Australian Domestic Season 2015/16

[Top_Cat]

Head has had a Shaun Marshesque like summer but since he is 10 years younger I would have no problem with him making some touring squads, especially if he does something in the final. What's the pitch like at glenelG ?

Statistically but when you've basically won the games you've performed in off your own bat, the comparison breaks down a bit.

The Bay is traditionally sluggish but there seemed to be a lot of movement in the last game so who knows.

 

[adub]

Head has been hot and cold, but he's so young and as TC says when he's been hot he's been a match winner. That's pretty impressive for a guy who only turned 22 in December and has been handed the Captaincy before he ever made an FC hundred. Three tons in a season is not to be sneezed at. He's proved that he can go big now he just needs to get through his starts better to push his average right up.

K Pat is the other young guy (other than debutantes) who has had a breakthrough year. Going to three and really holding together a pretty fragile NSW middle order is a big step up for another 22 year old.

Would be very happy to see these two getting some A team experience at 3 and 4. Head's attacking instincts and Patterson's occupation would complement each other I think.

 

[Midwinter]

The seasons over and the team with only slimmest hope going into the last round finished on top of the table.
Congratulations to the Croweaters.

Batting

SA Head 699 (6), Lehmann 609 (11)
Vic Dean 642 (8), Handscomb 611 (10)
NSW Patterson 738 (3), Cowan 509 (16)
Qld Renshaw 738 (4), Heazlett 649 (7)
WA Bancroft 732 (5), Klinger 617 (9)
Tas Dunk 838 (1), Bailey 761 (2)

Good mix of the young and old.
Tassie had the two highest run scorers, Head's late run put him up to 6th and became SA's leading run scorer.
Cowan was NSW's second highest scorer despite being 16th on the list. Patterson best of the new batsman with a excellent second half of the season.

Bowling
SA Mennie 48 (1), Worrall 37 (4) - Sayers 32 (7)
Vic Tremain 32 (6), Boland 31 (8)
NSW Bollinger 27 (11) , Copeland 26 (12)
Qld Hopes 28 (9), Wildermuth 25 (13)
WA Hogan 37 (3), Paris 35 (5)
Tas Bird 40 (2), Fekete 28 (10)

Congratulations to Joe Mennie, leading wicket taker. Did anyone pick that at the start of the season ?
SA had 3 of the top 7 bowlers. NSW didn't have a bowler in the top 10 and Qld only had one.
Tassie had two bowlers in the top 10.
Paris the up and comer this year.
Surprising how few of the bowlers played a full season. Copeland only played 5, Paris 6 and Sayers 7. Only Mennie and Ahmed played all 10 games.

Spinners
Ahmed 23 (14)
O'Keefe 17 (21) - 6 games
Swepson 17 (22) - 6 games
Lyon 12 (24) - 4 games
Zampa 10 (30) - 5 games
Agar 9 (35) - 7 games

Ahmed only took 2 wickets in the last 3 games. O'Keefe ave 24, Ahmed ave 34, the others were nigher.
Not the best year for the twirleymen.

SA had the consistent bowling and Head almost singlehandly winning the last 2 games with bat

Vic had a consistent team performance up till the batting fell apart in the last 3 games. Quiney, Dean, Handscomb hardly scored a run. They were doing well till Maxwell went on Rep duty, he had had a consistent season in the middle order. And the points for the SCG game ended up being the only reason they made the final.

NSW were all over the shop all year. Patterson's consistency in the second half and Copeland's come back almost got them into the final, Dougeh carried the bowling. Cowan went missing and losing SOK after 6 games also cost them.

Qld almost made it to the final on James Hopes's back. Some good games from their younger batsmen but their inconsistency and the lack of depth in the bowling showed up in the end.

WA Klinger and SMarsh carried the batting but despite some good performances the younger batsmen were inconsistent. Hogan carried the bowling but Paris had some good games. Losing Behrendorff early in the year didn't help.

Tassie The two highest scoring batsmen, the second highest wicket taker and still finished bottom, shows up the lack of depth in the team. A disappointing year.

