2023-24 Australian domestic cricket season

[TheJediBrah]

Steketee really has made a habit out of this whole ending up with good figures from tail end wickets despite being wholly unimpressive in his first couple of spells thing

The next Mitchell Starc

 

[Starfighter]

Looking at the scores for this round - can one of those nongs getting paid to prepare the pitches please produce a hard, bouncy one that isn't thick with grass? Please?

 

[Gnske]

Looking at the scores for this round - can one of those nongs getting paid to prepare the pitches please produce a hard, bouncy one that isn't thick with grass? Please?

I trust that Gabe Bell is elite

 

[social]

Been pissing down in Brisbane for weeks and today was likely perfect bowling conditions

Chuck in dodgy techniques and that’s what you get

 

[TheJediBrah]

Been pissing down in Brisbane for weeks and today was likely perfect bowling conditions

Chuck in dodgy techniques and that’s what you get

Who's coaching young Queensland cricketers? They, and their close friends, need to be held accountable

 

[Nintendo]

Jack clayton is such a weird player. Will get 5 or 6 single figure scores in a row then play an absolute blinder and make you question why he doesn't average 40+.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Jack clayton is such a weird player. Will get 5 or 6 single figure scores in a row then play an absolute blinder and make you question why he doesn't average 40+.

Strikes me as a genuinely poor starter, but when he gets properly going he looks quality imo.

Played a few excellent knocks in his Shield career so far, both in terms of the runs he has made and the way he has made them, genuinely in my top 5 best active domestic bats to watch at his best. Still has a lot of work to do in terms of consistency though

 

[Nintendo]

Douwtjie Hoogenboezem is getting a game for WA in the second XI comp. Has to be up there with the ATG names.

 

[ataraxia]

Doubtless, ey – hooligan to bosh 'em

 

[social]

Who's coaching young Queensland cricketers? They, and their close friends, need to be held accountable

lol

He coaches one of the best junior batters in the country but unfortunately it’s a 14yo girl

Seriously, the coaching of junior batters up here is just bizarre

Coaches talk to kids about becoming 360 degree players while conveniently ignoring the fact that they can’t play a forward defensive shot

It’s a sad state of affairs when the majority don’t average much more than their age

 

[Spikey]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1754272834883621340

western australia should once again be ashamed of themselves

 

[Qlder]

Poor appeal but technically it should have been given out. He was out of his crease and he purposely blocked a ball aimed at the stumps with his bat

 

[social]

Fault lies with Whiteman

Give the batsman a serve but you don’t appeal for that stuff

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Fault lies with Whiteman

Been saying this

 

[Midwinter]

Poor appeal but technically it should have been given out. He was out of his crease and he purposely blocked a ball aimed at the stumps with his bat

Would the ball have hit the stumps if the batman had not "played" the ball?

Most likely it would have hit the batsmens legs.

Is the bowler guilty of intending to hit the batsman with the ball ?

Is the batsman simply "defending" himself from being hit with the ball ?

 

[Spark]

Would the ball have hit the stumps if the batman had not "played" the ball?

Most likely it would have hit the batsmens legs.

Is the bowler guilty of intending to hit the batsman with the ball ?

I don't think batsmen are obligated to let a cricket ball hit them just because it's in the way of the stumps. Yeah you've got pads, but instinctively if there's a hard leather object hurtling towards you unexpectedly and you have a wooden bat in hand whose sole purpose in life is hitting away said object then you're going to use it to protect yourself.

Which would probably be why this wasn't given out. Though I remember Inzamam was famously given out for almost exactly this sort of incident.

 

[Spikey]

To be clear, any batter who has the ball thrown back at them by a bowler when it's blatantly obvious there's no serious run-out attempt and the bowler's just being a little bitch should be allowed to attempt to smack the ball out of the ground

I don't think batsmen are obligated to let a cricket ball hit them just because it's in the way of the stumps. Yeah you've got pads, but instinctively if there's a hard leather object hurtling towards you unexpectedly and you have a wooden bat in hand whose sole purpose in life is hitting away said object then you're going to use it to protect yourself.

Which would probably be why this wasn't given out. Though I remember Inzamam was famously given out for almost exactly this sort of incident.

Inzy's was different in that the throw came from mid-off or whatever and as I recall he was a bit down the pitch and away from the stumps, and he moved towards the stumps to block it, so it's almost closer to the now-introduced rule that doesn't allow batters to block run-outs by changing their path

 

[honestbharani]

I don't think batsmen are obligated to let a cricket ball hit them just because it's in the way of the stumps. Yeah you've got pads, but instinctively if there's a hard leather object hurtling towards you unexpectedly and you have a wooden bat in hand whose sole purpose in life is hitting away said object then you're going to use it to protect yourself.

Which would probably be why this wasn't given out. Though I remember Inzamam was famously given out for almost exactly this sort of incident.

I think that one was gonna hit the stumps if he let it go. You are right, this one is harder to call as the batsman did not move from their position. Inzy very definitely did.

 

[Gnske]

Every time I think someone has outdone Bannerman it's just short. Clayton with a mere 63% of the total.

 

[Line and Length]

Technically out but a controversy avoided.