Australian Domestic Off Season 2018

[vic_orthdox]

Few changes with the youth in Victoria, Christian not getting a contract maybe a bit of a surprise but then gets the consolation prize of three years with the Renegades; reckon he'll still play a role in 2018/19 for Vics.

 

[brockley]

No contract for Andrew Fekete.

 

[TheJediBrah]

No contract for Andrew Fekete.

Well that's a bit of a surprise to say the least. There has to be a story behind it, surely.

 

[vic_orthdox]

I wouldn't be reading too much into it. Moving back for personal reasons, no promises from Victoria.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I wouldn't be reading too much into it. Moving back for personal reasons, no promises from Victoria.

Fair point. Why give someone a contract when they're moving back there regardless.

 

[ajdude]

surprised Thomson was cut, only 20 and was pretty gutsy in the ODD stuff, made that 166 in premier cricket too

 

[Gnske]

Props to Victoria for dumping the ***ist and aged Bushrangers name

 

[vic_orthdox]

surprised Thomson was cut, only 20 and was pretty gutsy in the ODD stuff, made that 166 in premier cricket too

Yeah, with some of the young guys they've brought in, there's been some young guys pushed out. He was the least impressive of the young Melbourne bats (Harper, Gotch, Pucovski) over the past twenty four months but had a good finals series last year.

 

[brockley]

Aiden Blizzard retires from BIG Bash,will miss those massive 6's.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Aiden Blizzard retires from BIG Bash,will miss those massive 6's.

Didn't hit too many massive 6's lately playing as a specialist fielder for the Thunder

 

[brockley]

Thinking when he played for the Vics at Shep MCG 1 day in the distant past,knocked them out of the ground.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Tend to think Blizzard was underused by the Thunder last season. You can at least rely on him to get on with it, unlike younger guys like KPat and especially Gibson who tended to start slowly.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Tend to think Blizzard was underused by the Thunder last season. You can at least rely on him to get on with it, unlike younger guys like KPat and especially Gibson who tended to start slowly.

That's an understatement. He was batting at like 7 or even 8 behind some truly useless T20 players. Even all-rounders, Nair batted ahead of him every game I think.

Absolute waste

 

[Burgey]

I agree Nair is an absolute waste.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Nair could be a handy bowler if he gets his action sorted out, that is a very big if though. No idea why the Thunder continued selecting him after he had been called, nowhere near good enough to make it on batting alone.

 

[Burgey]

Probably under instructions from Cricket NSW. Their kind of selection.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nair could be a handy bowler if he gets his action sorted out, that is a very big if though. No idea why the Thunder continued selecting him after he had been called, nowhere near good enough to make it on batting alone.

Nair is his action. His entire (perceived) value as a bowler, and as a player, is based on his unusual bowling action and what he does with it. If he's forced to play within the rules he's useless. I don't even see him being as useful as Narine as a batsman.

 

[Starfighter]

Even with a dodgy action he barely spun the ball anyway. Never looked threatening in his FC matches.

 

[Gnske]

Nair could be a handy bowler if he gets his action sorted out, that is a very big if though. No idea why the Thunder continued selecting him after he had been called, nowhere near good enough to make it on batting alone.

Wait, he actually got called on it? Absolutely missed that

 

[Burgey]

Interesting chat with Bert tonight. To say everyone is scratching their heads is an understatement.