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***Official*** Australian Domestic Season 2010/11

robelinda

robelinda

International Vice-Captain
QLD batting has been so bad this season, Carseldine, Dunk, Townsend, Broad, so much talent not producing, not a single batsmen look to be averaging even 30 this season so far.

Klinger and Harris both having shockers so far this season too.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Doherty certainly was a crap First Class bowler for many seasons and he may still be one but there's no doubting that he's in good form, and he's managed to transfer it to Shield cricket this season - he has 11 wickets this season so far at 24.54. O'Keefe would definitely be a better pick IMO but we've picked spinners with less impressive records, including the current one.
 
robelinda

robelinda

International Vice-Captain
If our seam attack can be consistent I dont see why someone like Krezja cant come back, his attacking style would be so great to see rather than guys just holding up and end. as much as didnt enjoy much of MacGill's bowling you had to like the fact that he bowled for wickets and to hell with how many runs he leaked.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

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robelinda said:
If our seam attack can be consistent I dont see why someone like Krezja cant come back, his attacking style would be so great to see rather than guys just holding up and end.
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Yeah, that's always been my policy with our current spin stocks. If you don't think it's going to turn, don't pick a spinner. If you think it's going to turn, pick Krejza as an attacking option and use Watson for control if you need to.

Our current policy seems to be to try and develop a spinner for all conditions, and what we've ended up with is a spinner who bowls pretty decently when conditions don't suit spin - something another quick could do to a better standard anyway - and offers next to no penetration in spin-friendly conditions. He's not really adding much balance to the attack but he isn't truly giving the team another attacking option in different conditions. I don't think there are many circumstances where Siddle or Harris wouldn't be at least an equal threat to Hauritz. I can see the logic in trying to find a spinner that can be slotted in every time but I disagree with it in our current situation.
 
Top_Cat

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Don't care much how attacking he is, if Krejza's not in form (and right now it's not looking good), he'll get spanked. And Watto's too hit-and-miss. When he's bowling well, swing goes the ball but if he's stiff from batting and just ambling in, he's fodder.

The real possibility that a bad day from Krejza, Watto and Johnson could all coincide is cause for pause.
 
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vic_orthdox

vic_orthdox

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There's no doubt Doherty has improved a heap. Even just from a technical viewpoint, his head stays a lot taller where as he used to almost have his eyes vertical at delivery point. There's a bit of vision of him here which shows that.
 
pup11

pup11

International Coach
andyc said:
But Hussey's been under performing in Tests for the last 30 matches, and he's been gunning it in ODIs during the same time. Surely 30 Test matches and 75 ODIs over the exact same period is enough to show that playing well in the 50 over stuff doesn't mean you'll replicate it when it comes to the longer form.

Ponting's record over the last 30 matches, however, has not been as bad. It's not been great, mind you, but the fact that he has more than 20 decent Tests behind him, and the small matter of being captain, help secure his position for a while to come.

Basically, given that Hussey's been pretty damn average in Tests for two and a half years, and that he's clearly not been doing much in FC cricket, I honestly can't see any reason for keeping him for the first game at the Gabba. Unless you count the selectors being afraid to admit that they've made a mistake as a valid reason.
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Mate its not as if he just hasn't scored any runs at all in the last 2 years, he has scored almost 2000 runs @ 35 which isn't terrible for an out of form batsman, and if ODI doesn't mean anything then why does the ODI form of so many blokes flunk along with their test form!?
Hussey has had a lot of scores of 60's and had he converted some of them into 100's then we won't even be having this debate right now.
The thing is Hussey is one of the few experienced blokes we have left in the team, and I would atleast give him one more game to fix things.
 
pup11

pup11

International Coach
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Depressing vid that. Where did it all go so wrong for Dan Cullen?
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Frankly speaking I don't think there's anything hugely wrong with Cullen, its just that the Redbacks management are just a hugely conservative bunch who would rather back players who would be consistent but average, rather than backing someone who is talented but not so consistent.
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My dear old dad went to the SCG today and rang me to say that he hadnt seen so many play and misses since the season before I had my eyes done!Reckoned the pitch was woeful but some guy he'd never heard of (Copeland!) looked aclass above the rest on offerHe may be 87 but is a pretty good judge if history is anything to go by
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Hope your old man is right this time as well, but from what I've seen of Copeland he has come across a bowler pretty similar to Clark, who like him runs in and puts the ball in the right areas and extracts any help that is there in the pitch, its gonna be interesting to see how he does on flat tracks.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
pup11 said:
Frankly speaking I don't think there's anything hugely wrong with Cullen, its just that the Redbacks management are just a hugely conservative bunch who would rather back players who would be consistent but average, rather than backing someone who is talented but not so consistent.

Hope your old man is right this time as well, but from what I've seen of Copeland he has come across a bowler pretty similar to Clark, who like him runs in and puts the ball in the right areas and extracts any help that is there in the pitch, its gonna be interesting to see how he does on flat tracks.
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Clark's not a bad comparison, but he bowls a little fuller and gets a lot more movement through the air before it pitches. If he can take almost 100 Test wickets @ 23 I'm sure most people would take that, though, so it's hardly like being compared to Clark is a bad thing.
 
vic_orthdox

vic_orthdox

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pup11 said:
Frankly speaking I don't think there's anything hugely wrong with Cullen, its just that the Redbacks management are just a hugely conservative bunch who would rather back players who would be consistent but average, rather than backing someone who is talented but not so consistent.
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16 wickets at 34 in grade cricket last year for Cullen says otherwise.
 
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