BBL BBL 08

[jackess]

I'm sure he wouldn't say no.

He could have coaching and media opportunities in Melbourne.

 

[Aussie_boy]

Desperately needed. Should stop Lehmann from getting so many games.

That’s the main positive. Not White’s biggest fan but at least he has shown he’s capable.

 

[JG22]

Solid batsman, can get out in frustratingly similar ways.

Good leader & steady head and won’t drop anything. Very valuable in t20.

 

[Phone]

there's no way white would have considered a non victorian contract imo

 

[Torz]

Scorchers finally confirmed the signing of Fawad Ahmed.

 

[happy_eagle]

Scorchers finally confirmed the signing of Fawad Ahmed.

Doesn't really address our batting weakness. Are we going to play 2 spinners (Agar/Ahmed) and 4 pace bowlers (Richardson, Behrendorf, Tye, NCN) ?

 

[Agent93]

Doesn't really address our batting weakness. Are we going to play 2 spinners (Agar/Ahmed) and 4 pace bowlers (Richardson, Behrendorf, Tye, NCN) ?

Why stop at 4?

 

[happy_eagle]

Why stop at 4?

Because we should probably have some batting options in the team

 

[Agent93]

Because we should probably have some batting options in the team

But bowlers man! We could field a full XI of them!

 

[ioppolo]

Because we should probably have some batting options in the team

This is the scorchers. A team that in the past has persisted with David Willey opening and batting Agar at five.

 

[Torz]

Doesn't really address our batting weakness. Are we going to play 2 spinners (Agar/Ahmed) and 4 pace bowlers (Richardson, Behrendorf, Tye, NCN) ?

NCN was rumoured to go to the Stars, I thought.

 

[ioppolo]

Doesn't really address our batting weakness. Are we going to play 2 spinners (Agar/Ahmed) and 4 pace bowlers (Richardson, Behrendorf, Tye, NCN) ?

All four of those pace bowlers could even be on international duty at the same time

 

[Agent93]

All four of those pace bowlers could even be on international duty at the same time

I spose Turner could bowl.

 

[Ishikawa]

This is the scorchers. A team that in the past has persisted with David Willey opening and batting Agar at five.

Pretty standard for Willey to open in T20 I would have thought, has made a couple of hundreds before and is the sort of guy who will either score fast or get out.

I think Fawad is a fantastic bowler, but does remain to be seen how the strategy of the side changes after the last couple of years to make full use of him. Heard we are still chasing Faf as captain, he's still weighing up what he's doing with his international career and will decide after the world cup. That would certainly solve an opening position.

 

[Aussie_boy]

Phil Salt to be the 2nd international for the Strikers. Couldn’t tell you if he’s any good or not but can’t be much worse than Ingram was.

 

[The Speaker]

Phil Salt to be the 2nd international for the Strikers. Couldn’t tell you if he’s any good or not but can’t be much worse than Ingram was.

Opener who goes berserk and succeeds about half the time.

 

[Aussie_boy]

Opener who goes berserk and succeeds about half the time.

Sounds alright to me then.

Also maybe I was a tad harsh on Ingram but he was pretty useless apart from his 2 good innings a season.

 

[ioppolo]

Phil Salt, the type of international signing that CA needs to put bums on seats

 

[Aussie_boy]

Phil Salt, the type of international signing that CA needs to put bums on seats

People said the same about Jofra Archer.. just saying.

 

[Ishikawa]

People said the same about Jofra Archer.. just saying.

Good call, Salt is a very impressive prospect of a player. Gillespie would know him well from Sussex. I don't know why people resort to the same snide ignorance when sides go out of their way to actually think outside the box

These younger and lesser known Englishmen are ideal candidates for overseas spots on the roster. Someone should be calling Tom Banton (ideally Perth given their batting order depletion & that he has played grade in Perth already) unless he's already committed to another league.

Ingram is/was good by the way.

 

[Kyptastic]

Good call, Salt is a very impressive prospect of a player. Gillespie would know him well from Sussex. I don't know why people resort to the same snide ignorance when sides go out of their way to actually think outside the box

These younger and lesser known Englishmen are ideal candidates for overseas spots on the roster. Someone should be calling Tom Banton (ideally Perth given their batting order depletion & that he has played grade in Perth already) unless he's already committed to another league.

Ingram is/was good by the way.

If all 8 BBL clubs aren't right into Tom Banton after what he's been doing in the Blast then they're not doing their jobs.

 

[ioppolo]

Good call, Salt is a very impressive prospect of a player. Gillespie would know him well from Sussex. I don't know why people resort to the same snide ignorance when sides go out of their way to actually think outside the box

These younger and lesser known Englishmen are ideal candidates for overseas spots on the roster. Someone should be calling Tom Banton (ideally Perth given their batting order depletion & that he has played grade in Perth already) unless he's already committed to another league.

Ingram is/was good by the way.

Archer is an outlier, but many of these random signings over the BBL journey have not been the ones CA should be targeting. If CA weren't stingy pricks, AB would've been here.

 

[corbies]

People said the same about Jofra Archer.. just saying.

And Rashid Khan.

 

[drd23]

And Rashid Khan.

Hadn't Rashid Khan already made a name for himself by being bought in the IPL auction?

 

[corbies]

Hadn't Rashid Khan already made a name for himself by being bought in the IPL auction?

The typical Australian cricket fan could not give a **** about any IPL performance. Cricket doesn't exist outside Australia for the people who would be drawn in by a big name.