Robertinho
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Indeed, quite worrying actually, slipping through the cracks...Loony BoB said:He's 13, is he?Could have sworn the youngest player in the Dev League was 17...
Towns '06 - "With Daniel Towns, there are no cracks"
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*Official* CW XI Media Coverage
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Towns '06 - "With Daniel Towns, there are no cracks"
Travis_Teh
International Regular
Wasnt Haddin the guy who complained all te time for not getting a game at green to start off with?
cricketboy29
International Regular
Actually come to think of it, yeah, and wasnt he the one that said that we were really unhelpful, and unwelcoming?
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
I don't remember seeing that at all.
Travis_Teh
International Regular
I was going to leave that out, but that is also true :P None the less, Neil's post was very entertaining sure, but i thought it was a tad too hardcore anti-Jasotharan and a tad contradictory given Vaughans posting past...cricketboy29 said:
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Hey guys you are thinking about someone else cus, Haddin didn't complain about getting game at all.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Bobisback?
dontcloseyoureyes
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More than likely.vic_orthdox said:
Robertinho
Cricketer Of The Year
How embarrassing...Travis_Teh said:
Travis_Teh
International Regular
I did a search on his past posts to indeed see if I mixed the poor young fellow up with someone else... alas I didn't.
As Mr Nayak pointed out he was the man who said the place was unwelcoming, and 'good luck' in finding help around the place.
Regardless of which, I go back to my first point - that the article was a bit harsh on Jasotharan in context with using Vaughan as the 'outstanding comparision'. As the green thread and the team naming thread are riddled with Haddin saying that he is a keeper why isn't he keeping, he should be elevated to the opening of the batting, his 100 on debut 'wasn't spectacular' so on and so forth. .... which is not too disimiliar to Jasotharan.
That's all i'm saying, really.
As Mr Nayak pointed out he was the man who said the place was unwelcoming, and 'good luck' in finding help around the place.
Regardless of which, I go back to my first point - that the article was a bit harsh on Jasotharan in context with using Vaughan as the 'outstanding comparision'. As the green thread and the team naming thread are riddled with Haddin saying that he is a keeper why isn't he keeping, he should be elevated to the opening of the batting, his 100 on debut 'wasn't spectacular' so on and so forth. .... which is not too disimiliar to Jasotharan.
That's all i'm saying, really.
age_master
Hall of Fame Member
no its still not a patch on Jasotharan.
cricketboy29
International Regular
I think Jaso should get points for his staminaage_master said:
and his tireless dedication to proclaiming his gifts, but i also think the haddin and bobisback have had their 'jaso' moments, especially in the beggining, when they were starting out.
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Travis_Teh
International Regular
So true, Jaso should be rewarded in some way for the entertainment he brings uscricketboy29 said:I think Jaso should get points for his stamina
What a guy 
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Coach lambasts fielding
By Barsha Hoghle
Coach Agarwal praised the performance of the guys on the field, specially Pickup but did not resort to any diplomacy while answering the questions on fielding. "It was pathetic. We we on top on the first inning and let Australia come back into the match. We gave an inspired batting performance despite the middle order not holding good in the second inning. Then Pickup's bowling saw the drop of Langer. It was a case of what could have been. Catches win matches is an old adage in cricket. Well, we are showing improvements in every department but despite efforts, the general negligence with regards to fielding exists. Poor fielding, specially due to careless ness will not be tolerated. I am willing to support players to the hilt, but not in situations like this. Fielding practise hours have been doubled now. However, performances are not coming in this regard. Innovative measures to not make the drills boring have also been adopted. I can take a horse to the well but not make it drink water if it does not want to.
Fielding performances in the next match and beyond will be looked at much more strictly by me. If players show negligence in this department, we can forget competing properly in this tour and the world cup. It is an area in which any one can improve in with effort. Hell, even Sidhu did latter in his career."
A fuming Agarwal walked out of the press conference saying the above.
By Barsha Hoghle
Coach Agarwal praised the performance of the guys on the field, specially Pickup but did not resort to any diplomacy while answering the questions on fielding. "It was pathetic. We we on top on the first inning and let Australia come back into the match. We gave an inspired batting performance despite the middle order not holding good in the second inning. Then Pickup's bowling saw the drop of Langer. It was a case of what could have been. Catches win matches is an old adage in cricket. Well, we are showing improvements in every department but despite efforts, the general negligence with regards to fielding exists. Poor fielding, specially due to careless ness will not be tolerated. I am willing to support players to the hilt, but not in situations like this. Fielding practise hours have been doubled now. However, performances are not coming in this regard. Innovative measures to not make the drills boring have also been adopted. I can take a horse to the well but not make it drink water if it does not want to.
Fielding performances in the next match and beyond will be looked at much more strictly by me. If players show negligence in this department, we can forget competing properly in this tour and the world cup. It is an area in which any one can improve in with effort. Hell, even Sidhu did latter in his career."
A fuming Agarwal walked out of the press conference saying the above.
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The Cricket Web XI - A Nation On The Rise
by Berry True
The youngest Test nation against one of the greatest – the tag line to a classic mismatch. When the Cricket Web XI arrived in Australia the expectations of the viewing public could not have amounted to much in terms of success for the visitors. Fielding a record of 9 Test wins in 56 tries is hardly impressive after all.
It is for this reason that the statements made by allrounder Liam Camps heading into the series were so outstanding. The veteran of 23 Tests commented upon arrival, “Things are looking up. We’ve been playing good cricket lately, and we’re not far off a world class Test match team.”
Simple and concise and yet lambasted by many in the media as optimistic and hopeful. An investigation into the recent Test form of the Cricket Web XI finds some truthful backing, however.
Before the impressive showing by the CW XI in the first Test against Australia, the Webheads had gone four Tests without defeat. This in itself is an achievement, but that they beat and drew with England and dominated both Tests in the West Indies only furthers the notion of a nation on the rise.
In a 123-run win over the Englishmen at home, the CW XI had an historic victory and one which was greatly celebrated. First by the fans and the press, then by the players themselves in a tidy drawn result to complete the 5-Test series. It was a refreshing showing of character and consistency previously absent from the long game in CWLand.
The performance built upon a substantial 2-Test sweep in Sri Lanka a series before it. With two innings-wins, the whitewash of Sri Lanka was the centrepiece of a rich vein of form for CW Test cricket. The total record stands at 3 wins, 3 losses, and 4 drawn results in 10 the Tests leading to the WACA. Not bad at all, especially in the context of just 6 wins from the other 46 Tests.
So what is it that has inspired this recent surge of form? It all seems to root to a very simple and natural progression. Like any sporting team or nation, the Cricket Web XI has had to take time to settle amongst its contemporaries. New Zealand went years without a Test win, and though the CW XI scored their maiden win in just their second Test, it was followed by the same sort of adjustment and waiting period.
Names such as Richard Twyman, John “Eddie” Sanders, and Simon Fitzsimmons may not be remembered as all-time greats in the grand context of the sport, but in CW cricket, these are immortals. Only Fitzsimmons remains a professional of that trio, though he was discarded from the team in recent times.
These players may never have produced great statistics to match the likes of Lara, Tendulkar and Warne, but they have served their country admirably and set the platform for true superstars to emerge. The CW XI is a team that has finally found an identity and with it, some consistency in selection. Players have evidently begun to understand their role and accept the greater comfort that comes with such a realization.
For years the only true world class player in the team was Andrew Cloete, but with the elevation of David Kennett to number 9 in the Test bowling rankings at the start of 2013, it became clear that the premise was changing. Now names such as Nathan Hoy, Thamba Mamesh, Chris Butler and many others have been entered as bright prospects on the path to world class status.
Talent has never been the question asked of Cricket Web cricket. So regularly it has been just about everything else that was lacking in sufficient supply – leadership, cohesiveness, consistency. Brendan Goff has come of age as a batsman and as a captain. With his place now stable in the team, he has more forcefully applied himself to the leadership role.
Working alongside the new coach – Pratyush Agarwal – and under a revamped CWBCC, it appears the problems at the top have been resolved for the moment.
Firm leadership is the start, and the promise of a new generation of Cricket Web cricketers is ample fuel for further progress. If the recent performance against Australia is not enough to suggest that ascendency is not far off, this bunch of cricketers will be sure to address the world the second time around, when they take the field in Adelaide.
Statistics for the 10 Tests prior to the WACA Test match
- 16 players used.
- 3 players debuted in the period.
- 5 players (Cloete, Butler, Camps, Goff, Mørk) average in excess of 40 runs per innings
by Berry True
The youngest Test nation against one of the greatest – the tag line to a classic mismatch. When the Cricket Web XI arrived in Australia the expectations of the viewing public could not have amounted to much in terms of success for the visitors. Fielding a record of 9 Test wins in 56 tries is hardly impressive after all.
It is for this reason that the statements made by allrounder Liam Camps heading into the series were so outstanding. The veteran of 23 Tests commented upon arrival, “Things are looking up. We’ve been playing good cricket lately, and we’re not far off a world class Test match team.”
Simple and concise and yet lambasted by many in the media as optimistic and hopeful. An investigation into the recent Test form of the Cricket Web XI finds some truthful backing, however.
Before the impressive showing by the CW XI in the first Test against Australia, the Webheads had gone four Tests without defeat. This in itself is an achievement, but that they beat and drew with England and dominated both Tests in the West Indies only furthers the notion of a nation on the rise.
In a 123-run win over the Englishmen at home, the CW XI had an historic victory and one which was greatly celebrated. First by the fans and the press, then by the players themselves in a tidy drawn result to complete the 5-Test series. It was a refreshing showing of character and consistency previously absent from the long game in CWLand.
The performance built upon a substantial 2-Test sweep in Sri Lanka a series before it. With two innings-wins, the whitewash of Sri Lanka was the centrepiece of a rich vein of form for CW Test cricket. The total record stands at 3 wins, 3 losses, and 4 drawn results in 10 the Tests leading to the WACA. Not bad at all, especially in the context of just 6 wins from the other 46 Tests.
So what is it that has inspired this recent surge of form? It all seems to root to a very simple and natural progression. Like any sporting team or nation, the Cricket Web XI has had to take time to settle amongst its contemporaries. New Zealand went years without a Test win, and though the CW XI scored their maiden win in just their second Test, it was followed by the same sort of adjustment and waiting period.
Names such as Richard Twyman, John “Eddie” Sanders, and Simon Fitzsimmons may not be remembered as all-time greats in the grand context of the sport, but in CW cricket, these are immortals. Only Fitzsimmons remains a professional of that trio, though he was discarded from the team in recent times.
These players may never have produced great statistics to match the likes of Lara, Tendulkar and Warne, but they have served their country admirably and set the platform for true superstars to emerge. The CW XI is a team that has finally found an identity and with it, some consistency in selection. Players have evidently begun to understand their role and accept the greater comfort that comes with such a realization.
For years the only true world class player in the team was Andrew Cloete, but with the elevation of David Kennett to number 9 in the Test bowling rankings at the start of 2013, it became clear that the premise was changing. Now names such as Nathan Hoy, Thamba Mamesh, Chris Butler and many others have been entered as bright prospects on the path to world class status.
Talent has never been the question asked of Cricket Web cricket. So regularly it has been just about everything else that was lacking in sufficient supply – leadership, cohesiveness, consistency. Brendan Goff has come of age as a batsman and as a captain. With his place now stable in the team, he has more forcefully applied himself to the leadership role.
Working alongside the new coach – Pratyush Agarwal – and under a revamped CWBCC, it appears the problems at the top have been resolved for the moment.
Firm leadership is the start, and the promise of a new generation of Cricket Web cricketers is ample fuel for further progress. If the recent performance against Australia is not enough to suggest that ascendency is not far off, this bunch of cricketers will be sure to address the world the second time around, when they take the field in Adelaide.
Statistics for the 10 Tests prior to the WACA Test match
- 16 players used.
- 3 players debuted in the period.
- 5 players (Cloete, Butler, Camps, Goff, Mørk) average in excess of 40 runs per innings
Code:
[B]M I NO Runs Avge 50 100 HS[/B]
L.A. Camps 8 12 5 434 62.00 2 1 113*
B.C. Cunningham 3 6 1 128 25.60 1 0 72
A.P. Cloete 10 17 0 838 49.29 7 1 113
B.J. Goff 10 17 0 685 40.29 2 2 152
C.R. Butler 10 17 1 692 43.25 5 1 121
H. Mørk 10 18 1 711 41.82 4 0 88
D.A. Kearsley 8 15 2 392 30.15 2 1 107
M.J. Robbins 7 11 0 291 26.45 4 0 75
P.E. Young 8 14 1 340 26.15 3 0 74
D.M. Kennett 9 14 2 51 4.25 0 0 14
K.S. Wright 10 14 1 36 2.77 0 0 13
N.S. Pickup 8 12 5 44 6.29 0 0 36
T.C. Halsey 2 2 0 14 7.00 0 0 11
D.P. Richards 1 1 0 5 5.00 0 0 5
T. Mamesh 2 4 0 143 35.75 1 0 80
N.S. Hoy 2 3 0 116 38.67 1 0 69
[B]M Overs W Runs Avge 5w 10w BB SR Econ[/B]
L.A. Camps 8 182.66 14 662 47.29 0 0 3/60 78.28 3.62
B.C. Cunningham 3 102 8 306 38.25 0 0 2/75 76.50 3.00
N.S. Hoy 2 96.33 8 212 26.50 0 0 4/81 72.25 2.20
A.P. Cloete 10 41 3 90 30.00 0 0 2/23 82.00 2.20
D.A. Kearsley 8 9 0 32 #DIV/0! 0 0 0/13 #DIV/0! 3.56
M.J. Robbins 7 163.8 11 414 37.64 0 0 4/65 89.35 2.53
D.M. Kennett 7 401.33 47 1086 23.11 3 1 6/40 51.23 2.71
K.S. Wright 10 426.66 31 1273 41.06 0 0 4/38 82.58 2.98
N.S. Pickup 8 394 35 1079 30.83 1 0 5/74 67.54 2.74
T.C. Halsey 2 41.8 7 115 16.43 1 0 5/56 35.83 2.75
D.P. Richards 1 72 5 142 28.40 0 0 3/78 86.40 1.97
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