Posted by jrod on May 26, 2009 under NSW, QLD, TAS, VIC, WA | 
Moises Henriques – Kolkata
38 runs @ av 19 sr 95 hs 30*
2 wickets @ 53 econ 8.79 bb 1/32
No one could quite understand how he kept getting a game, or the new ball. Is a very talented young kid, but maybe, just maybe, he should perform at the level below before he is given an opportunity.
David Hussey – Kolkata
98 runs @ av 24 sr 166 hs 43
0 wickets econ 8.5
Came late onto a ship that had already sunk, and decided to swing away. Looked in top touch, but kept getting out after amazing starts. Had a way better strike rate than McCullum or Gayle.
Lee Carseldine – Rajasthan
81 runs @ av 20.25 sr 119 hs 39
1 wicket @ 6 econ 6 bb 1/6
Came in first game and just smacked the ball everywhere when no one else could get the ball off the square, sadly that was about all he did in the tournament. Interestingly only bowled one over.
Rob Quiney - Rajasthan
103 runs @ av 14.7 sr 100.98 hs 51
Hit his first ball in the IPL for 6, then went out. Only really got two starts, and showed glimpses of his talent, but good spinners slowed him down or got him out. Hopefully he has learnt some good lessons, and will be able to score more consistently for Victoria.
Shane Harwood – Rajasthan
9 runs (no outs) sr 62 hs 6*
3 wickets @ 24.3 econ 7.30 bb 2/25
Only played 3 games, but did look dangerous. Rajasthan were more worried with making runs so he and Morne spent most of their time on the bench.
Luke Ronchi – Mumbai Indians
0 runs from 1 game
Sachin went into panic mode about half way through the tournament and threw Luke one game. He was run out for a duck.
Simon Katich – Punjab
145 runs @ av 16 sr 123 hs 50
His 50 was sensational, as good as I have seen the krab time the ball, but struggled other than that. 2020 really wasn’t made for him, and had his coach not been Moody, I doubt he would played too often.
George Bailey – Chennai
45 runs @ av 22.5 sr 115 hs 30
In both of his innings he looked in top form, and in both of them he ran himself out. The good news was smilin’ George looked completely at home at this level of cricket.
Andrew McDonald - Delhi
3 runs @ av 3 sr 75 hs 3
0 wickets (3 overs) econ 7.33 bb 0/22
Only played the one game when Delhi were resting players, and got a sensational Yorker from Anil Kumble.
Luke Pomersbach – Punjab
41 runs @ av 10.25 sr 83 hs 26
Looked out of touch, and small. When Luke is at his best he looks like a Hayden type bully, here he looked like a mouse imitating a flea.
Posted by jrod on February 27, 2009 under NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA |
With Luke Ronchi dropped, and Tim Paine unable to live up to his potential the race for back up test keeper is wide open.
Should Haddin get injured, no one could accurately predict who the next keeper would be.
The front runner should be Manou, but really it isn’t. No one has ever talked him up, even though he has carried the Redbacks for 2 years now. Very tidy, if not brilliant with the gloves. His career average of 23 is ordinary, but in the last two years he has averaged around 36 with 4 hundreds. Has a bit of mongrel in him as well. Perfect back up keeper, would be grateful for the opportunity. Not a long term proposition at 29 though.
Chris Hartley might be the man to jump the queue. Is the best regular gloveman in the country, and with Crosthwaite, are the only two guys who are proper old school keepers. His career batting average is 27, but is in career best form with the bat, has one hundred this year, 3 50s and that is not including his 82* overnight in the current match. Of all the keepers in Australia only he and Manou seem to be safe in their jobs.
Victoria’s keeping is a mess, but for good reasons. Wade and Crosthwaite are probably the 3rd and 4th best options in Australia at the moment, and they are continuing to fight for one spot. Crosthwaite has made the side as a batsman this year, Wade has done it for the last two years. Wade’s glovework doesn’t impress me (although he has 51 catches in 8 games this year), but his batting is solid. The only thing he hadn’t done is kick on and make a hundred, well he did that yesterday, so in 19 first class games he has 1 hundred and 4 50s, and is 21. Having someone as good as Crossy behind him seems to be spurring him on. Maybe not ready to be number two, but will be mid 20s when Haddin is due for retirement.
Daniel Smith could be the roughie, not that I think he is good enough, but people seem to like him, and he is from NSWales, so that has to put him in the running. Has averaged 26 in 18 games, which seems to be about the same for all the back ups. Can play, but is probably a bit too hit and miss as a back up.
