Australian off season domestic 2012/13

[Prince EWS]

No, the point is that NSW are making that choice. Pattinson still gets picked for Victoria, despite playing as a local for Notts each winter.

Yeah but are Victoria picking him as an overseas player or not?

If NSW are choosing not to pick players technically playing as overseas players that's one thing, but if we're refusing to pick players who count as local players just because they also count as local players elsewhere then that's beyond ridiculous. Which is what I was getting at. We also had no problems picking the Dutchman this season which was inconsistent.

 

[Spikey]

CricketNSW ‏ @CricketNSW
And the winner of the Steve Waugh Medal is @stevesmith49! #swmedal

Nev was robbed.

 

[benchmark00]

Twittey (mix between Twitter and Spikey ftr).

 

[Spikey]

hey **** you skidmark00

 

[Andre]

Yeah but are Victoria picking him as an overseas player or not?

If NSW are choosing not to pick players technically playing as overseas players that's one thing, but if we're refusing to pick players who count as local players just because they also count as local players elsewhere then that's beyond ridiculous. Which is what I was getting at. We also had no problems picking the Dutchman this season which was inconsistent.

Pretty sure Pattinson plays here as an overseas player - I'm almost 100% certain that the only way you can be a local in more than 1 domestic comp is if you are from an associate nation.

 

[benchmark00]

hey **** you skidmark00

Let's talk this out.

 

[morgieb]

Didn't Jaques have to give up his status as a home player in England because he played over here as a local player?

 

[Spikey]

skidmark i can only assume you booked your holiday before you became aware macgill would be playing in the grade finals?

Sydney Uni do a stream for those of you who are dying to see Stuart Clark, Greg Mail and Stuart MacGill all in action ftr: Sydney University Cricket Club

 

[benchmark00]

skidmark i can only assume you booked your holiday before you became aware macgill would be playing in the grade finals?

Sydney Uni do a stream for those of you who are dying to see Stuart Clark, Greg Mail and Stuart MacGill all in action ftr: Sydney University Cricket Club

They're taking the monorail down because the erection I sustained upon hearing the news derailed it, so I had to leave in shame.

 

[Spikey]

skidmark to stay up til 5am to watch the stream imo

 

[benchmark00]

skidmark to stay up til 5am to watch the stream imo

Cribb is online at normal hours of the day now that I live in Europe.

 

[Prince EWS]

Cribb is online at normal hours of the day now that I live in Europe.

 

[Spikey]

Have you actually been off Cweb in the last 24 hours? Cause I mean you made this post 3am

It got me thinking today...

Jaques has retired from Australian domestic cricket because New South Wales don't want to pick him as an overseas player after he uses his British passport to play as a local player in county cricket. We've also overlooked Sam Robson for lesser players, presumably for the same reason.

Timm van der Gugten plays for Holland; does this make him an overseas player here domestically, or does the fact that it's only an associate nation allow him to still play state cricket in Australia as a local player? Same question applies to Cooper I guess but I don't think South Australia have moral objections to it in the same way NSW seem to these days.

 

[Prince EWS]

Have you actually been off Cweb in the last 24 hours? Cause I mean you made this post 3am

I went to the pub for a bit to have a beer and put my NRL tips in.

 

[Spikey]

wait you don't lodge your tips via the internet

 

[benchmark00]

Should've ordered a virtual beer.

 

[Prince EWS]

wait you don't lodge your tips via the internet

Not for the local pub tipping comp, no. It may surprise you to learn that they encourage people to actually show up to their place of business and entertainment.

 

[Spikey]

i just figured considering you do everything else via the internet you'd just email your tips to someone who'd lodge them

 

[benchmark00]

Spikey hash tags his footy tips on Twitter and then lets the internet deal with it.

 

[Spikey]

It's a smooth system I've got