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Australian Off-Season Thread (2010)
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Mister Wright
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Nah. Crap player. Never rated him.
SirBloody Idiot
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Or if someone punches back really hard....
Noble One
International Vice-Captain
Likely result considering the face of Hughes....
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Khawaja won't be selected to open, seeing as he hasn't been batting there for NSW.
They are only allowed to contract one player solely for the Big Bash; same thing happened last year I believe.
They are only allowed to contract one player solely for the Big Bash; same thing happened last year I believe.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Shocked Casson kept his spot. I guess they are planning for when Smith, O'Keefe and Haurtiz are away playing for Australia.
May 10, 2010 12:01am
THE Tasmanian Tigers might have landed themselves the chunky former Australian one-day batsman Mark Cosgrove.
Cricket Tasmania operations manager David Boon confirmed the former South Australian has been offered a contract for next season.
"He is obviously in the round-one transfer pool and we've had a chat to him and his management," Boon said.
"We've made the offer of a contract but it hasn't been confirmed as yet."
The Mercury believes the Tigers are well placed to beat Western Australia in signing him before Thursday's cut off for state contracts.
Cosgrove, 25, is in England playing county cricket for Glamorgan.
There has never been any doubting Cosgrove's talent, with the aggressive left-hander averaging 40 in both Sheffield Shield and one-day cricket last season.
He averaged 30 in the Redbacks Twenty20 campaign that took them to the Big Bash final and a spot in the lucrative Champions Trophy, and his inclusion would be a huge boost for the Tigers who have struggled in the shortest, highly profitable form of the game in the past two seasons.
But after disciplinary issues about his weight, he was cut by the Redbacks last month.
Boon said CT was not concerned with these issues.
"I think he would be good for Tasmania," he said.
"He's obviously very talented, so if we can procure him in the next couple of days I think it will give us a pretty strong squad to go into the next season."
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THE Tasmanian Tigers might have landed themselves the chunky former Australian one-day batsman Mark Cosgrove.
Cricket Tasmania operations manager David Boon confirmed the former South Australian has been offered a contract for next season.
"He is obviously in the round-one transfer pool and we've had a chat to him and his management," Boon said.
"We've made the offer of a contract but it hasn't been confirmed as yet."
The Mercury believes the Tigers are well placed to beat Western Australia in signing him before Thursday's cut off for state contracts.
Cosgrove, 25, is in England playing county cricket for Glamorgan.
There has never been any doubting Cosgrove's talent, with the aggressive left-hander averaging 40 in both Sheffield Shield and one-day cricket last season.
He averaged 30 in the Redbacks Twenty20 campaign that took them to the Big Bash final and a spot in the lucrative Champions Trophy, and his inclusion would be a huge boost for the Tigers who have struggled in the shortest, highly profitable form of the game in the past two seasons.
But after disciplinary issues about his weight, he was cut by the Redbacks last month.
Boon said CT was not concerned with these issues.
"I think he would be good for Tasmania," he said.
"He's obviously very talented, so if we can procure him in the next couple of days I think it will give us a pretty strong squad to go into the next season."
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Good signing. Although I never rated him as a potential Australian Test player as many did when he burst onto the scene, I think his actual performances in recent times have been extremely under-rated. He became a bit of a joke and there's been a lot said about him under-performing over the past few seasons but his numbers last season were perfectly fine. There seems to be this stigma about him suggesting his weight problems are making him bat like a clown but he's performances matched his quality last season IMO. Maybe it's just because I don't actually think the guy is good enough to average 65 in the Shield regularly but I wouldn't be complaining with his output last season at all - he averaged high 40s IIRC.
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Ratio of 100's to 50's overall suggests some fitness issues there, though. If you're good enough to make it regularly past 50 at FC level, you're good enough to get past 100 regularly. Comes down to fitness and mindset, Cosgrove has a heap of scores either just past 50 or just below 100. That's the difference between averaging 45 and 55+.
For mine, the guy is uber-talented and if Tassie beat him into shape, good luck to them., reckon he'll be pushing hard for a ODI spot with a good start next year. As long as he scores a pair against SA, I'm happy.
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Newcastle eyeing berth in T20's bigger bash CHLOE SALTAU
May 12, 2010
NEWCASTLE has emerged as a second serious bidder for a franchise in Cricket Australia's expanded domestic Twenty20 league.
A group known as the Newcastle Cricket Promotion Committee, of which former Newcastle Knights chairman Michael Hill is a member, wants one of two new licences expected to become available when Cricket Australia finalises the structure of its expanded Big Bash competition.
