Not the Redbacks anymore... in name anyway

[Vader]

Not a great start to the 2nd round of Sheffield Shield matches for any of the incumbent or prospective Australia batsmen so far.

Renshaw - 2
Konstas - 2
Harris - 26

Khawhaja - 0
Smith - 3

The Lampshade has 7* off 22 deliveries, so we'll hold judgement on his innings.

Handscomb the pick of the wannabe openers, with 64. Carey's 42 looks to be an OK score too.

 

[Rabish Binney]

Not a great start to the 2nd round of Sheffield Shield matches for any of the incumbent or prospective Australia batsmen so far.

Renshaw - 2
Konstas - 2
Harris - 26

Khawhaja - 0
Smith - 3

The Lampshade has 7* off 22 deliveries, so we'll hold judgement on his innings.

Just reading the Vic vs NSW thread, apparently Konstas unlucky to be given LBW. Some OP's saying it would have missed leg stump comfortably.

 

[Rabish Binney]

For some reason Carey has had to fight harder than any wicket-keeper in a long time.

The WA crowd talk Inglis up as if he's the next Gilchrist.

They do the same with Lance Morris, apparently the reincarnation of the great DK Lillee. All I've seen of him is him getting smacked around big time in the BBL....

 

[Rabish Binney]

Jeez, remember when Lehman was averaging close to mid 40s in FC cricket...barely over 30 now.

The fact he is still being picked speaks volumes about where we are at as a State, stop picking Jake because you played with his old man

10 FC hundreds in 10 years. Averages 32.

 

[Rabish Binney]

Just reading the Vic vs NSW thread, apparently Konstas unlucky to be given LBW. Some OP's saying it would have missed leg stump comfortably.

Just had a look at the reply.....it wouldn't have hit another set of stumps...

Shocking decision

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

4/74

Marnus out

Even factoring in the inevitable Jimmy Peirson century we're sitting okay

 

[Vader]

It's carnage at the MCG. NSW bowled out for 136 (exactly half the Vics' score). Vic are now 3/25 in their 2nd innings. At this rate Harris could run out of partners by the end of today!

 

[Vader]

... and another failure by one of our prospective openers:
Bancroft out for 8 in the WA/TAS game.

Travis Head looks like the big winner from this round of Shield games - by not even playing!

 

[relapse]

4/74

Marnus out

Even factoring in the inevitable Jimmy Peirson century we're sitting okay

Right on cue, a 90+ run 7th innings partnership.

We all know how this will go

They'll chip away at the lead and we'll go into the 2nd innings with slender lead (under 50 runs) before the inevitable 2nd innings collapse.

 

[1990crow]

Right on cue, a 90+ run 7th innings partnership.

We all know how this will go

They'll chip away at the lead and we'll go into the 2nd innings with slender lead (under 50 runs) before the inevitable 2nd innings collapse.

Some absolute spuds in this lineup.

 

[hugecannon]

4/74

Marnus out

Even factoring in the inevitable Jimmy Peirson century we're sitting okay

I feel like I should blame you for the current score!!!

 

[Crow-eater]

Not a great start to the 2nd round of Sheffield Shield matches for any of the incumbent or prospective Australia batsmen so far.

Renshaw - 2
Konstas - 2
Harris - 26

Khawhaja - 0
Smith - 3

The Lampshade has 7* off 22 deliveries, so we'll hold judgement on his innings.

Handscomb the pick of the wannabe openers, with 64. Carey's 42 looks to be an OK score too.

Hunt made an impressive 130 odd. Seemed to be talked about a fair bit 2-3 years ago, but has had a lean run, especially since he was given the captaincy.

 

[hugecannon]

Hunt made an impressive 130 odd. Seemed to be talked about a fair bit 2-3 years ago, but has had a lean run, especially since he was given the captaincy.

Was an absolute mare of a year for him at shield level, outside of one big 100 against Queensland I think at the Gabba.

Hopefully he can get his form back as I think he can be a quality player.

 

[Cromulant]

McAndrew has been a very handy pick-up for us over the last few seasons.

Runs in all day with the ball and is often left to make runs lower down

 

[1990crow]

Manenti, Scott, McInerney, Lehmann, Agar.
5 players who would struggle to get anywhere near another states XI.

Head, Johnson obvious players missing.
Surely there's 3 better prospects out there for the others above.

Pope, Nielsen, Doggett, Sangha and Kelly worth investing games into instead.

 

[Cromulant]

Manenti, Scott, McInerney, Lehmann, Agar.
5 players who would struggle to get anywhere near another states XI.

Head, Johnson obvious players missing.
Surely there's 3 better prospects out there for the others above.

Harsh on Scott, he's got a decent skill set. Manenti should be a white ball player only and I reckon you're spot on with the other 3.

Not sure there's a great deal beneath them though, which is a constant criticism I have of our grade system.

 

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Manenti, Scott, McInerney, Lehmann, Agar.
5 players who would struggle to get anywhere near another states XI.

Head, Johnson obvious players missing.
Surely there's 3 better prospects out there for the others above.

The problem is that there's not.

We just don't produce the level of quality cricketers compared to other states because we have way too many district teams and the talent is spread too thin.

Pretty much every review into SA cricket always has the same outcome that there needs to be less district teams, but attempting to cull them seems to almost be impossible.

 

[Vader]

... and another failure by our test batsmen - Mitch Marsh out for 9.

So far our Test batting lineup has achieved the following in this round of Shield matches:
Khawaja - 0
Lampshade - 22
Smith - 3
Head - DNP
Marsh - 9
Carey - 42
Cummins - DNP
Starc - 1
Lyon - 17
Hazlewood - DNP

... and the candidates for the opening position
Konstas - 2 (really bad LBW decision)
Harris - 26 & 16
Renshaw - 2
Bancroft - 8

With the 1st Test against India less than a month away, those are hardly form lines inspiring of confidence!

 

[spenze]

Classic Redbacks, lose wicket off first ball

We are depending on Lehmann

 

[Firewalker]

Classic Redbacks, lose wicket off first ball

We are depending on Lehmann

Hunt out for a duck after some outlets no doubt ran with “forgotten opener back in Test race” after his hundred yesterday just proves there is some sort of curse David Warner has placed on every player touted to replace him as Test Opener.

Davey was in Zimbabwe recently for some dodgy tournament maybe he caught up with a Witchdoctor while over there to further enhance the curse.

 

[Cromulant]

... and another failure by our test batsmen - Mitch Marsh out for 9.

So far our Test batting lineup has achieved the following in this round of Shield matches:
Khawaja - 0
Lampshade - 22
Smith - 3
Head - DNP
Marsh - 9
Carey - 42
Cummins - DNP
Starc - 1
Lyon - 17
Hazlewood - DNP

... and the candidates for the opening position
Konstas - 2 (really bad LBW decision)
Harris - 26 & 16
Renshaw - 2
Bancroft - 8

With the 1st Test against India less than a month away, those are hardly form lines inspiring of confidence!

I mean India got rolled for under 50

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Classic Redbacks, lose wicket off first ball

We are depending on Lehmann

Henry Hunt. A rooster one day a feather duster the next.