2024–25 Australian Domestic Season

[Prince EWS]

Why's Philippe playing a one-day game in Adelaide today when he's supposed to be in Brisbane with the Aussie T20 squad?

Got promoted to the NSW side.

 

[TheJediBrah]

A few more good games he might get promoted again back to the WA side

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Fantastic to get another win yesterday, just a good professional performance with bat and with ball


Vic V WA starting now, just hoping the shitty Melbourne climate plays ball

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Well it has for long enough for Josh Brown to get out at least.

Honestly not sure why Victoria bothered to sign him, I know he moved over to the Renegades for the BBL, but realistically was never going to be considered against the red ball, and honestly even this 50 over stuff is a bridge too far if he continues to bat like this. Also being the wrong side of 30 he isn't especially likely to improve

Would have rather seen someone like young Dixon (was in the squad but not picked in the XI) than him honestly


Bancroft having the gloves for this game is pretty dire as well

 

[TheJediBrah]

Brown is living off that 1 BBL innings. It was not a good decision to sign him, and promise him a guaranteed spot for x games (which is what I assume must have happened). They even pushed Tom Rogers who was coming into his own as an opening bat last year down the order to accommodate him.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Brown is living off that 1 BBL innings. It was not a good decision to sign him, and promise him a guaranteed spot for x games (which is what I assume must have happened). They even pushed Tom Rogers who was coming into his own as an opening bat last year down the order to accommodate him.

Yeah it looks pretty clear to me it was a decision made to incentivise him to move down for the BBL, but it (predictably really) is just not working at all

 

[TheJediBrah]

the **** is duckworth lewis doing in this game. Vics made 132 with the reduced overs but WA somehow only need 124 in the same number of overs despite knowing the innings duration from the start

I assume it has something to do with Vics losing 2 early wickets before the rain but that makes absolutely no sense

 

[GoodAreasShane]

As a general rule Victoria getting screwed over is a good thing, but yeah that one doesn't make sense to me at all

 

[ataraxia]

the **** is duckworth lewis doing in this game. Vics made 132 with the reduced overs but WA somehow only need 124 in the same number of overs despite knowing the innings duration from the start

I assume it has something to do with Vics losing 2 early wickets before the rain but that makes absolutely no sense

Probs because Victoria got a longer powerplay (although I haven't checked if that's true).

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Ben Manenti to lead South Australia this round. Interesting call

 

[Kraken]

Ben Manenti to lead South Australia this round. Interesting call

Does Liam Scott have a niggle or something? Otherwise, that's an interesting call to leave him out tbh

 

[Burgey]

More importantly, Big S3xeh is playing

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Does Liam Scott have a niggle or something? Otherwise, that's an interesting call to leave him out tbh

Not sure, haven't heard anything either way myself, wasn't even mentioned in the article on the SACA website which is definitely a little odd


Personally if available I would have had him in over either Pope or Conway, probably the latter. Although tbf both have bowled well recently, I would still have rathered the extra batting Scott provides considering that top and middle order still looks somewhat shaky

 

[morgieb]

Have to say, surprised Moises got dropped.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Have to say, surprised Moises got dropped.

Has a bit of a groin issue apparently

 

[Prince EWS]

Seems like a weird pitch for NSW to only play two specialist seamers on, especially since Hadley has 7 FC wickets @ 42. Probably a bit lucky Bird has managed to run through them by himself.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Has a bit of a groin issue apparently

Too much Spotify

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Seems like a weird pitch for NSW to only play two specialist seamers on, especially since Hadley has 7 FC wickets @ 42. Probably a bit lucky Bird has managed to run through them by himself.

Bloke seems to always take a bag against South Australia. Bastard.

Little surprised Hadley was even even in the XI to begin with, got picked over Nisbet again which seems a little odd to me

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nisbet is the future of Australian cricket. Who the **** is Hadley? No one with a name like that could be a good seam bowler

 

[Prince EWS]

Absolutely dreadful first over from Pope that somehow only went for 1.