***Official*** Australia A and New Zealand A in India

[Polo23]

As I said...Marsh had been touted as a future international cricketer long before the IPL came along, and he would have played for Australia if the IPL was around or not. Perhaps not so early, but it would have happened.

 

[Top_Cat]

And secondly, Marsh was WA's player of the year. Again, a very strange award for someone just holding onto their spot. Topped the T20 and FR cup run lists, and averaged 60 in first class cricket.

I'll give you his OD/Twenty20 form but his FC average of 60 last season is misleading. One big unbeaten score against the worst bowling attack in the country (one bowler excluded) on a ridiculously flat deck where even Luke Ronchi got a ton, solid but unspectacular before and after. Before that score, his place was most certainly in doubt and before last season, wasn't a remotely serious contender for even a touring spot in any form of the game for Australia and was even in-and-out of the WA side for 5 years.

If he was supposedly in and around the Aussie set-up, he would have attracted much more than $30k from Punjab and gotten a ODI for Aust much earlier. He wasn't even getting many games for Aust A before last season which tells you how seriously the Aussie selectors weren't taking him. Even after that ton, if you asked anyone in the know who was more likely to get a ODI out of Pomersbach and Marsh, I'd back 90% of them to say Pomersbach.

What HAS been known about Marsh for years is that he's a very, very talented player. What has also been known for many years is that he has a pretty poor attitude towards being a professional cricketer and regardless of his talent, without some serious clean-up, wasn't going to be in the Aussie set-up. His FC average is still only 34 which tells you how poorly he was travelling before that score against QLD.

 

[JimmyGS]

What HAS been known about Marsh for years is that he's a very, very talented player. What has also been known for many years is that he has a pretty poor attitude towards being a professional cricketer

Talent is all that counts..... I hope.

Marsh is ****en good, lets all admit that. And anyone who's fukn good deserves at least a chance. Who's with me?!

 

[Top_Cat]

Talent is all that counts..... I hope.

Marsh is ****en good, lets all admit that. And anyone who's fukn good deserves at least a chance. Who's with me?!

Talent + performance, from my perspective. Marsh, of late, has both. Good on him, he's taking his chance and doing well.

 

[four_or_six]

I'll give you his OD/Twenty20 form but his FC average of 60 last season is misleading. One big unbeaten score against the worst bowling attack in the country (one bowler excluded) on a ridiculously flat deck where even Luke Ronchi got a ton, solid but unspectacular before and after. Before that score, his place was most certainly in doubt and before last season, wasn't a remotely serious contender for even a touring spot in any form of the game for Australia and was even in-and-out of the WA side for 5 years.

If he was supposedly in and around the Aussie set-up, he would have attracted much more than $30k from Punjab and gotten a ODI for Aust much earlier. He wasn't even getting many games for Aust A before last season which tells you how seriously the Aussie selectors weren't taking him. Even after that ton, if you asked anyone in the know who was more likely to get a ODI out of Pomersbach and Marsh, I'd back 90% of them to say Pomersbach.

What HAS been known about Marsh for years is that he's a very, very talented player. What has also been known for many years is that he has a pretty poor attitude towards being a professional cricketer and regardless of his talent, without some serious clean-up, wasn't going to be in the Aussie set-up. His FC average is still only 34 which tells you how poorly he was travelling before that score against QLD.

OK, you shout louder, you win.

 

[ramkumar_gr]

I'll give you his OD/Twenty20 form but his FC average of 60 last season is misleading. One big unbeaten score against the worst bowling attack in the country (one bowler excluded) on a ridiculously flat deck where even Luke Ronchi got a ton, solid but unspectacular before and after. Before that score, his place was most certainly in doubt and before last season, wasn't a remotely serious contender for even a touring spot in any form of the game for Australia and was even in-and-out of the WA side for 5 years.

If he was supposedly in and around the Aussie set-up, he would have attracted much more than $30k from Punjab and gotten a ODI for Aust much earlier. He wasn't even getting many games for Aust A before last season which tells you how seriously the Aussie selectors weren't taking him. Even after that ton, if you asked anyone in the know who was more likely to get a ODI out of Pomersbach and Marsh, I'd back 90% of them to say Pomersbach.

What HAS been known about Marsh for years is that he's a very, very talented player. What has also been known for many years is that he has a pretty poor attitude towards being a professional cricketer and regardless of his talent, without some serious clean-up, wasn't going to be in the Aussie set-up. His FC average is still only 34 which tells you how poorly he was travelling before that score against QLD.

