Australian Domestic Off Season 2018

[Spikey]

I believe I once said he would have been picked in the 2010/11 Ashes (after we were toast) if he had been fit. I think I made that claim because Mark Taylor loved him, which, in hindsight, does not mean he would have been picked

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Yeah I shilled hard for Cameron for years before you joined as well. Sad career.

I know, have read a few of the threads from back then. I still see you as the leader of the Mark Cameron Appreciation Society, I am merely a rank and file member.

 

[brockley]

Games shifted to Bangalore due 2 abandoned games.And hopefully the rain stays away.
BTW the floođs worst in century in Kerala.

 

[Burgey]

Well what can the long suffering Blues supporters expect this season? I will say more of the same.. average, middling, moderate. One of the most inconsistent Blues has been jettisoned.. in Nic Maddinson. Surprised a couple did not join him. Namely Nick Larkin and Ben Dwarhuis. Surely there is a better opener and all rounder running around in Premier Cricket.

Somerville has gone back to NZ. #Bertmentum has been contracted.

The problem with nsw is they continually select six or seven bowlers per game and 4 or 5 batsmen. It’s the longest running joke in Australian domestic cricket, apart from South Australia.

 

[Burgey]

Games shifted to Bangalore due 2 abandoned games.And hopefully the rain stays away.
BTW the floođs worst in century in Kerala.

I heard about these floods from Australia’s ambassador to the US tweeting about them and saying wtte of “we’d like the rain in Australia, haha.”

 

[S.Kennedy]

How many Shield matches will Cameron Bancroft, his ban lasting until January, have played?

 

[Burgey]

Gabba getting a multi million dollar make over in the latest attempt to put lipstick on a pig

 

[social]

Gabba getting a multi million dollar make over in the latest attempt to put lipstick on a pig

Not actually touching the ground itself (https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/po...upgrade-plans-move-ahead-20180819-p4zyeo.html) and in no way guaranteed to go ahead anyway as it seems the government won't be putting up any money

 

[Gnske]

Not actually touching the ground itself (https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/po...upgrade-plans-move-ahead-20180819-p4zyeo.html) and in no way guaranteed to go ahead anyway as it seems the government won't be putting up any money

So this idea is just more money put into giving people a straight walkway from the cross-river rail to the Gabba.

So you'll be able to get to the Gabba like five minutes quicker, go to the Normanby pisshouse or hit up the Exhibition centre to see Ed Sheeran strum his six string for an hour.

 

[Spikey]

does that mean all the poor teams that play there get home five minutes quicker? if so this is a great humanitarian project

 

[SeamUp]

Talk to me about Jack Prestwidge.

https://twitter.com/HeatBBL/status/1031042309817655296?s=19

 

[Gnske]

Talk to me about Jack Prestwidge.

https://twitter.com/HeatBBL/status/1031042309817655296?s=19

A bright future of stress fractures of the back ahead of him like all good boys do.

 

[Top_Cat]

Here’s his old man in action for QLD in the 90’s, marginal who has the less sound action tbh. From memory, Scott was injury-prone so let’s hope it doesn’t run in the genes.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Talk to me about Jack Prestwidge.

https://twitter.com/HeatBBL/status/1031042309817655296?s=19

Only really seen a little bit of Prestwidge, but there is certainly a fair bit to work with, genuinely bowls around the 140kph range. The thought of Queensland getting him Stanlake and Doggett all on the park at the same time would be exciting.

His dad was pretty much your quintessential Mercantile Mutual Cup bits and pieces man

 

[brockley]

https://www.saca.com.au/news/valente-stars-in-first-practice-match/2018-08-21
Valentine 162 in first warm up game in Intra game.
NSW playing intra game today Moises Henriques xl vs Nevill xl.

 

[SeamUp]

A bright future of stress fractures of the back ahead of him like all good boys do.

Only really seen a little bit of Prestwidge, but there is certainly a fair bit to work with, genuinely bowls around the 140kph range. The thought of Queensland getting him Stanlake and Doggett all on the park at the same time would be exciting.

His dad was pretty much your quintessential Mercantile Mutual Cup bits and pieces man

Could be a nice breakthrough season for him. I'm sure both him and Wildermuth can play in the same 50-over XI

Be interesting to see where Xavier Bartlett is and if he recovers a bit of his pace but a name to watch is rookie 18 year-old Connor Sully who I see has been with the first team in pre-season. Another opening bowler who looks to have been the stand-out quick for Australia u16s a couple years back. Same team as McKenzie Harvey.

 

[SeamUp]

Scorecard from inter-squad NSW game on the go

 

[TheJediBrah]

^I don't think they're recording balls faced properly . . .

Only really seen a little bit of Prestwidge, but there is certainly a fair bit to work with, genuinely bowls around the 140kph range. The thought of Queensland getting him Stanlake and Doggett all on the park at the same time would be exciting.

His dad was pretty much your quintessential Mercantile Mutual Cup bits and pieces man

What happened to the old bits-and-pieces men? There don't seem to be that many around anymore but back in the late 90s/early 00s most teams had 1 or 2.

guys like Kade Harvey, Shaun Bradstreet,Scott Prestwidge, Scott Kremerskothen, Mark Higgs, Geoff Foley, Ben Oliver, the entire ACT team etc.

 

[morgieb]

^I don't think they're recording balls faced properly . . .



What happened to the old bits-and-pieces men? There don't seem to be that many around anymore but back in the late 90s/early 00s most teams had 1 or 2.

guys like Kade Harvey, Shaun Bradstreet,Scott Prestwidge, Scott Kremerskothen, Mark Higgs, Geoff Foley, Ben Oliver, the entire ACT team etc.

A combination of the Mercantile Mutual Cup losing relevance and IIRC having 12 men in a domestic OD team may have helped too.

 

[Top_Cat]

They made a team out of them.

Okay seriously, they’re still around. I’d put blokes like Neser, Valente, Wildermuth, Milenko, Abbott, etc. in that bag.