At one stage I wanted Tim Paine to replace Gilly. Watching him bat you can actually see the talent ooze out of him (not a semen joke). But where are the results, he hasn’t made big scores with the bat, and his keeping is adequate at best. With an average of 30 he pretty much tops this list, but he has made only one hundred in the last 3 years, and for his talent that is not good enough. Could still replace Haddin, but he must frustrate the selectors, and that could count against him.
Over in Western Australia Luke Ronchi has lost the support of Tom Moody. Last season he averaged 40 with the bat and made 64 off about 8 balls when understudying for Haddin. This year he has averaged 20, and is on the outs. Has an amazing amount of talent with the bat, but his keeping is only so so. Who knows where he is in the list now.
Right at the moment I’d go with Hartley, but it would surprise me if almost anyone on this list gets picked.
Posted by Moses on February 9, 2009 under NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA |
Travis Birt, Unlucky
Now that I’ve dropped Cameron White and David Hussey, the search has begun for a new number 6 and 7 in the Aussie ODI squad. I’ve taken a look at
the scorecards from our Domestic F50 competition and compiled a list of all the batting performances where more than 20 are scored at greater than a run a ball. The most recent performances are listed first.
Birt, TR 86(66), 94(80), 67(56), 25(15)
Smith, DLR 29*(13), 28*(26)
Manou, GA 48* (39)
Warner 31(20), 97(54), 165*(112)
MG Dighton 59(58), 87(76)
Klinger 133*(128)
Ferguson, C 52(35), 32(26), 101(83)
Hopes J 76(61), 42(40)
Bailey, GJ 32(28)
Divin, MA 38(31)
Ronchi, L 80(64)
AK, Heal 43(34)
Quiney 42(40), 16(15), 92(85), 73(63)
Crosthwaite, AJ 52(49), 29(17)
Thornely, DJ 108(90)
Doropoulos, TP 92(75)
Henriques, MC 41(37)
Borgas, CJ 39(35)
I’ve quite possibly missed some, if anyone can point me towards a tool that pulls out domestic data rather than having to manually read the scorecards, that would be most appreciated.
Looking purely at the numbers, the standout domestic performers are:
Travis Birt from Tasmania
Travis is the form pinch hitter in the domestic T50 competition with his 7 innings yielding 363 runs at 60.5 and at a strike rate of 122! His returns this year are:
- 1/11/08 56*(37) vs SA
- 12/11/08 25(15) vs Vic
- 29/11/08 34(38) vs NSW (the game where Warner scored 165*(112)
- 07/12/08 67(56) vs NSW
- 10/12/08 94(80) vs SA
- 14/12/08 1(5) vs QLD
- 07/02/08 86(66) vs VIC (this low scoring game Tas made 197 and VIC made 189)
David Warner from NSW
Dave has already been given a shot in the national setup with promising signs but too many failures. From his 8 starts there have been 3 good innings, yielding 89(43) on debut, 69(60) in his 4th match, and 22(29) in his 6th match when he was very unlucky to be run-out.
Combine these scores with Dave’s domestic highlights of 31(20), 97(54), 165*(112) and it’s easy to agree he has the destructive power hitting would really dominate the batting powerplay without the additional pressure of opening. I’d like to see Dave given a go down the order, where he’ll have a chance to perform without the added pressure of opening.
Callum Ferguson from South Australia
His stand out performances include 52(35), 32(26) and 101(83). It’s good to see him given a shot in the Aussie side, though I would have picked Birt first purely on the numbers. Callum played well last night before a Bucknor howler cut short his opportunity. Who did the BCCI ask to wipe him from their fixtures, and can we please be added to this list?
James Hopes from Queensland
In the two games that Hopes played for Queensland he’s opened in both, scoring 76(61) and 42(40). I’d like to see him given an extended run at the top of our order, his tight straight bowling will keep him in the squad regardless. Ideally we’d have a run of 2 or maybe even 3 ODI’s without changing our openers, wouldn’t that be nice.
Adam Voges from Western Australia
Conversely, Adam Voges has made the squad without topping a run a ball all year. Now he’s the one our selectors have picked to apply ‘pressure’ to Hussey and White, yet even if he were to continue his domestic results at the higher lever I don’t believe this would be enough. His 295 runs at 49.2 certainly doesn’t constitute bad numbers, but his strike rate of just 70.2 is not get our 300+ mojo back.
- 8/10/08 13(35) vs NSW
- 24/10/08 56(78) vs Tas
- 16/11/08 104(119) vs SA
- 26/11/08 39(72) vs VIC
- 20/12/08 78(108) vs VIC
- 23/12/08 5(8) vs NSW
If we were after a reliable batsman then Simon Katich would have to be the first picked, selecting Voges in this form to me makes little sense.