For all the talk of his success in the IPL, i saw March playing genuine cricketing shots all through.. he never premeditated anything, took as it came.. very pleasing to the eyes... man.. he he has come to stay for sure... he has all the ingredients to make it big..

 

[SJS]

Sums up my feelings about Uthappa too. At least Swapnil seems like a nice kid.

Asnodkar .......bah. Uthappa.......Ugh

 

[Arjun]

We won't get any action today- NEO Sports is covering the Irani Trophy, and there is no live score elsewhere.

 

[NUFAN]

Australia 6/272 off 50 overs.

Dave Hussey 74 (67) and Phil Hughes 49* (58) coming in at number 6 and Noffke 33* (19) all appear to have done well.

 

[four_or_six]

Will someone please smash White's bowling around today? I'm a bit confused at the articles that seem to be coming more and more often about how unlucky he was not to make the test squad.

 

[Arjun]

Will someone please smash White's bowling around today? I'm a bit confused at the articles that seem to be coming more and more often about how unlucky he was not to make the test squad.

Happened to Xavier Doherty instead.

Oh my...Niranjan Shah Jr opens an innings! Let's just hope he's not playing in the finals. Sad to see Swapnil sit out for this quota pick. Equally sad to see Uthappa get out to an apparently overhyped spinner. Even sadder to miss live or even recorded action from the match.

From an Indian point of view, good to see Praveen Kumar maintain good bowling form, the bottom five (or three of them) score a few chunks, Yusuf Pathan's all-round contribution and a combined effort by the whole batting lineup to power the team to a win.

 

[Arjun]

I've heard a lot about Marcus North for a few years, especially on this forum. How useful will he be in the Australian team? Played a good hand in this match. And Brett Geeves? I saw him barely at the IPL, and didn't play after the first two matches.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Geeves is a gun, have been saying this for years. Nippy and swings the ball, he's better than Hilfenhaus imo.

 

[Top_Cat]

Good to see Mark Cameron getting a go for Aus A too. What I've seen if him, looks dangerous.

 

[adharcric]

Happened to Xavier Doherty instead.

Oh my...Niranjan Shah Jr opens an innings! Let's just hope he's not playing in the finals. Sad to see Swapnil sit out for this quota pick. Equally sad to see Uthappa get out to an apparently overhyped spinner. Even sadder to miss live or even recorded action from the match.

From an Indian point of view, good to see Praveen Kumar maintain good bowling form, the bottom five (or three of them) score a few chunks, Yusuf Pathan's all-round contribution and a combined effort by the whole batting lineup to power the team to a win.

The quota pick is doing a better job than both Uthappa and Asnodkar so far.

 

[pup11]

Geeves is a gun, have been saying this for years. Nippy and swings the ball, he's better than Hilfenhaus imo.

Geeves is nippy and as you said has the ability to swing the ball but his accuracy sucks, he can produce some peachers in between a lot of hit-me balls, so if he can work on that he can be a real asset.

But.... there is no way he is better than Hilfenhaus, Hilfy is class no two ways about that, he can bowl long spells with very good accuracy and he too can swing the ball at a pretty good pace, in my book he is going to be the best Aussies fast bowler in the upcoming years.

The Aussie spin cupboards might seem to be pretty bare atm, but the kind of options the Aussies have in the pace bowling quarters is almost unbelievable, pace bowling stocks in Australia atm are as good as they probably have ever been.

 

[pup11]

Good to see Mark Cameron getting a go for Aus A too. What I've seen if him, looks dangerous.

With Nicholson having retired and Bollinger, Bracken and Lee all likely to be on national duty for most of the time, Cameron would have plenty of opportunities to prove himself this season.

 

[pup11]

I've heard a lot about Marcus North for a few years, especially on this forum. How useful will he be in the Australian team? Played a good hand in this match. And Brett Geeves? I saw him barely at the IPL, and didn't play after the first two matches.

Marcus North' career is going the Mike Hussey way imo, North is a gun player at domestic level and even in the county circuit, he has piled on the runs at the domestic level season after season, but for some reason he has never come into serious consideration for being picked in the Australian side, but he still has sometime on his hand, he is 29 and all is not lost for him yet, he's going to lead WA this season so i hope he does well and makes the selectors take notice.

 

[brockley]

Love cameron he is about the most exciting prospect in australia at the moment would rather watch cameron run in than noffk'es amble.

 

[Arjun]

The quota pick is doing a better job than both Uthappa and Asnodkar so far.

That doesn't make him any better than Uthappa and Asnodkar, who have proven themselves for some time.