Australian Domestic Season 2018/19

[Starfighter]

NSW is so the England of the Sheffield Shield. Can't bat for **** so they keep dropping bowlers. ****ing idiots.

 

[brockley]

JP back .

 

[Spikey]

NSW has a very long history of picking and sticking. It's insanely annoying when they pick the wrong guy, but Larkin is following in the foot steps of Scott Henry, David Dawson and Jason Krejza and god knows who else I've buried in my memory. Bert's only getting a game if a batsman hurts themselves

 

[GoodAreasShane]

NSW has a very long history of picking and sticking. It's insanely annoying when they pick the wrong guy, but Larkin is following in the foot steps of Scott Henry, David Dawson and Jason Krejza and god knows who else I've buried in my memory. Bert's only getting a game if a batsman hurts themselves

When it comes to pleb NSW players, surely Daniel Smith and Scott Coyte should be at the absolute top of the list.

 

[Gnske]

Has Forrest retired from FC cricket? Because it'd be a real hoot if NSW called him up to really change things.

 

[Burgey]

Scott Coyte last seen playing in the park with his mates. Wasn’t even in the Campbelltown grade set up last year

 

[Spikey]

When it comes to pleb NSW players, surely Daniel Smith and Scott Coyte should be at the absolute top of the list.

i buried them for a reason

 

[Dan]

Tim Cruickshank got a season, didn't he?

 

[morgieb]

Tim Cruickshank got a season, didn't he?

Wasn't that with Tassie?

EDIT: Turns out he never played with Tasmania. Though he did only play the six FC matches.

 

[Spikey]

he got a longer stint than he should have. dude got beaten for pace by ben cutting

the point is what we got now ain't nothing. coyte was getting games while jackson bird was in grade. it's nice that NSW give these guys a chance but they extend the faith too far in some cases and it's almost a seasonally occurrence.

the funny thing about Burgey's recent postings on the PONI subject is that for the last two or three seasons NSW have been positively anti-Greg Chappell in our selections; if the boy Will Sommerville makes good in NZ, which he could since he was great for us, we could end up having picked two spinners who have gone on to play for two countries in the last 3 seasons while producing no young batting talent of note, but we did recruit ed cowan for some reason.

 

[Prince EWS]

Tim Cruickshank got a season, didn't he?

Larkin has already played three times as many games as Cruickshank, for a lower average.

I actually like Larkin but his position has definitely become untenable now. I'd have actually liked to see him dropped a bit earlier to give him a chance at some alterations and a comeback; instead it's been torturous and he won't ever be back after he's inevitably dropped soon.

 

[Prince EWS]

but we did recruit ed cowan for some reason.

We didn't really. He moved back home and we just couldn't resist picking him because he was smashing it. He was actually playing for us without a contract at the start.

 

[Spikey]

I don't see why, based on NSW's history, he would get dropped soon. I'm certain he'll make it to the BBL. One of the young boys might drop out before Larkin. if Smith and Warner can come back after the BBL obviously he's done for, but this whole thing is classic NSW, he'll get games, possibly to seasons' end, and then have his contract axed and never come back.

 

[Burgey]

Side needs to be something like:

Hughes
Solway
Patterson
Bertus
Henriques
Edwards/ Hackney
Nevill
Copeland
Dermo
SOK
Lyon

 

[Spikey]

We didn't really. He moved back home and we just couldn't resist picking him because he was smashing it. He was actually playing for us without a contract at the start.

I'm certain he signed a contract with us. I think he may have quit Tassie before we offered him one, but he was contracted each he played with us.

and you know I didn't really care that he came back and did 3 or seasons with us, but it's a good example of us doing something that probably pissed Greg Chappelloff, given Ed's papers were all but stamped. but we did it anyway

 

[Dan]

Still my favourite NSW opening round line-up tbh:
Sheffield Shield at Melbourne, Oct 31 - Nov 3 2014 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

 

[Spikey]

woah that's a NSW player I had all but erased from memory. what was Jackson's deal

 

[Spikey]

Solway isn't 23 is he? I swear he's in that picture I used to post of Hughes and Smith

 

[Prince EWS]

I'm certain he signed a contract with us. I think he may have quit Tassie before we offered him one, but he was contracted each he played with us.

Yeah just checked and he did end up with a contract, but I do think "good player moves home and you give him a low-paying contract because you're contracting 17 players so why not" is a bit different from going out and trying to recruit him deliberately.

 

[Dan]

This one is pretty outstanding too:
Final, Australian Twenty20 Competition at Sydney, Jan 21 2006 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo