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Vic Orthdox - Awesome cricket player?

Barney Rubble

Barney Rubble

International Coach
FaaipDeOiad said:
Personally, I think the way to go is to pick a batsman who is good in the field. For Australia, someone like Mike Hussey or Brad Hodge. For England, Vikram Solanki or maybe Paul Collingwood.

If you bowl first, obviously you sub out a bowler who has completed his 10, and get an excellent fielder, maybe someone who can send down a few part-time overs if needed, and an 8th batsman when you bat. Obviously, you pick five bowling options in the original team. If you bat, you use the sub if you get into trouble, otherwise you don't and you keep your five bowling options for when you bowl. Either way it's an advantage in flexibility. Say Australia pick five bowlers, or four bowlers and a full-time all-rounder, if they get in trouble they bring in Hodge and look to Symonds and Clarke to bowl 10. If they don't, they keep five bowling options.

Picking an all-rounder is perhaps slightly safer, but there's not as much to be gained from it. If Australia picked someone like James Hopes they could sub out a completed bowler and get a few overs and a decent bat, but again if you bat first it's not such a big advantage, since you'd be losing a better batsman or a better bowler by making the sub in the first innings. It's better to go for a specialist who is good in the field, rather than a bits-and-pieces player who's not going to add a heap to your side anyway.
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Once again I bow to your superior cricketing intellect. :D I'll shut up now. :p
 
Barney Rubble

Barney Rubble

International Coach
FaaipDeOiad said:
Haha. I wasn't attempting to drown anyone out, just offering a counter-point. ;)
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I know, it's just it seems like every time I read a post from you these days I go "Oh yeah, why didn't I think of that? Stupid brain.....". :D
 
Piper

Piper

International Captain
Barney Rubble said:
I know, it's just it seems like every time I read a post from you these days I go "Oh yeah, why didn't I think of that? Stupid brain.....". :D
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Welcome to the world of a blonde :happy:
 
C

cricket player

International Debutant
such a great achievment jacky,

such a nice a modest person if i was him i would have been all over the cricket web posting my stats and stuff lol,

Although I do play for americas under 19,but this is a great achievment to be selected for australias under 19 big thumbs up for you mate,

anyways my next step play first class cricket and become cricket webs first member who plays first class cricket.
 
Clarence

Clarence

U19 Cricketer
I played my first year of under 10s cricket with Philip Wells who is currently playing Aus 19s. Just thought I'd note that.
 
andyc

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
FaaipDeOiad said:
If you bowl first, obviously you sub out a bowler who has completed his 10, and get an excellent fielder, maybe someone who can send down a few part-time overs if needed, and an 8th batsman when you bat.
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Good post, but I was under the impression that the sub is only allowed to complete the original set of 10 overs allocated to the person he is replacing, so that if a bowler had bowled ten, then the sub couldn't bowl any.
 
Burpey

Burpey

Cricketer Of The Year
andyc said:
Good post, but I was under the impression that the sub is only allowed to complete the original set of 10 overs allocated to the person he is replacing, so that if a bowler had bowled ten, then the sub couldn't bowl any.
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Yeah, I think that's right
 
James90

James90

Cricketer Of The Year
cricket player said:
such a great achievment jacky,

such a nice a modest person if i was him i would have been all over the cricket web posting my stats and stuff lol,
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You already do
 
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