Up and comers
SA Joof Lehmann
Vic Dean
NSW Patterson
Qld Renshaw Heazlett, Swepson
WA Cartwright, Paris
Tas Kingston

So the season
Only 5 draws from 30 games
Quite a few games over in 3 days, were the pitches better or worse this year? They certainly didn't help the spinners
Did they give too much help to the journeymen medium pacers ?

Shield final

The season would give support to those arguing to do away with the shield final. Four teams in with a chance going into the last round and the fourth team winning. But if Vic had of won one of the last 3 games it would have been over early.

Final to be played at Glenelg

Carn the Vics

 

[Top_Cat]

The seasons over and the team with only slimmest hope going into the last round finished on top of the table.
Congratulations to the Croweaters.

Batting

SA Head 699 (6), Lehmann 609 (11)
Vic Dean 642 (8), Handscomb 611 (10)
NSW Patterson 738 (3), Cowan 509 (16)
Qld Renshaw 738 (4), Heazlett 649 (7)
WA Bancroft 732 (5), Klinger 617 (9)
Tas Dunk 838 (1), Bailey 761 (2)

Good mix of the young and old.
Tassie had the two highest run scorers, Head's late run put him up to 6th and became SA's leading run scorer.
Cowan was NSW's second highest scorer despite being 16th on the list. Patterson best of the new batsman with a excellent second half of the season.

Bowling
SA Mennie 48 (1), Worrall 37 (4) - Sayers 32 (7)
Vic Tremain 32 (6), Boland 31 (8)
NSW Bollinger 27 (11) , Copeland 26 (12)
Qld Hopes 28 (9), Wildermuth 25 (13)
WA Hogan 37 (3), Paris 35 (5)
Tas Bird 40 (2), Fekete 28 (10)

Congratulations to Joe Mennie, leading wicket taker. Did anyone pick that at the start of the season ?
SA had 3 of the top 7 bowlers. NSW didn't have a bowler in the top 10 and Qld only had one.
Tassie had two bowlers in the top 10.
Paris the up and comer this year.
Surprising how few of the bowlers played a full season. Copeland only played 5, Paris 6 and Sayers 7. Only Mennie and Ahmed played all 10 games.

Spinners
Ahmed 23 (14)
O'Keefe 17 (21) - 6 games
Swepson 17 (22) - 6 games
Lyon 12 (24) - 4 games
Zampa 10 (30) - 5 games
Agar 9 (35) - 7 games

Ahmed only took 2 wickets in the last 3 games. O'Keefe ave 24, Ahmed ave 34, the others were nigher.
Not the best year for the twirleymen.

SA had the consistent bowling and Head almost singlehandly winning the last 2 games with bat
Vic had a consistent team performance up till the batting fell apart in the last 3 games. Quiney, Dean, Handscomb hardly scored a run. They were doing well till Maxwell went on Rep duty, he had had a consistent season in the middle order. And the points for the SCG game ended up being the only reason they made the final.
NSW were all over the shop all year. Patterson's consistency in the second half and Copeland's come back almost got them into the final, Dougeh carried the bowling. Cowan went missing and losing SOK after 6 games also cost them.
Qld almost made it to the final on James Hopes's back. Some good games from their younger batsmen but their inconsistency and the lack of depth in the bowling showed up in the end.
WA Klinger and SMarsh carried the batting but despite some good performances the younger batsmen were inconsistent. Hogan carried the bowling but Paris had some good games. Losing Behrendorff early in the year didn't help.
Tassie The two highest scoring batsmen, the second highest wicket taker and still finished bottom, shows up the lack of depth in the team. A disappointing year.

Up and comers
SA Joof Lehmann
Vic Dean
NSW Patterson
Qld Renshaw Heazlett, Swepson
WA Cartwright, Paris
Tas Kingston

So the season
Only 5 draws from 30 games
Quite a few games over in 3 days, were the pitches better or worse this year? They certainly didn't help the spinners
Did they give too much help to the journeymen medium pacers ?

