Australian Domestic Season 2018/19

[the big bambino]

So what do we ,make of Harris then? Overall average 35 but as Nufan's stats show he's been on a higher plateau for the last 2 seasons. 210* is great but against an attack a man down by the looks of the card. I'm just glad seeing some runs scored - even by Cooper, and yep its a bit harsh, but I'm not totally sold yet.

 

[morgieb]

on one hand, harris is a western australian. on the other, langer chucked a hissy fit when harris quit playing for WA

Yeah I struggle to see Harris getting into contention given Langer's comments about him.

 

[Top_Cat]

I'm still not sold. The wrongun is clearly excellent (perhaps I had more faith in shield players to pick it - or Joe Burns to not play around it despite picking it) but the four leg break wickets were pretty lucky. Marnus slashed at a ball he really shouldn't have, Doggett/Swepson are tailenders and played rubbish shots to poor deliveries and the Heazlett one was gross.

Sure, no replays in the scorebook but I don't particularly like applauding people on '**** gets wickets' and he's clearly expensive. Will happily eat the onions when he starts actually looking threatening with leg breaks.

Like McGrath with his outswinger.

And having a crack at a bloke for taking tailenders when he took 7 on day 1? Fair go. Swepson, he who possesses the Great Australian Ripping Leg break, has precisely zero wickets and is going at a similar rate of runs.

 

[Starfighter]

I'd love to have seen Pranger's reaction if he'd been around to witness Invers leaving '79.

 

[Spikey]

Like McGrath with his outswinger.

And having a crack at a bloke for taking tailenders when he took 7 on day 1? Fair go. Swepson, he who possesses the Great Australian Ripping Leg break, has precisely zero wickets and is going at a similar rate of runs.

Pope didn't have to bowl at Wollongong's finest like Swepson did

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Got mixed feelings on Harris, has definitely improved as a batsman since moving to Victoria but I still think he is a bit patchy technically. His recent shield record is impressive but I am still not convinced he will be able to negotiate the new ball against international bowlers.

 

[stephen]

Like most batsmen in the shield at the moment he's good for a couple of hundreds a season. But in between times is lean.

Honestly why the Victorian batsmen are not all averaging 60 is beyond me. They get to play on the most placid deck of all.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Like most batsmen in the shield at the moment he's good for a couple of hundreds a season. But in between times is lean.

Honestly why the Victorian batsmen are not all averaging 60 is beyond me. They get to play on the most placid deck of all.

Yeah and why don't all the Victorian bowlers average over 50 since they play on the most placid deck of all? How did Tremain & Boland finish 1 and 3 on the wicket taking lists last year?

Real mystery

 

[stephen]

Yeah and why don't all the Victorian bowlers average over 50 since they play on the most placid deck of all? How did Tremain & Boland finish 1 and 3 on the wicket taking lists last year?

Real mystery

I rate the Victorian bowling attack in large part because they play on the MCG so often. It's a shocking road these days.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

#kickavic

 

[NUFAN]

Like most batsmen in the shield at the moment he's good for a couple of hundreds a season. But in between times is lean.

Honestly why the Victorian batsmen are not all averaging 60 is beyond me. They get to play on the most placid deck of all.

I looked up the past 2 years and the Vics played 4 matches per year at the G so theyd have to make a lot of runs there to get that average up to 60 for the season.

 

[Burgey]

Burgeinho up against the great Don Nash today. Should be good for a giggle.

 

[GotSpin]

https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/10/...ALa0VHApxoGlqBeBCARfY8umxjmbbNT6tQmoTQ4eTOsoQ

 

[Gnske]

It's just a pity Sutherland and Howard are waiting so long to actually piss off.

 

[NUFAN]

Jake Lehmann is really close to the Test team now IMO.

Selectors are going to love him being able to make 100 plus bat out a draw. Plus the lineage.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Burgeinho up against the great Don Nash today. Should be good for a giggle.

Wow, great to see Nash still around, by all accounts quite the character.

 

[aussie tragic]

So Victoria, 2 games, 2 batsmen scoring big double hundreds. Who's their batting coach, can we get him the gig with Australia?

 

[Burgey]

That’s one word for him, yeah. His young bloke is playing as well which is a treat for a dad.

We’re 5/110 or so after 33. Got a bit of work to do. Burgeinho not out not many.

Ones rolled Blacktown for 126. Parra 0/36 in reply. Ben Abbott going at a SR of 160 odd. Always good to watch.

 

[Gnske]

Renshaw is going to **** his chances up again isn't he?

 

[Burgey]

Meanwhile, up and coming surtherland leg spinner Steve Smith took 3/34.