Prince EWS
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Tasmania good sports in getting themselves all out before The Bolt Report started.
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**Official** Australian Domestic Season 2013/14
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Is Rainbird not pretty enough?
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Cowan would be the worst runner in the country surely? I reckon he just shades Phil Hughes. Though it is super tight.
Prince EWS
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Watson is worse than Hughes IMO; Cowan is the worst though.
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Nah Smith was wrong.
If you're bowled out then it counts as 50 overs but they still scored too many.
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"I think it's hard for guys to come out and play your entire one-day season in the first three weeks and I think it's going to be difficult for guys pushing for Australian selection when it comes to the internationals in January. I think it's probably tough for younger guys to break into the team, which traditionally you can do, depending on how your side is going late in the year.
I disagree with that simply because I don't think the OD comp plays too much a part in ODI selection, for better or worse.
I disagree with that simply because I don't think the OD comp plays too much a part in ODI selection, for better or worse.
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Nah I reckon he has a good point with regards to pushing for international one day selection.
On what basis are they going to select domestic cricketers when the ODI's roll around after the test summer? Someone's form four months ago?
On what basis are they going to select domestic cricketers when the ODI's roll around after the test summer? Someone's form four months ago?
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Finch, for example, got a gig on the back of Domestic performances.
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To extend, I think the BigBash plays a part here. As does the rotation system, in that guys are rested and we need to find a replacement, and hey this guy has got talent, he's come up through our system, I like his technique etc etc oh and hey he has a solid OD record too
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He's got a point about all the games being in Sydney; I'd be having a whinge about it is I supported a non-NSW team too. And I also agree that playing less cricket throughout the summer isn't really a good thing at the moment either. However his criticism of giving OD cricket a dedicated window was laughable given last season he complained about the challenges involved in swapping between formats so often. I think having all the the one dayers at the start of the season is a good idea personally. It's true that it leaves a big gap between the end of the domestic one day season and the ODIs, but the alternative would be to have no Shield cricket on during the Test series, and people would no doubt cry blue murder if that happened (again).
There's no ideal solution. The Big Bash is essentially paying for these competitions to run the way they do so it has to stay where it is and the Shield and Ryobi Cups have to work around it, maximise their relevance in terms of both preparation and indication for selection.
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If aaron finch makes 7 ducks during the BBL do you think he gets given a go last summer? It's part of the package for me. It plays some part, but there's a lot of other stuff that goes into ODI selection too imo. And I think the new format won't really affect it's part in the package, other than a lesser amount of games (which tbf, is a loss and something CA should try to get back)