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I think Judds time as a director is fraught with misnomers and vagaries. For a start it was a part time position, and criticisms were that he was never seen. Well, it was part time and he wasn't needed to be seen. What he did say publicly the club acted in the opposite and he was shown to be...

Interesting that they specify "Out of Play" analysis. I suppose that means staying home and providing the odd bit of analysis + pre play, lunch break analysis and chat. The commentating will still remain to be seen aside from Katich & Collins.

Tbf, I'm ok with that. Footy gets loads of gun cricketers, it's part of the reason for the lack of depth in cricket right now (imo). It would be good for cricket to get some back, though I'd prefer it to be with some other clubs F/S talent while all ours love footy.

Can't believe Oscar Judd is (potentially) only 4 years away. FMD where does the time go...

It's a good point. There's not much on solely for Fox. The NFL playoffs are on 7, the tennis is on 9. Big Bash is on 7, the ladies Ashes are on 7. What is the point of paying for it now? The claims of being the nations cricket leader, even having a channel dedicated to it, have fallen to bits...

corbies Smoooothy Cmon lads remember which account we're on here lol

Corbies and Smooothy same person confirmed

I'd say you've hit the nail on the head. Probably didn't expect 7 to be in as deep as they were and were trying to get the tour at a discount.

That's a great get, and good for cricket in Australia - an overseas tour on FTA after a big summer. Awesome.

The inverse of us and playing spin, hence why they're a chance to skittle us there. Particularly the 2nd test given both are at the same venue. Wouldn't be shocked if they did a Pakistan and re-used the same pitch to double down on the ragging.

Australians have a bit of a condition where "if you don't do it here then we don't rate it" which is a very narrow view of cricket, or sport broadly and beyond. I think the win in Sydney for us was actually huge in respect to the WTC as needing to go to Sri Lanka and ensure a result would not...

It's not about losing the Sri Lanka series, it's about them not wanting to stump up the cash for it. They could get it any time they want but aren't - yet. I'm hoping it's just posturing by both parties here - Fox not wanting to pay the Sri Lankan boards asking price and holding out until they...

The storm that ripped out trees is probably what he was referring to

Averaged 37 at a S/R of 230 with 4 50s in 9 IPL matches 6 months ago, including 2 off 15 balls and another off 18 or something. He's better than won't average 20 but will whack a few sometimes. He still has work to do, though. Needs to reign his slogging back in and play shots again and imo...

Wouldn't surprise me, I've heard several times over the past few years that there's big raps on him.

That's a little dramatic. Hammys are normally 3 weeks-1 month. Really bad ones are 6 weeks. Keeping him on ice until round 3 would mean something has gone horribly wrong with Walshy, as was said by someone else. In the post it says he'll be re-integrated in 2-3 weeks. I think the 1 month part...

I think there's a conscious effort to develop his bowling. At the moment he's very part time, but he's young enough and bowling left arm orthodox is a huge +. Developing that into something useful, even as a batting all-rounder, would be a big benefit. Though, overall, I think it's clear batting...

I think broadly the thing with wrist spinners in particular is test cricket is so much more about flight, turn, accuracy and pace. Look at Warne, who bowled low 80s-high 70s prioritising big turn, generating dip and drift as well as flight. Ashwin too is modern spinner who was an all time great...

Just looked up the games, both scores around 300. Fairly bog standard for ODIs really so doesn't scream batters paradise. Though his figures in comparison to the others aren't awful, was far from the worst tbf.

My main issues with the Fox broadcast are 1. Not being at the grounds in the BBL. It bloody shows. When they hit a ball in the air and they clearly don't know how well they actually got onto or if there's a fielder in the general area, so they're stalling in their speaking with vageries like...

I've thought about this in the past. I also think his third year, 2016. 9 clearances a game, 17 CPs & 7 tackles. Dude was a monster. Unfortunately, we went 6-15. But 2018 & 19 were huge. 2018 in a 2 win team he got 20 votes (Tom Mitchell won with 28) which is nuts to think about. If we even get...

Iirc when he got a shot at a couple of ODIs it didn't exactly go great for him.

"I didn't get picked because wrist spin in test cricket is dead" says the guy who has played 1 red ball game in 5 yrs, which was only because his state side were forced into it and they didn't actually want him. I mean, if anyone is the authority on these things, it's that guy.

I'm not overly concerned by that, at all. A perfectly bowled 148km/h bouncer right at armpit/neck height when you're not really set is going to trouble just about every batter ever. Everything else I've seen of him he's been fine with short balls, so getting out to a proper fast and perfectly...

Ah well, probably went about as expected. Thought Bo was ok without being great. Didn't get exposed as a rookie in the playoffs which can happen, his pass to Franklin was elite, but overall not a lot of help. As good as our oline is in pass blocking, I'm not so sure they're as good in run...

Great to see PS2 is the favourite for DPOY, but it does make me think how crazy it was that Champ didn't win it in 06. Biggest robbery ever.

I've never really subscribed to the bouncer theory for the tail. Attacking the stumps is statistically the way they get out most. I don't mind it if maybe they're digging in for a bit or wagging a bit, sure bouncer theory for a bit to unsettle them, but it seems like as soon as no.8 comes in...

Have they actually said they're picking him because of some disruption he causes? I've never seen that. What I have seen them say is that the pick him because of the potential peak he can provide, which while rare is excellent, and the expectation that he will love the pace and bounce on our...

Not as different as perhaps you may think, I believe both things are true as well. However, what I think is the level of reply far outweighed the "crime" committed by Konstas. Did he bring a response on himself? Yeah, sure, you have to expect something in reply in that situation. Do you expect a...

I think the conversation around him needs to change. When in the Australian set up and so far through the BBL all the talk from coaches/team mates has been more or less "We're not going to ask him to reign it in, we want him to go as hard as he can from ball 1 because that's the way he plays...