The Herald reported in March that a group of influential business leaders in Geelong is preparing a similar bid. The preferred model for the expanded league was a topic of fierce debate among CA board members at a meeting last week, but Newcastle and Geelong have leapt on to the front foot to be ready when the Big Bash is re-launched, possibly for the post-Ashes summer of 2011-12.
The Newcastle bid comes three years after Cricket NSW recruited league hero Andrew Johns, drawing a crowd of 10,500 to a Blues match in Newcastle. As a marketing ploy, the Johns experiment worked - but it also trivialised a form of the game that even then was commanding greater importance and more dollars.
Now Big Bash games in Sydney and Melbourne draw crowds in excess of 30,000, international stars capture the public imagination and the finalists compete for a multi-million-dollar prize at the Champions League Twenty20.
Newcastle thinks a local team would attract private investors and tribal interest, and hopes to install drop-in pitches at Energy Australia Stadium, home of the Knights in the NRL and the Jets in the A-League.
''If you take the Hunter Valley and the Central Coast, we've got a drawing area of over a million people,'' said group spokesman Graham Faraday.
''We have a possible venue which has the infrastructure, the grandstands, the big screen, a ground that isn't huge but fits that kind of format, with lots of sixes and attractive cricket. You've got a huge supporter base of the Knights and the Jets football club as well, and we believe we would attract 20,000-plus to our games.''
CA is weighing up whether to bring the two new teams under the umbrella of state associations or seek full-scale private ownership, which would rely on significant investment from India and potentially push back the starting date.
The Australian board is also moving towards the implementation of a designated window for the Big Bash tournament from 2011-12, thus allowing Australia's international cricketers to participate in the tournament. Brad Haddin last week said he would support the disruption to the Australian international program to participate in the Big Bash.
''In the perfect world that would be outstanding,'' Haddin said. ''We've got a great tool in the Big Bash … It's one of the best Twenty20 comps in the world. If we get our international players playing that with a couple of overseas players, it's going to go from strength to strength.
May 12, 2010
NEWCASTLE has emerged as a second serious bidder for a franchise in Cricket Australia's expanded domestic Twenty20 league.
A group known as the Newcastle Cricket Promotion Committee, of which former Newcastle Knights chairman Michael Hill is a member, wants one of two new licences expected to become available when Cricket Australia finalises the structure of its expanded Big Bash competition.
The Herald reported in March that a group of influential business leaders in Geelong is preparing a similar bid. The preferred model for the expanded league was a topic of fierce debate among CA board members at a meeting last week, but Newcastle and Geelong have leapt on to the front foot to be ready when the Big Bash is re-launched, possibly for the post-Ashes summer of 2011-12.
The Newcastle bid comes three years after Cricket NSW recruited league hero Andrew Johns, drawing a crowd of 10,500 to a Blues match in Newcastle. As a marketing ploy, the Johns experiment worked - but it also trivialised a form of the game that even then was commanding greater importance and more dollars.
Now Big Bash games in Sydney and Melbourne draw crowds in excess of 30,000, international stars capture the public imagination and the finalists compete for a multi-million-dollar prize at the Champions League Twenty20.
Newcastle thinks a local team would attract private investors and tribal interest, and hopes to install drop-in pitches at Energy Australia Stadium, home of the Knights in the NRL and the Jets in the A-League.
''If you take the Hunter Valley and the Central Coast, we've got a drawing area of over a million people,'' said group spokesman Graham Faraday.
''We have a possible venue which has the infrastructure, the grandstands, the big screen, a ground that isn't huge but fits that kind of format, with lots of sixes and attractive cricket. You've got a huge supporter base of the Knights and the Jets football club as well, and we believe we would attract 20,000-plus to our games.''
CA is weighing up whether to bring the two new teams under the umbrella of state associations or seek full-scale private ownership, which would rely on significant investment from India and potentially push back the starting date.
The Australian board is also moving towards the implementation of a designated window for the Big Bash tournament from 2011-12, thus allowing Australia's international cricketers to participate in the tournament. Brad Haddin last week said he would support the disruption to the Australian international program to participate in the Big Bash.
''In the perfect world that would be outstanding,'' Haddin said. ''We've got a great tool in the Big Bash … It's one of the best Twenty20 comps in the world. If we get our international players playing that with a couple of overseas players, it's going to go from strength to strength.
Kylez
State Vice-Captain
Tassie and the SA squads finalised, expect the other states to have their squads finalised very soon aswell. I'm pretty sure victoria's were finalised like a week ago because when they signed Mark Cleary and confirmed Keath was staying that finalised it for them. We will wait and see.
