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***Official*** Australian Domestic Season 2005/06 thread
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mavric41
State Vice-Captain
I've got foxtel (pay tv) and they have a footy channel. I wish that they would have a cricket channel and show domestic as well as international matches. As well as some of the county cricket matches, I would be interested in seeing some of the Indian domestic matches. Surely somewhere in the world there is always a cricket match being played.steds said:
I think programmers confuse ground attendances with interest in the game. Unfortunatley its getting harder and harder to commit entire days to going to one event. But I would certainly watch it at home where I could do other things as well.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Victoria name two keepers and 6 bowlers in their squad of 13.
Weird times, weird times.
Weird times, weird times.
Mike Hussey
U19 12th Man
Check it out http://www.cricket.com.au
mikeW
International Vice-Captain
Denton has been ruled out and i get my wish, Wise called up into the squad.
http://cricket.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=36822
http://cricket.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=36822
Mike Hussey
U19 12th Man
From CA:
Cricket Australia Queensland pace bowler Andy Bichel has been named as the Pura Cup Player of the Year while South Australian batsman Mark Cosgrove claimed the ING Cup Player of the Year gong at the State Cricket and Benaud Spirit of Cricket awards held at the Gabba on Tuesday evening.
Bichel narrowly won the Pura Cup award by one vote from South Australian skipper Darren Lehmann, while Michael Kasprowicz and emerging Western Australian quick Brett Dorey tied for third position on 13 votes.
It was a huge boost for the Queenslander ahead of the Pura Cup final beginning on Friday at the Gabba.
Cosgrove actually tied with his Redbacks skipper Darren Lehmann for the ING Cup player of the year title but won on a countback. Victorian David Hussey placed third while Blues opener Phil Jaques tallied fourth in the voting.
Queensland also collected the Benaud Spirit of Cricket Award for Pura Cup and ING Cup cricket, while other major award winners included Karen Rolton (WNCL Player of the Year) and Simon Taufel (Cricket Australia Umpire Award).
Rolton again proved to be a class above her peers, running away with the WNCL award with 27 votes, nine clear of New South Wales all-rounder Alex Blackwell
Cricket Australia Queensland pace bowler Andy Bichel has been named as the Pura Cup Player of the Year while South Australian batsman Mark Cosgrove claimed the ING Cup Player of the Year gong at the State Cricket and Benaud Spirit of Cricket awards held at the Gabba on Tuesday evening.
Bichel narrowly won the Pura Cup award by one vote from South Australian skipper Darren Lehmann, while Michael Kasprowicz and emerging Western Australian quick Brett Dorey tied for third position on 13 votes.
It was a huge boost for the Queenslander ahead of the Pura Cup final beginning on Friday at the Gabba.
Cosgrove actually tied with his Redbacks skipper Darren Lehmann for the ING Cup player of the year title but won on a countback. Victorian David Hussey placed third while Blues opener Phil Jaques tallied fourth in the voting.
Queensland also collected the Benaud Spirit of Cricket Award for Pura Cup and ING Cup cricket, while other major award winners included Karen Rolton (WNCL Player of the Year) and Simon Taufel (Cricket Australia Umpire Award).
Rolton again proved to be a class above her peers, running away with the WNCL award with 27 votes, nine clear of New South Wales all-rounder Alex Blackwell
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age_master
Hall of Fame Member
Well done to Bichel 
howardj
International Coach
Got the day off work, and am off to the Pura Cup Final later today. Really looking forward to it. Looking at the teams, what is striking is how poor the batting has been. There are only two specialist batsmen who have averaged over 40 (Maher and Arnberger) for the Pura Cup season. I don't see either side defying the trend in this game, with a typically spicy pitch in the offing. Anyway, let the war begin! Unleash hell, Andy Bichel
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
If Hodge manages to go big tomorrow and Martyn continues his dismal form, I daresay Brad might be on the plane to Bangladesh.
By Chloe Saltau
March 23, 2006
DOMESTIC one-day matches are likely to be held on Wednesday nights and televised on Fox Sports, instead of major cricket broadcaster Channel Nine, under a revamp being considered by Cricket Australia.
Although Cricket Australia is still searching for a new sponsor for the competition, formerly known as the ING Cup, after the financial institution ended its 14-year association with the game at the end of this summer, it is understood a broadcasting deal has been completed with Fox in the past week.
Channel Nine, which screened matches at weekends, in conjunction with ING and Cricket Australia, did its best to jazz up the competition but still the matches did not rate highly and now it appears cricket officials are keen to make a fresh start as they search for a new sponsor, not expected to be known for some time.
There is a feeling that cricket enthusiasts, many of whom subscribe to pay TV to watch the Australian team's overseas tours, will be willing to tune in for selected mid-week matches. It means domestic cricket would no longer be screened on free-to-air television.
The competition is considered the strongest of its kind in the world and was won in a thrilling final this summer by NSW despite the heroics of South Australian speedster Shaun Tait.
A spokesman for Cricket Australia would not comment on the nature of proposals to be put to the board of directors next month and said the domestic program was yet to be completed. "We are certainly looking at innovations in the terms of presentation and scheduling," he said.
Cricket Australia, under chief executive James Sutherland, has been keen to take cricket to new people through, for example, the introduction of Twenty20 to the domestic and international calendar, attracting huge audiences at grounds and on TV. Changes to the presentation of the domestic one-day competition could be seen as another step in that process.
Cricket Australia recently extended its sponsorship deal with Foster's until 2011 but the brewer relinquished its naming rights to the annual one-day international one-day series.
March 23, 2006
DOMESTIC one-day matches are likely to be held on Wednesday nights and televised on Fox Sports, instead of major cricket broadcaster Channel Nine, under a revamp being considered by Cricket Australia.
Although Cricket Australia is still searching for a new sponsor for the competition, formerly known as the ING Cup, after the financial institution ended its 14-year association with the game at the end of this summer, it is understood a broadcasting deal has been completed with Fox in the past week.
Channel Nine, which screened matches at weekends, in conjunction with ING and Cricket Australia, did its best to jazz up the competition but still the matches did not rate highly and now it appears cricket officials are keen to make a fresh start as they search for a new sponsor, not expected to be known for some time.
There is a feeling that cricket enthusiasts, many of whom subscribe to pay TV to watch the Australian team's overseas tours, will be willing to tune in for selected mid-week matches. It means domestic cricket would no longer be screened on free-to-air television.
The competition is considered the strongest of its kind in the world and was won in a thrilling final this summer by NSW despite the heroics of South Australian speedster Shaun Tait.
A spokesman for Cricket Australia would not comment on the nature of proposals to be put to the board of directors next month and said the domestic program was yet to be completed. "We are certainly looking at innovations in the terms of presentation and scheduling," he said.
Cricket Australia, under chief executive James Sutherland, has been keen to take cricket to new people through, for example, the introduction of Twenty20 to the domestic and international calendar, attracting huge audiences at grounds and on TV. Changes to the presentation of the domestic one-day competition could be seen as another step in that process.
Cricket Australia recently extended its sponsorship deal with Foster's until 2011 but the brewer relinquished its naming rights to the annual one-day international one-day series.