Australian Domestic Season 2011-12

[Noble One]

Has been chasing James Muirhead and Pete Handscomb too.

Any interest for a left-arm tweaker showing some form over the weekend?

 

[vic_orthdox]

Haha, first five wicket haul in a fair while.

Think it's just me and Adam Ritchard who haven't played a FC/list A game now from the World Cup team. Black sheeeep.

 

[Spikey]

gotta be better than callum bailey




jon holland for that matter too

 

[stephen]

QLD are really making other states work for every single point this season aren't they? Pity it wasn't a tie. Deserves to go down as something more special than a draw.

 

[robelinda]

Any interest for a left-arm tweaker showing some form over the weekend?

Don't forget the 33 with the bat too......

 

[Top_Cat]

kick them out please

Carl Tietjens and Tom Thornton both locals so there's that.

As I said at the time he said all that, Berry's intentions to play local talent, force the Red-dakks out to grade training, etc. are all very noble but winning, when the rubber meets the road, is the only game in town. If the locals aren't producing the sorts of players who will win Shield games, well, he has to look elsewhere if he wants to keep his job.

 

[Prince EWS]

Stoked for Simmons.

 

[Prince EWS]

Carl Tietjens and Tom Thornton both locals so there's that.

As I said at the time he said all that, Berry's intentions to play local talent, force the Red-dakks out to grade training, etc. are all very noble but winning, when the rubber meets the road, is the only game in town. If the locals aren't producing the sorts of players who will win Shield games, well, he has to look elsewhere if he wants to keep his job.

I think Berry sees his role as one of improving cricket in South Australia, rather than improving the standard of cricket South Australia play. Whether or not he lasts in the role will depend on if the board shares his vision because, from the looks of things anyway, there's going to be a lot of losing associated with that.

Anyway, isn't Thornton from Canberra? Born in Canberra, played for the ACT for years, etc etc. Did he move to Adelaide as a kid, learn his cricket there and then move back to Canberra to play for the Comets or something?

 

[Pup Clarke]

Only know of Simmons because of that peach of a yorker Tait bowled to him in the ING final a few years back. God, that was a good ball. One of the best yorkers I've seen in fact.

 

[Top_Cat]

I think Berry sees his role as one of improving cricket in South Australia, rather than improving the standard of cricket South Australia play. Whether or not he lasts in the role will depend on if the board shares his vision because, from the looks of things anyway, there's going to be a lot of losing associated with that.

The board shares the vision insofar as it won't make them look bad because they're hyper-political ****s (seriously, how else do you explain Adcock as captain?). SA cricket needs an enema from from the heads of grade clubs to the (ball)SACA. As long as the players don't embarrass them publicly/accidentally insult their honour, how the team does is irrelevant. Well, sorta; as long as how they lose doesn't look bad politically.

The grade clubs have a terribad relationship with SACA, which has been the case for many (many) years. And SACA don't give a ****.

Anyway, isn't Thornton from Canberra? Born in Canberra, played for the ACT for years, etc etc. Did he move to Adelaide as a kid, learn his cricket there and then move back to Canberra to play for the Comets or something?

Yeah, I call them 'local' if they learned their cricket here.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah, I call them 'local' if they learned their cricket here.

Yeah that's fair enough. I just thought he'd spent the entire time in Canberra for some reason.

 

[Top_Cat]

Well, that's fair enough since he played all his rep cricket there. Probably could go either way as far as calling him a local now I think about it.

 

[Prince EWS]

SACA seem to have a pretty decent relationship with the Comets in general. Trying to expand their local catchment?

 

[Top_Cat]

SACA seem to have a pretty decent relationship with the Comets in general. Trying to expand their local catchment?

Pfft, they've done NSW, moving further south these days.

 

[Riggins]

Yeah that's fair enough. I just thought he'd spent the entire time in Canberra for some reason.

Has only lived in Adelaide for 2 summers before this one, other than that spent all time in Canberra. Tuggerenong CC if I recall correctly.

 

[Julian87]

Is O'Keefe injured?

 

[Prince EWS]

Is O'Keefe injured?

Yeah split webbing. He'll be out for a while.

 

[Prince EWS]

Two true blue New South Welsh former Sydney Grade cricketers opening the batting against NSW.

And we can't get them out.

 

[Prince EWS]

Can't understand how Maddinson makes the team ahead of Patterson either. It's not like he's a proven player or has a lot more experience and he can't buy a run at the moment.

Cue a ton now I've said that, although I certainly wouldn't mind...

 

[robelinda]

Patterson would be feeling unlucky for sure.