It has been confirmed that Mark Cosgrove has signed with Tasmania. ( has hit some form with Glamorgan aswell.
PKF Tigers 2010-11 contracts finalised
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
The PKF Tasmanian Tigers have today finalised their contract list for the 2010-11 cricket season which will see four new faces join the squad amongst a total of 19 full contracts and six rookie contracts.
The first-round contract list released last week confirmed the signing of some new faces to the PKF Tigers squad with New South Welshman and successful Sydney grade cricketer Steven Cazzulino granted a full contract and 19-year-old Tasmanian bowler Hamish Kingston added to the rookie list for 2010-11.
Cazzulino was the leading run scorer in the New South Wales grade cricket competition last season with 19 matches, 24 innings including three centuries with a high score of 204 and 1289 runs at 71.61.
PKF Tigers new rookie Hamish Kingston will be joined by another exciting recruit in 20-year-old batsman Ashton May, who played in six Futures League matches for the ACT last season making 352 runs at an average of 50.28 with a high score of 135 not-out.
The PKF Tigers will also bring back 2009-10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Player of the Year Rana Naved, who will join the full contract list, while ex-South Australian left-handed batsman Mark Cosgrove has also recently signed with Tasmania.
25-year-old Cosgrove is currently overseas playing county cricket for Glamorgan where he recently helped lift his side to a five-wicket win recording his best one-day score for the side with 86 from 78 balls.
PKF Tasmanian Tigers' coach Tim Coyle said the 2010-11 squad looks strong and is confident the team can contend in all forms of the game.
"We are very pleased with our new inclusions to the squad which overall has a really good mix of youth and experience," Coyle said.
Changes to the PKF Tigers squad from 2008-09 include the loss of Dan Marsh to retirement and the promotion of Tim Paine to a Cricket Australia contract, while Michael Dighton, John Rogers and Wade Irvine have all been de-listed.
Cricket Tasmania has until the 24th of December to sign their international KFC Twenty20 Big Bash player for the 2010-11 competition.
PKF Tasmanian Tigers 2010-11 Contract List
Full Contracts
George Bailey
Travis Birt
Luke Butterworth
Steven Cazzulino (NEW)
Ed Cowan
Mark Cosgrove (NEW)
Gerard Denton
Xavier Doherty
Alex Doolan
Brendan Drew
James Faulkner
Brett Geeves
Adam Griffith
Jason Krejza
Rhett Lockyear
Tim MacDonald
Adam Maher
Rana Naved (NEW)
Jonathan Wells
Rookies
Brady Jones
Tom Triffitt
Jeremy Smith
Hamish Kingston (NEW)
Matthew Day
Ashton May (NEW)
Cricket Australia Contracts
Ricky Ponting
Ben Hilfenhaus
Tim Paine (NEW TO CA LIST)
Redbacks full 2010 - 2011 list released.
Experienced fast bowler, Ben Edmondson (WA) and all-rounder, Tim Lang (NSW) have been added to the squad, rounding out the list that was submitted to Cricket Australia today.
Mr Cox said Edmondson, 31 and Lang, 29 were selected to boost the Redbacks’ fast bowling stocks and provide support to younger members of the team.
In addition to the full-contracted players, the Redbacks have named six rookies, including exciting young all-rounder Kane Richardson.
Mr Cox said all players will meet in Adelaide shortly, with the squad to begin pre-season fitness training later this month.
Redbacks 2010-11 contracted players:
1. Cullen Bailey
2. Aiden Blizzard
3. Cameron Borgas
4. Rob Cassell
5. Daniel Christian
6. Tom Cooper
7. Chris Duval
8. Ben Edmondson
9. Callum Ferguson (CA)
10. Peter George
11. Jake Haberfield
12. Daniel Harris
13. Michael Klinger
14. Tim Lang
15. Tim Ludeman
16. Graham Manou
17. Aaron O’Brien
18. Kieron Pollard
19. Gary Putland
20. James Smith
21. Shaun Tait (CA)
Rookies:
1. Kane Richardson
2. Michael Delaney
3. Joel Davies
4. Tom Moffat
5. Tom Brinsley
6. Michael Cranmer
Also, listen to Jamie Cox and coach Mark Sorrell answer questions on the squad.
http://helium.saca.com.au/helium/library/05-120510%20Cox%20re%20final%20squad%202010-11.MP3
Cox said that Cleary was offered a first round contract but turned it down and then signed for Victoria
.
Thoughts?
It has been confirmed that Mark Cosgrove has signed with Tasmania. ( has hit some form with Glamorgan aswell.
