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*Official* Big Bash League 14 - 2024/25

Burgey

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Is there a shortage of Aussie wicket keeper batsmen? Billings, Alsop, Banton, Siefert, Hurst, Pope have all done a keeping job so far, and at least 2 of them are not even regular keepers.
Inglis is injured and he normally keeps for Perth. Gilkes is playing here for the Thunder but as a batsman only (I know). There does seem to be a shortage of locals playing with the gloves though
 

the big bambino

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Is there a shortage of Aussie wicket keeper batsmen? Billings, Alsop, Banton, Siefert, Hurst, Pope have all done a keeping job so far, and at least 2 of them are not even regular keepers.
Jimmy Pierson, Sam Harper, Josh Phillippe, Ben McDermott, Matt Wade.
 
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Starfighter

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Inglis is injured and he normally keeps for Perth. Gilkes is playing here for the Thunder but as a batsman only (I know). There does seem to be a shortage of locals playing with the gloves though
The team recruiters seem to think that someone will be good just because they're an English keeper-bat.
 

TheJediBrah

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Inglis is injured and he normally keeps for Perth. Gilkes is playing here for the Thunder but as a batsman only (I know). There does seem to be a shortage of locals playing with the gloves though
Sam Whiteman is a far better cricketer than whoever is keeping for Perth too. Hobart/Tasmania usually have about 4 keepers in their side. Don;t know why Jimmy Pierson isn't playing but he would be better than most of those others too.
 
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Molehill

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Spinners just darting them in and not getting taken for anything. Makes for terrible cricket
It's happening everywhere, Dan Mousley got in the England team bowling this stuff. It did seem to get found out in International T20's though, but works rather too well at this level.
 

Starfighter

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Ah yes, I just remembered how much I disliked watching Dan Christian bowling overs of loopy slower balls. Hasn't yet gone around the wicket, but I can imagine it's only a matter of time.
 

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