Australian Domestic Season 2020/21

[Gnske]

mental problems to me is more charlie manson than michael bevan

 

[Spark]

He obviously will have a massive target painted on his front pad that seamers around the world will try and hit, that's inevitable simply due to how tall he is and his setup. But it can't be news to him that that's the case, and he did seem to be making adjustments during the series to try and counter that.

 

[Spikey]

he went missing and he's a ****ing fraud

the Melissa Caddick of prospects

 

[stephen]

It's not just Green. But Head and Burns went back to their respective domestic sides and have both posted some monstrous scores.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Here, have my low effort OC that I came up with while daydreaming at work.

 

[TheJediBrah]

^That is just terrible

It's not just Green. But Head and Burns went back to their respective domestic sides and have both posted some monstrous scores.

It's not a mystery or some big conspiracy though. Bowling in Shield cricket (for most teams) is nowhere near the standard of Test bowling. It's not 2003 anymore.

 

[Starfighter]

Pitches this season have definitely been flatter.

 

[Burgey]

Where is all this coming from? Only played one series, against a very strong side and did fine. Just because he didn't average 60 in his debut series means something has gone wrong? fmd

He didn’t do “fine.” He was picked in the top six and downhill slogged one 80 odd. Rest of the time he was utterly becalmed. The kid has immense talent but has two gears - stop or pedal to the floor.

I desperately want him to become a quality test player but there’s no guarantee he’s going to when his default position rn is to plonk his foot in front of off stump and try to block good bowling until one goes past him or he nicks off.

He needs to find a way to rotate the strike effectively. The fact he’s averaging 50+ at Shield level without seeming to have learned that skill is an indictment on the coaching he’s received up til now.

Like I said, I hope he develops those gears, but you should have them before reaching test level. It’s a fundamental skill, not icing in the cake type stuff.

 

[TheJediBrah]

All very true, but give him another series at least before hitting alarm bells

 

[Nintendo]

He didn’t do “fine.” He was picked in the top six and downhill slogged one 80 odd. Rest of the time he was utterly becalmed. The kid has immense talent but has two gears - stop or pedal to the floor.

I desperately want him to become a quality test player but there’s no guarantee he’s going to when his default position rn is to plonk his foot in front of off stump and try to block good bowling until one goes past him or he nicks off.

He needs to find a way to rotate the strike effectively. The fact he’s averaging 50+ at Shield level without seeming to have learned that skill is an indictment on the coaching he’s received up til now.

Like I said, I hope he develops those gears, but you should have them before reaching test level. It’s a fundamental skill, not icing in the cake type stuff.

I respect your view, and personally feel like having the best debut series for a #6 since Clarke is "fine" in today's world considering guys like Wade consistently get games.

 

[Burgey]

I'm not saying he shouldn't be picked

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not sure no.6 really suits him either. Obviously the plan was for him to bowl a bit so it made sense but he'd be more suited to no. 3 or 4 in an ideal world. He should at least be batting ahead of Henriques or whoever else gets that other middle-order spot (*cough* Maxwell *cough*).

 

[TimAngas]

Liam Davis could be getting some company in the club of Western Australian batsmen with a shield triple this century.

 

[Starfighter]

Liam Davis could be getting some company in the club of Western Australian batsmen with a shield triple this century.

Well done.

 

[TimAngas]

Oops

 

[Spikey]

a full strength nsw team often sucks, but letting lehmann score runs? come on

 

[Midwinter]

How has Starc been bowling in this innings ?

 

[Starfighter]

I haven't been watching but his figures sure indicate he's been bowling the same kind of piss.

 

[Gnske]

Even 2012 Starc would at least take 5 wickets in between all the sewage

 

[stephen]

When was the last time anyone had a 1000 run season in the shield? Green looks on track for one, as does Head. And this is in spite of the shortened shield summer.