PKF Tigers 2010-11 contracts finalised
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
The PKF Tasmanian Tigers have today finalised their contract list for the 2010-11 cricket season which will see four new faces join the squad amongst a total of 19 full contracts and six rookie contracts.
The first-round contract list released last week confirmed the signing of some new faces to the PKF Tigers squad with New South Welshman and successful Sydney grade cricketer Steven Cazzulino granted a full contract and 19-year-old Tasmanian bowler Hamish Kingston added to the rookie list for 2010-11.
Cazzulino was the leading run scorer in the New South Wales grade cricket competition last season with 19 matches, 24 innings including three centuries with a high score of 204 and 1289 runs at 71.61.
PKF Tigers new rookie Hamish Kingston will be joined by another exciting recruit in 20-year-old batsman Ashton May, who played in six Futures League matches for the ACT last season making 352 runs at an average of 50.28 with a high score of 135 not-out.
The PKF Tigers will also bring back 2009-10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Player of the Year Rana Naved, who will join the full contract list, while ex-South Australian left-handed batsman Mark Cosgrove has also recently signed with Tasmania.
25-year-old Cosgrove is currently overseas playing county cricket for Glamorgan where he recently helped lift his side to a five-wicket win recording his best one-day score for the side with 86 from 78 balls.
PKF Tasmanian Tigers' coach Tim Coyle said the 2010-11 squad looks strong and is confident the team can contend in all forms of the game.
"We are very pleased with our new inclusions to the squad which overall has a really good mix of youth and experience," Coyle said.
Changes to the PKF Tigers squad from 2008-09 include the loss of Dan Marsh to retirement and the promotion of Tim Paine to a Cricket Australia contract, while Michael Dighton, John Rogers and Wade Irvine have all been de-listed.
Cricket Tasmania has until the 24th of December to sign their international KFC Twenty20 Big Bash player for the 2010-11 competition.
PKF Tasmanian Tigers 2010-11 Contract List
Full Contracts
George Bailey
Travis Birt
Luke Butterworth
Steven Cazzulino (NEW)
Ed Cowan
Mark Cosgrove (NEW)
Gerard Denton
Xavier Doherty
Alex Doolan
Brendan Drew
James Faulkner
Brett Geeves
Adam Griffith
Jason Krejza
Rhett Lockyear
Tim MacDonald
Adam Maher
Rana Naved (NEW)
Jonathan Wells
Rookies
Brady Jones
Tom Triffitt
Jeremy Smith
Hamish Kingston (NEW)
Matthew Day
Ashton May (NEW)
Cricket Australia Contracts
Ricky Ponting
Ben Hilfenhaus
Tim Paine (NEW TO CA LIST)
Redbacks full 2010 - 2011 list released.
Experienced fast bowler, Ben Edmondson (WA) and all-rounder, Tim Lang (NSW) have been added to the squad, rounding out the list that was submitted to Cricket Australia today.
Mr Cox said Edmondson, 31 and Lang, 29 were selected to boost the Redbacks’ fast bowling stocks and provide support to younger members of the team.
In addition to the full-contracted players, the Redbacks have named six rookies, including exciting young all-rounder Kane Richardson.
Mr Cox said all players will meet in Adelaide shortly, with the squad to begin pre-season fitness training later this month.
Redbacks 2010-11 contracted players:
1. Cullen Bailey
2. Aiden Blizzard
3. Cameron Borgas
4. Rob Cassell
5. Daniel Christian
6. Tom Cooper
7. Chris Duval
8. Ben Edmondson
9. Callum Ferguson (CA)
10. Peter George
11. Jake Haberfield
12. Daniel Harris
13. Michael Klinger
14. Tim Lang
15. Tim Ludeman
16. Graham Manou
17. Aaron O’Brien
18. Kieron Pollard
19. Gary Putland
20. James Smith
21. Shaun Tait (CA)
Rookies:
1. Kane Richardson
2. Michael Delaney
3. Joel Davies
4. Tom Moffat
5. Tom Brinsley
6. Michael Cranmer
Also, listen to Jamie Cox and coach Mark Sorrell answer questions on the squad.
http://helium.saca.com.au/helium/library/05-120510%20Cox%20re%20final%20squad%202010-11.MP3
Cox said that Cleary was offered a first round contract but turned it down and then signed for Victoria
.Thoughts?
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Interesting. What would the make up of the team be? I'd suggest it would have to be made up of mainly Sydney grade players with major signings thrown in, not local Newcastle players.
Have played a bit of cricket against Newcastle teams. They have some handy players but couldn't possibly compete.
