWs possibly due to the ball keeping a bit low.
Siddle bowled Webster not offering a shot, so not much glory there.

Plenty of seagulls

 

[Andre]

For all the hype of Doran playing like a young Mike Hussey, on first glance today he looks a lot more similar to Justin Langer technically than Hussey

 

[Burgey]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...-culture-of-michael-clarkes-reign?CMP=soc_568

No wonder he bowled ****e during the period in question

 

[Crazy Sam]

Nice to see Burns bowl an over.

Selectors will probably pull him out of the game now for bowling more than his scheduled allotment.

 

[NUFAN]

So Mitchell Marsh's performance: 12, 2/110 at over 5 an over and then bowled first ball.

 

[Gnske]

Does Australian cricket need Mitch Marsh?

 

[dermo]

So Mitchell Marsh's performance: 12, 2/110 at over 5 an over and then bowled first ball.

voges not much better

 

[Spikey]

let's say voges gets 9 hits this summer, does a total of say 300 runs and one not out cause his average to drop below 60?

 

[Spikey]

well i did the maths myself and that would leave him with an average of 62. bloody hell.

 

[NUFAN]

voges not much better

Nope, but looked good in the Matador, so far less concerning.

Siddle vs. Webster has been a fun battle this game, taking each others wickets each innings dismissed.

 

[Riggins]

the chadd

 

[social]

So Mitchell Marsh's performance: 12, 2/110 at over 5 an over and then bowled first ball.

On current form, neither he nor Nevill should be anywhere near the test team but both are probably certainties

 

[adub]

I'm surprised by how little return the Nev has produced with the bat. For NSW he's always been a strong contributor, but he's yet to show anything much at Test level.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nevill's batting has fallen off the face of the earth, except in World T20s where he is inexplicably brilliant

 

[Dan]

I still think he'll come good, but yeah, hasn't been up to his standard so far.

 

[dermo]

tbf he hardly got a bat when everyone was filling their boots on the flat decks against NZ and the West Indies, only really gets a chance when we're mid collapse

 

[Gnske]

So getting it straight, he hardly had a chance to pad his stats in the easiest of situations, but when he's actually required to be of test standard and put in a performance when the chips are down and can't because he's a Victorian traitor hackfraud its unfair.

I see Nevill is going to be our Virat for years to come.

 

[Spikey]

tbf he hardly got a bat when everyone was filling their boots on the flat decks against NZ and the West Indies, only really gets a chance when we're mid collapse

I feel this way about both marsh and nevill. i've got no problem giving marsh, in particular, this summer. i'd be really unhappy if one of them gets tossed because we lose a match

 

[Midwinter]

Vics win !

Bird 9 no