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I'd quite like to see some player rotation on the SL tour. India do it, SA do it, and I think it benefits us in the medium term. First test: Konstas Khawaja Labuschagne Smith Head Webster Carey Starc Kuhnemann Lyon Boland Second test: Konstas Head McSweeney Smith Inglis Webster Carey Connolly...

Bit of a shame that Richardson and Rocchicioli missed out. But Sri Lanka can be a graveyard for fast bowlers, so I'm not sure it's the place you want to be reintroducing someone after injury. Also, Todd Murphy did well in India, and offers a different (flatter, skiddier) trajectory to the other...

This series is a free hit, too, now we've qualified for the WTC final. So we can take players and develop them for the future. That means Inglis, McSweeney and Connolly over Handscomb and Maxwell. But it should also mean one of the bowlers in your list over Abbott.

The alternative would have been to cobble together 4 overs from Connolly, Turner, Marsh and Hardie. In past years, this would have been no problem at all, but this year it's a dodgier proposition. Hardie not bowling at all, the others unreliable.

We have a lot of players on our list whose best position isn't clear. That will initially be exacerbated by a new game plan. Our youth now looks promising, but they're some time away from being at their best. So I expect us to have a poor first half of the year. But in the second half of the...

Happy for them to play franchise cricket. But Afghanistan the country should be penalised by exclusion from international fixtures. What's happening there is as bad as apartheid.

Rashid Khan 10 wickets and counting, plus a pair of 20s at a run a ball. He's some player, in all formats. But we should still exclude Afghanistan from international cricket while the current regime is in place.

Hurst out for 3 off 7, and offered chances on both his scoring shots. What’s Joel Curtis doing? And who is our overseas talent scout? On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

You can look up any school’s finances on the My School website. Government schools funded most, then Catholic, then independent. It’s not easy to make like-for-like comparisons, particularly with the high-fee independent schools - but you can compare public funding of local primary schools with...

Private schools receive less funding than government schools. For example, Wesley College received $8,544 per student in 2023, while Kelmscott SHS received $18,458. There is a question as to whether private schools should instead be entirely funded by fees, and that’s a valid conversation -...

If you're looking at all-time, then I think you'd also be comparing Ashwin with Underwood, Swann, Bishan Bedi among finger spinners. Those are hard comparisons. It's even harder to compare with wrist spinners - Grimmett, O'Reilly, MacGill, peak Abdul Qadir or Yasir Shah. It really is amazing...

Jasprit Bumrah is certainly acting that way...

As a lip reader, I think Head was lucky to escape without a fine as well.

Fair game from Jack Edwards, that. A pair of 5/41s, plus 30 with the bat.

This is why you can't beat first-class cricket. Totally outplayed. Basically no runs for the last session. And I'm still on the edge of my seat.

Suddenly, anyone's a chance of a test match. Webster, Inglis, Konstas, Hunt, Goodwin, Cartwright, Patterson. And Jason Sangha, because why not?

Both feet. Turn of pace. Fast handballs. He looks a fantastic prospect.

"Soon" doesn't seem like the right description for this period of play. Nothing is happening soon. I'm nearly asleep, and I'm still more awake than the 17 spectators at the ground. And the batsmen.

This is such a miserable display. But who do you bring in as a replacement? Neser and Boland are good enough, but no better than the incumbents. Maybe try Konstas and Webster for Labuschagne and Marsh, with Smith to 3 and McSweeney to 4? Most likely the team stays unchanged, and we hope for the...

Sam Konstas to open the bowling. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

On the positive side, WA going nicely. Jayden Goodwin to replace Marnus. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Could have had 4/7. Just a superstar. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

The Beagles teams being posted here look nicely balanced across all lines. We’re finally building a good list, with depth everywhere. And we have excellent draft capital next year to target the last few key pieces. Hard not to feel optimistic. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

He’s not the only decent midfielder left. I expect the Dogs to take him, but we’ll still have options, maybe even at our next pick. That plus a KPD would be perfect. Or Shanahan (best available). On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

If Travaglia, Lindsay, Allan and Reid are gone by our pick, I hope we do trade back with Freo. We'd be getting Hotton or Shanahan (one of whom we would pick anyway) plus an extra pick.

Liked Van Es in his draft year. Free hit in a position of need, worth a look.

I think there are a lot of good options that may be available at our first pick, and we should be happy with any of Reid, Lindsay, Travaglia or Allan. In this draft, I don't think pick 3 projects as obviously better than one of these + Baker. In fact, I'm not convinced Sam Lalor is better than...

The possibility of moving Oscar back is something I'm torn on. I think he is an AA KPF, but he'll also be an AA KPD. It would open up all kinds of draft options with some very decent KPFs available at our pick.

1) Who will go pick 1 in the draft? (2 points) Sam Lalor 2) When will bids be made on the following Academy/FS players? i) Will Ashcroft (2 points) Melbourne: pick 5 ii) Leo Lombard (3 points) St Kilda: pick 9 (originally 8) iii) Isaac Kako (3 points) Melbourne: pick 11 (originally 9) iv) Sam...

Maybe a Rocco special is coming... with the ball?