Australian Domestic Cricket

[War]

Ye the kid looked mightily impressive in those highlights, dammm!. Add him to list of quality young fast-bowlers in the AUS ranks. Which again proves that talent still remains supreme in AUS cricket & why regardless of the Ashes debacle i cant see them collapsing the way the great windies team of mid 90s did.

 

[War]

'Save our Shield': Hayden | Fox Sports

Surely CA wont let this happen.

 

[CremerCurrans]

The Sheffield Shield finals of late have been very one-sided, but they shouldn't get rid of them, it allows for the two form teams of the season to battle it out. It adds an extra challenge of not just being consistent during the season and being on top of the table, but keeping momentum all the way to the final and winning it. Plus they have live coverage of it on foxsports which i very much enjoy and am looking forward to this year.

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Cazzulino 58 not out hopefully he can get the hundred and get himself back in the shield side after his injury. Looks like the match will be a draw the pitch has flattened out, Tasmania will be happy to get out unscaled.

Don't know him but Harry Allanby a left arm orthodox spinner got three wickets could find himself playing either a ryobi or shield game if Doherty and Krezja remain elsewhere.

Tasmania U23s vs Victoria U23s - Match 18 2010/11 Futures League ANZAC Park, Hobart

 

[angryangy]

I don't know about it being a challenge for the home team. It's certainly a challenge for the second place side; but still that's a 20% better chance of winning the shield than they would otherwise have.

I think it's a superficial part of the problem if they are considering cutting the fixture. While there is merit in the concept, Shield finals ultimately did not breed Bradmans or Chappells or Lillees. The final is a very small part of the competition, but it does take up a week. I'd let it go if it meant keeping the 30 game season.

It's bemusing to consider such an astonishing proposal in the midst of a season that has possibly been scheduled by four year olds. There are so many badly organised gaps that you could have the first class season finish in January if you want. Obviously international summers vary, but if they cut back from 10 to 8 ODIs, they could very plausibly have all of February and March next year in which to run the T20s.

 

[aussie1st]

Really pushing the depth now with Khawaja out injured. We are lucky Warner is only suspended in grade cricket else we really would be in trouble.

Stuart CLARK (C)
Sean ABBOTT
Tim ARMSTRONG
Scott COYTE
Patrick CUMMINS
Luke DORAN
Peter FORREST
Moises HENRIQUES
Phillip JAQUES
Ben ROHRER
Daniel SMITH
Dominic THORNELY
David WARNER

Still would like to play Armstrong but not likely to take such a punt in the final.

 

[CremerCurrans]

SA Squad to play NSW:

Daniel Harris
Michael Klinger
Aiden Blizzard
Tom Cooper
Cameron Borgas
Dan Christian
Graham Manou
Aaron O’Brien
Kane Richardson
Nathan Lyon
Adil Rashid
Jake Haberfield
James Smith

 

[aussie1st]

Can't wait for the match, NSW will need to find a way to play the spinners not only for the final but also the Champions League. Hopefully we bowl first, don't trust in our batsmen setting totals lately.

 

[RoboRocks]

I see Rashid has bowled better for SA in the last two games. He's defiantly grown in confidence since being given more responsibility.

 

[ferg512]

It's pretty strange how the semi final is almost more important than the final, because of the fact its qualification for champions league.

 

[aussie1st]

Doran has been picked so finally we can get a look at him. NSW batting first, have been dodgy setting a total so these guys will need to put on their best performance to give SA a challenge.

 

[Haarithan]

1. Scott Coyte - What a joke of a talent !
2. Aiden Blizzard - The luckiest Aussie domestic bloke that ever lived . Won trophies with the Vics , now signs a new deal here , wins the trophy again

 

[CremerCurrans]

1. Scott Coyte - What a joke of a talent !

What do you mean by that?

 

[Haarithan]

What do you mean by that?

I still can't believe that the Blues happen to play him regularly in the starting XI .

 

[aussie1st]

Nor can I, the only thing I admire about him is his ability to clock up 137km/h from a short run up. Other than that is too prone to being smashed, so to Henriques. The two players that have been smashed previously were smashed in the final.

 

[Biggy]

Nor can I, the only thing I admire about him is his ability to clock up 137km/h from a short run up. Other than that is too prone to being smashed, so to Henriques. The two players that have been smashed previously were smashed in the final.

Coyte still goes at about 10 an over after about a dozen games and Henriques has been rubbish for years, he's nowhere near consistent enough to be playing state cricket. If SA somehow get Pollard, and now that they have a decent spinner, they could be a chance at the champions league, even more so now. Hasn't Harris been in good form!