Tags: aaron heal, adam crosthwaite, adam voges, callum ferguson, cameron borgas, cameron white, daniel smith, dave warner, david hussey, david warner, dominic thornley, george bailey, grant manou, james hopes, luke ronchi, mark divin, michael dighton, moises henriques, pinch hitter, rob quiney, simon katich, theo doropoulos, travis birt
Posted by jrod on October 5, 2008 under WA |
Western Australia, the test match batsman
Players that wont be available for large chunks of the season
Mitchell Johnson, Michael Hussey and Shaun Marsh.
They won’t miss Johnson because they have never had him, but when they have him it will be handy.
Hussey and Marsh are not going to be missed in a batting line up of this strength.
Leadership
Marcus North is very strong captain, and with Cameron White is the best captain in Australia.
Voges is the Vice Captain, and he was at one time a potential Australian captain.
So it’s a pretty good base they have there, Chris Rogers left because of a lack of leadership oppurtunities and he captained Derbyshire this year.
Bowling
Hard to see where the wickets are going to come from.
Magoffin is a wicket taker, Edmondson is proper quick, and Dorey is tall.
But you can’t see them getting 20 wickets too often.
Aaron Heal is a great one day spinner, but isn’t really a four day bowler, and I can’t see anyone else in their squad who can contribute wickets.
Batting
This is where Western Australia come into their own.
Pomersbach, Voges, and North are all test match quality batsman in lesser countries.
Liam davis made a hundred on debut against NSWales last year and Luke ronchi is a freakin superstar.
Long in the tooth
Matthew Innes took a lot of wickets last year, but he was retired, so um, no one really.
Ready to lose the nappies
Geoff, Shaun, and now Mitchell. The third in the line of Marshs, he is only young, and is rookie listed, but with Rogers and Langer leaving he may be a good fit for the top order.
Nostradamus
Shield
3rd or 4th.
One day
2nd or 3rd.
2020
3rd or 4th.
The rub
Can bat the ass off a polar bear, but can they take wickets.
The Hugh Jackman side.
Posted by jrod on February 11, 2008 under NSW, VIC |
Victoria find themselves in a battle against NSWales for the home ground advantage in the pura Sheffield cup Shield final.
Sides just don’t win shield finals away from home.
So the Vics have to beat the NSWelsh at their home ground starting Friday.
The NSWales team is missing a few regulars, Bracken and Haddin have been big time players all year, Smith and Hughes are off playing for the Australian under 19 side.
This week we need some old school, darren berry/slug jordan style cricket this week.
I can’t stand losing to this mob at the best of times, but i’ll be damned if we lose to this cobbled together team and lose the final because of it.
I think Crosthwaite should come in to provide some Luke Ronchi style catching and his witty little sledges to ensure victory.
If we lose this game, we probably don’t deserve to win the shield final, but our team, while still injury interrupted, still looks stronger than the speedblitz blues.
Victoria has a chance to write their names into the record books, being the first team to win two championships that no one cares about and one that everyone does in the one year.
They have been, by far the best 2020 team and 4 day team all year. Their one day form is pretty ordinary, but somehow they have found themselves in a position to play in or even host the final.
I had a coach once who said this “you remember two things in sport, when you win, and when you should have won”.
Victoria we expect nothing less than a total annihilation of this depleted Nsw side, but we understand you will collapse one or twice just to keep us interested.
And congrats to the young pakistani kid Usman Khawaja, who has been picked for NSWales, i understand he probably will be 12th man, but if he plays i hope he fails, no offence kid, but this is war.
Posted by jrod on November 11, 2007 under TAS, VIC |
Imagine the irony, or perhaps the nasty coincidence.
Victoria pick tassie up and put them over their knee, with Wade (90odd) and Denton (2 wickets) leading the charge.
That must suck @ss, seriously, these are two quality players. Although if Wade was back home he wouldn’t get a game, and Denton, well he’s no Hilfenhaus, but you’d rather have him than not.
Victoria are six wickets and a short chase away from the beating the reigning champs. Hopefully in the second dig old man McGain can do some more damage.
New South Wales have allowed the redbacks to claw their way into the game. Ever so slightly.
Regardless of that, South Australia needs a miracle to actually win.
So on my recent form they are a sure thing.
Luke Ronchi smacked a hundred off 50 odd balls, to further prove that they boy can play. Queensland have been turned inside out by the Warriors.
The Warriors are the surprise packet this year. Tom Moody is some coach and guys like Ronchi and Pomersbach are looking like names you need to learn how to pronounce so you can use it in conversations when you wanna look like you know sh1t about cricket.
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