Shield final

The season would give support to those arguing to do away with the shield final. Four teams in with a chance going into the last round and the fourth team winning. But if Vic had of won one of the last 3 games it would have been over early.

Final to be played at Glenelg

Carn the Vics

These the biggest surprises. Three blokes doing the job and playing most games is going to win you a lot of cricket matches and, really, if SA go all the way, they have to thank the bowlers for not only doing the job on day 1 but also yanking them back into the contest a couple of times both home and away.

 

[brockley]

Pro Camp
Pro camp for juniors.

 

[Gnske]

These the biggest surprises. Three blokes doing the job and playing most games is going to win you a lot of cricket matches and, really, if SA go all the way, they have to thank the bowlers for not only doing the job on day 1 but also yanking them back into the contest a couple of times both home and away.

Really glad Worrall has had success as second/third seamer, he's been surprisingly good. A man with that run up deserves only the finest reward.

 

[Top_Cat]

Real bustler innit. Reminds me of Saker in his pomp, bowls quick and up to to the bat but can crank it and neck you if required.

 

[brockley]

Clarke confirmed on sky that he won't play Shield or Metador Cup,or any other 4 day or one day stuff.

 

[Riggins]

Statistically but when you've basically won the games you've performed in off your own bat, the comparison breaks down a bit.

The Bay is traditionally sluggish but there seemed to be a lot of movement in the last game so who knows.

It used to be slow and low - they tore up the whole ground a few years ago and since then it has had much more life. Usually still pretty flat but heaps more in it than 10 years ago when it would break up before tea on day 1.

I don't think preparing a flatty is actually in our best interests either. Our batting lineup is still fragile as **** - may as well roll out a seamer and hope for the best.

 

[Top_Cat]

The Vic bats are travelling even worse, probably a wicket fest on day 1 no matter who bats!

 

[Cabinet96]

Brydon Coverdale on the first-class retirements of Hopes, Butterworth, Hilfenhaus and Hogan | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Midwinter]

Any ideas on the reason Hopes is retiring ?
He could play another 5 years and would probably still be Qld's best player

 

[Dan]

Old, cbf, body not holding up etc.

 

[Midwinter]

ACA Sheffield Shield All-Star Team of the Year
1 Cameron Bancroft (WA), 2 Ben Dunk (Tas), 3 Kurtis Patterson (NSW), 4 Travis Head (SA), 5 George Bailey (Tas, capt), 6 Jake Lehmann (SA), 7 Chris Hartley (Qld, vice-capt), 8 Joe Mennie (SA), 9 Joel Paris (WA), 10 Jackson Bird (Tas), 11 Scott Boland (Vic), 12 James Hopes (Qld).

Head shield player of the year.

Disappointed in the team of the year
Hopes in 12th man shocker
Renshaw outscored Bancroft as opener.
Lehmann was 11th highest run scorer
Head was 6th highest run scorer

Also no Hogan or Worrall third and fourth highest wicket takers and no spinner.

I feel like writing a letter or something

 

[Riggins]

cricket's not all about stats champ

 

[NUFAN]

Tassie having 3 in the team of the season shows just how bad the rest of the squad was. Unbelievable that Mennie didn't take a single 5-fa during the season. He was just so consistent.

 

[Gnske]

Credit to their bowling unit isn't it that he hasn't been permitted to take a 5-fa.

Final is upon us gentleman, my money and my heart is with SA to win this. Would be truly remarkable given how consistently inconsistent the batting has been this season and given the pain of the last season.

 

[Top_Cat]

Go you ****ing 'backs.

 

[NUFAN]

Credit to their bowling unit isn't it that he hasn't been permitted to take a 5-fa.

Final is upon us gentleman, my money and my heart is with SA to win this. Would be truly remarkable given how consistently inconsistent the batting has been this season and given the pain of the last season.

Yep credit goes to the whole attack. Mennie seems to have taken a wicket or two in his first spell so often too, great to see.

 

[NUFAN]

I think Cosy was a little unlucky with that LBW decision. It may have clipped leg, but that's not good enough when bowling around the wicket. I may need to see a replay or two, but on first viewing..