There is still talk in the CA whether will go down the franchise system or let city sides remain powers to the states in the big bash,would rather we stay down it being in state control.
Geelong and newcastle,plus west sydney look favourites for franchises at this stage.
Geelong and newcastle,plus west sydney look favourites for franchises at this stage.
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Kylez
State Vice-Captain
Not to fussed on the whole franchise thing myself tbh.
Hey Brockley, do you know if all the states have fully finalised their squads for next season, I know a few have but are you expecting news from certain states?
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Would like to see an Australian country side involved. They played a CA masters side down at the country championships earlier this year. Have played with and against a number of Aust Country reps and they're handy cricketers to say the least. They'd be pretty competitive if you include a couple of marquee signings, and would give good exposure to players outside the system.
Not sure how it would work logistically, but it's a nice idea.
Kylez
State Vice-Captain
NSW leg spinner Brendan Mcdonald signs with South Australia. Interesting...must of happened today because the SA squad that was released yesterday didn't ( 1 page back ) didn't have him on it.
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Brendan saying goodbye to the Stags with thanks
After being on the fringe of selection for the NSW Squad and with NSW limiting their contracts this coming season due to the inclusion of players coming off Australian contracts, Brendan has been offered a position within the South Australian Squad for two years. He will be leaving in the next few weeks to join an Adelaide club and make a push for first class selection with South Australia. He also received an expression of interest from Tasmania.
The offer to be part of their 25 man squad and the positive welcome he received from the South Australian players and officials during a recent visit to Adelaide convinced Brendan this was the right move for him and no doubt all of the Gordon cricket community will wish him the very best.
Brendan has been an excellent clubman and player for Gordon and has worked very hard on his game and always been willing to participate in club activities during his 5 years with the club which included a year as Club Captain. His enthusiasm for the game and for the Gordon Club has been infectious and we will all miss him. The role he has played in encouraging his team mates has been exceptional and the dressing room certainly won’t be the same without him.
His 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons were no doubt his best for the club taking 43 and 47 wickets respectively and he will be looking to take that form into his performances in Adelaide. As a squad member Brendan will able to play in the Australia Cup 2nd XI competition and press for further selection. The South Australians are starting their preparation early this season as they have qualified for the Champions League T20 competition in India in September, won last year by NSW.
Brendan would like to thank everyone in the Gordon Club for their support over the five years and naturally looks forward to catching up with everyone when in Sydney.
This is a big move for Brendan’s career prospects and as a young man looking to progress to higher honours, we know he will give it a 110% effort, just like he has for Gordon over the years.
Thanks Bmac, for being part of the Gordon Club and contributing so well to its 105 year history. Whatever happens in the future, you would always be welcome back and we will be watching your progress with keen interest.
Brendan McDonald joins South Australian Squad | Gordon District Cricket Club - Link.
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Brendan McDonald joins South Australian Squad
Brendan saying goodbye to the Stags with thanks
After being on the fringe of selection for the NSW Squad and with NSW limiting their contracts this coming season due to the inclusion of players coming off Australian contracts, Brendan has been offered a position within the South Australian Squad for two years. He will be leaving in the next few weeks to join an Adelaide club and make a push for first class selection with South Australia. He also received an expression of interest from Tasmania.
The offer to be part of their 25 man squad and the positive welcome he received from the South Australian players and officials during a recent visit to Adelaide convinced Brendan this was the right move for him and no doubt all of the Gordon cricket community will wish him the very best.
Brendan has been an excellent clubman and player for Gordon and has worked very hard on his game and always been willing to participate in club activities during his 5 years with the club which included a year as Club Captain. His enthusiasm for the game and for the Gordon Club has been infectious and we will all miss him. The role he has played in encouraging his team mates has been exceptional and the dressing room certainly won’t be the same without him.
His 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons were no doubt his best for the club taking 43 and 47 wickets respectively and he will be looking to take that form into his performances in Adelaide. As a squad member Brendan will able to play in the Australia Cup 2nd XI competition and press for further selection. The South Australians are starting their preparation early this season as they have qualified for the Champions League T20 competition in India in September, won last year by NSW.
Brendan would like to thank everyone in the Gordon Club for their support over the five years and naturally looks forward to catching up with everyone when in Sydney.
This is a big move for Brendan’s career prospects and as a young man looking to progress to higher honours, we know he will give it a 110% effort, just like he has for Gordon over the years.
Thanks Bmac, for being part of the Gordon Club and contributing so well to its 105 year history. Whatever happens in the future, you would always be welcome back and we will be watching your progress with keen interest.
Brendan McDonald joins South Australian Squad | Gordon District Cricket Club - Link.