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[dontcloseyoureyes]

Patrick in forthright mood at Press Conference

Gun post FTR.

 

[luffy]

Hate to say it, but it's actually Matt Luff, not Chris Luff.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Hate to say it, but it's actually Matt Luff, not Chris Luff.

Haha, ah Patteh. Always provides the lols.

 

[pinchy81]

Nice to see that I'm doing well, but come on guys step it up

 

[Mister Wright]

Think Wright needs to return tbh.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Such a gun is this Scott fellow.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Oops.

 

[Johnners]

Pretty happy with teh debut and economy rate. Not so much about the lack of wickets last match though. Lara's my bunny

 

[alternative]

Hmm.

 

[Kweek]

sweet 2 fifties and a century

 

[G.I.Joe]

Nah he's taken mate.

Players to choose from (updated list) -

George Bailey, Age 22, RH Batsman - NUFAN/Rob Bowen
Travis Birt, Age 23, LH Batsman
Douglas Bollinger, Age 23, LFM Bowler - pasag/Zachary Gelman
Nathan Bracken, Age 27, LFM Bowler - Nnanden/Nath Patrick
Luke Butterworth, Age 21, RM Bowler - Noble_One/Brenton Robb
Lee Carseldine, Age 29, LH Batsman - James90/James Stedman
Beau Casson, Age 22, RH Batsman, LAS Bowler
Stuart Clark, Age 29, RFM Bowler - Flem274*/Kieran Horton
Michael Clarke, Age 24, RH Batsman - Matteh/Mat Mitchell
Mark Cleary, Age 24, RFM Bowler - pinchy81/Ryan Dunn
Sean Clingeleffer, Age 24, WK, LH Opening Batsman - Kweek/Tarick Weber
Mark Cosgrove, Age 20, LH Batsman - Simon/Simon Fitzsimmons
Gerard Denton, Age 29, RFM Bowler
Michael Dighton, Age 29, RH Opening Batsman - Samuel Vimes/Highkon Mawk
Xavier Doherty, Age 22, LAS Bowler - vic_orthdox/Jack McNamara
Ben Edmonson, Age 26, RFM Bowler
Brett Geeves, Age 23, RFM Bowler
Adam Griffith, Age 27, RFM Bowler
Bradley Haddin, Age 27, WK, RH Batsman - Jamee999/Jamee Gray
Ryan Harris, Age 25, RFM Bowler
Chris Hartley, Age 23, WK, LH Batsman - Neil Pickup/Neil Pickup
Nathan Hauritz, Age 23, OS Bowler - darko21/Brad Pine
Mark Higgs, Age 28, LH Batsman, LAS Bowler - Hoggy31/Higgy Marks
Brad Hodge, Age 30, RH Batsman - morgieb/Fabian Morgan
James Hopes, Age 26, RH Batsman, RM Bowler - Goughy/Kev Gough
David Hussey, Age 27, RH Batsman - Jakester1288/Jake McDonald
Mathew Inness, Age 27, LFM Bowler
Phil Jaques, Age 26, RH Opening Batsman - SirBloody Idiot/Nick Scott
Nicholas Jewell, Age 27, RH Opening Batsman - Prince EWS/Robert Cribb
Mitchell Johnson, Age 23, LH Batsman, LF Bowler - Somerset/Sam Somerset
Simon Katich, Age 29, LH Batsman - NZTailender/Greg Thomas
Bradley Knowles, Age 23, RF Bowler
Grant Lambert, Age 27, RH Batsman, RFM Bowler
Greg Mail, Age 27, RH Opening Batsman
Shaun Marsh, Age 21, LH Opening Batman - Athlai/John Heads
Andrew McDonald, Age 23, RH Batsman, RFM Bowler - bryce/Bryce Cunningham
Scott Meuleman, Age 24, RH Batsman
Ashley Noffke, Age 28, RH Batsman, RFM Bowler
Aaron Nye, Age 26, RH Batsman
Aaron O'Brien, Age 23, LH Batsman, LAS Bowler
Craig Philipson, Age 22, RH Batsman - Mister Wright/Kyle Wright
Paul Rofe, Age 24, RFM Bowler
Chris Rogers, Age 27, LH Opening Batsman - luffy/Chris Luff
Luke Ronchi, Age 24, WK, RH Batsman - alternative/Manjunath Reddlapalli
Craig Simmons, Age 22, LH Opening Batsman
Chris Simpson, Age 23, RH Batsman, OS Bowler
Shaun Tait, Age 22, RF Bowler - HeathDavisSpeed/Heath Davis
Dominic Thornely, Age 26, RH Batsman - James/James Nixon
Shane Watson, Age 23, RH Batsman, RFM Bowler - dontcloseyoureyes/Daniel Smith
Cameron White, Age 21, RH Batsman, LS Bowler - Uppercut/Will Quinn
Allan Wise, Age 26, LFM Bowler
Peter Worthington, Age 25, RH Batsman, RFM Bowler
Damien Wright, Age 29, RFM Bowler

People who haven't signed up yet - please feel free.

Player: Brett Geeves
Name: Gee Iye Joe

 

[Nate]

Done.

 

[Nate]

First Test Match
Australia vs South Africa

Australia XI -
Nick Scott
Chris Luff (Test Debut, changes name after Test)
Tarick Weber (wk)
Daniel Smith (capt)
Mat Mitchell
Jake McDonald
Higgy Marks
Will Quinn (Test Debut)
Bryce Cunningham
Ryan Dunn
Kingsley Clapham

 

[Noble One]

Obviously no room in the team for a run a ball bowler, and someone who may score the odd well compiled 10.

I believe I have another 14-15 years of my career left to make the team.

 

[Nate]

Obviously no room in the team for a run a ball bowler, and someone who may score the odd well compiled 10.

I believe I have another 14-15 years of my career left to make the team.

You were actually doing alright, got some One Day caps, etc... until you pulled a hammy. Only one day left out with it.

 

[NZTailender]

There are nine blokes averaging more than you in Tests atm. Plus that's only your third post in this thread, assumed you weren't that interested.

Thought I had been doing better in Tests, fair enough though. I read the thread everyday (multiple times even) but don't really feel the need to post as such.

 

[Nate]

Australia with positive signs, but old habits remain


Rowley, second-innings bowling and catching - these three things stopped Australia from winning the First Test against South Africa. Australia dropped eleven chances during the match and the Australian Manager made clear in no uncertain terms that the main offenders would not be playing in the next Test.

Coach's Call -
We're much, much better than that. Hopefully we can take care of a Kallis-less Saffie outfit next Test.

 

[Nate]

Second Test Match
Australia vs South Africa

Australia XI -
Nick Scott
Simon Fitzsimmons
Greg Thomas
Mat Mitchell
Daniel Smith (capt)
Jake McDonald
Tarick Weber (wk)
William Quinn
Ryan Dunn
Nathan Patrick
Kingsley Clapham

Coach's Call -
In what really is a must win game, we've chosen the most in-form Domestic Cricketers. Patrick, Thomas and Fitzsimmons are warmly welcomed back into the side. Best of luck.

 

[Nate]

Dominant Australia denied by Puttick brilliance


Dropped on 47 by Jake McDonald off the bowling of Nathan Patrick, Andrew Puttick never looked back and secured a draw for the South Africans, who were consistently outplayed over the five days.

Coach's Call -
Fantastic stuff there boys. We really didn't do much wrong.

 

[Simon]

Good effort, happy with my 71 still batting out of position, prefer to be opening than not playing at all though.