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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby whufc » Mon Feb 14, 2022 8:51 am

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The Dark Knight wrote:I watched the day four highlights this morning and Pope bowled alot of short stuff to Handscomb to which he took advantage of. Every time I see Pope bowl in Shield cricket whether that be in highlights or the live stream he continues to drop short alot.

Pope has been a very consistent player for us since his 2nd match, if you're looking for a non wicket taking leggie that leaks runs, he's your man.

I'll always stand my same theory whatever the grade is, if you don't have a spinner that is up to the level required, don't play one.


Agree but add up to the level on that pitch......eg Indian pitches make Jason Krezja and Michael Clarke look like world beaters.

In the case of the Redbacks though Pope is not that much better than Head to warrant a bowling position being taken up. If the pacemen need a break for half an hour Head is more than capable to chip in with 3-4 overs from an end whilst they rest.
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Lightning McQueen » Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:16 am

whufc wrote:
Lightning McQueen wrote:
The Dark Knight wrote:I watched the day four highlights this morning and Pope bowled alot of short stuff to Handscomb to which he took advantage of. Every time I see Pope bowl in Shield cricket whether that be in highlights or the live stream he continues to drop short alot.

Pope has been a very consistent player for us since his 2nd match, if you're looking for a non wicket taking leggie that leaks runs, he's your man.

I'll always stand my same theory whatever the grade is, if you don't have a spinner that is up to the level required, don't play one.


Agree but add up to the level on that pitch......eg Indian pitches make Jason Krezja and Michael Clarke look like world beaters.

In the case of the Redbacks though Pope is not that much better than Head to warrant a bowling position being taken up. If the pacemen need a break for half an hour Head is more than capable to chip in with 3-4 overs from an end whilst they rest.


Please don't use Krezja and Clarke in the same sentence again.
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Armchair expert » Mon Feb 14, 2022 8:57 pm

Squad for one day game tomorrow

NJ McAndrew
LA Scott
J Weatherald
B Doggett
*+A Carey
J Lehmann
DM Grant
NA McSweeney
T Kelly
HJ Hunt
LA Pope
N Winter

Batting is weak, surprised no Drew or Gibson
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby whufc » Tue Feb 15, 2022 9:09 am

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whufc wrote:
Lightning McQueen wrote:
The Dark Knight wrote:I watched the day four highlights this morning and Pope bowled alot of short stuff to Handscomb to which he took advantage of. Every time I see Pope bowl in Shield cricket whether that be in highlights or the live stream he continues to drop short alot.

Pope has been a very consistent player for us since his 2nd match, if you're looking for a non wicket taking leggie that leaks runs, he's your man.

I'll always stand my same theory whatever the grade is, if you don't have a spinner that is up to the level required, don't play one.


Agree but add up to the level on that pitch......eg Indian pitches make Jason Krezja and Michael Clarke look like world beaters.

In the case of the Redbacks though Pope is not that much better than Head to warrant a bowling position being taken up. If the pacemen need a break for half an hour Head is more than capable to chip in with 3-4 overs from an end whilst they rest.


Please don't use Krezja and Clarke in the same sentence again.


Both have a five fa bowling on indian wickets :lol: :lol:
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Eagles2014 » Tue Feb 15, 2022 10:16 am

Armchair expert wrote:Squad for one day game tomorrow

NJ McAndrew
LA Scott
J Weatherald
B Doggett
*+A Carey
J Lehmann
DM Grant
NA McSweeney
T Kelly
HJ Hunt
LA Pope
N Winter

Batting is weak, surprised no Drew or Gibson


It's funny, Redbacks see Drew as a better red ball player, whereas WT people reckon he is better white ball player :shock: Think he should be in this team instead of Jake Lehmann - almost like a farewell game for him! Give Drew a go while his confidence is sky high.

Redbacks win toss and bat. Winter 12th man.
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby amber_fluid » Tue Feb 15, 2022 11:09 am

Eagles2014 wrote:
Armchair expert wrote:Squad for one day game tomorrow

NJ McAndrew
LA Scott
J Weatherald
B Doggett
*+A Carey
J Lehmann
DM Grant
NA McSweeney
T Kelly
HJ Hunt
LA Pope
N Winter

Batting is weak, surprised no Drew or Gibson


It's funny, Redbacks see Drew as a better red ball player, whereas WT people reckon he is better white ball player :shock: Think he should be in this team instead of Jake Lehmann - almost like a farewell game for him! Give Drew a go while his confidence is sky high.

Redbacks win toss and bat. Winter 12th man.



Why play Lehmann?
Why?

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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Armchair expert » Tue Feb 15, 2022 11:27 am

3/69

Lehmann to save the day
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Eagles2014 » Tue Feb 15, 2022 12:05 pm

Armchair expert wrote:3/69

Lehmann to save the day


Probably will now have sledged him :D

Terrible shot by Hunt, Carey shocking, Weatherald just typical :shock:
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Armchair expert » Tue Feb 15, 2022 12:54 pm

3/166

14 overs to go

will need 10+ from here on
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby mal » Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:33 pm

6/208 [44.5]
Dizzyappointing effort so far ?

Scores
30
13
12
49 Boof Junior
53 Nathan McSweeney
12
8*
13*

All the batsman got starts but didnt take advantage with a BIG score close to or over a ton
Even extras has got a start with 18

Chance to get to 250
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Armchair expert » Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:57 pm

259 below par but good effort by Scott and McAndrew to get to a total you can defend.
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Eagles2014 » Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:57 pm

Finished 7/259.

Probably 50 short on this oval/pitch.

No doubt Lehmann with his 49 has earned a four year contract extension from Tim Neilson now :shock:
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby mal » Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:21 pm

Eagles2014 wrote:Finished 7/259.

Probably 50 short on this oval/pitch.

No doubt Lehmann with his 49 has earned a four year contract extension from Tim Neilson now :shock:


Junior Boof , very unlucky to be given out LBW
I thought it was clearly missing leg stump
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Armchair expert » Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:29 pm

mal wrote:
Eagles2014 wrote:Finished 7/259.

Probably 50 short on this oval/pitch.

No doubt Lehmann with his 49 has earned a four year contract extension from Tim Neilson now :shock:


Junior Boof , very unlucky to be given out LBW
I thought it was clearly missing leg stump


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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Eagles2014 » Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:33 pm

mal wrote:
Eagles2014 wrote:Finished 7/259.

Probably 50 short on this oval/pitch.

No doubt Lehmann with his 49 has earned a four year contract extension from Tim Neilson now :shock:


Junior Boof , very unlucky to be given out LBW
I thought it was clearly missing leg stump


True, five year contract extension it is!
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby norwood8 » Tue Feb 15, 2022 3:07 pm

Scott drops a sitter.

Runs flowing for Vics quite easily.

Need two new batsmen in asap.
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Armchair expert » Tue Feb 15, 2022 3:31 pm

Is Worrall injured or has he already left?
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Armchair expert » Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:39 pm

I'm calling it now, REDBACKS will win the shield match against QLD
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby locky801 » Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:48 pm

Armchair expert wrote:I'm calling it now, REDBACKS will win the shield match against QLD


in what decade :D
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Re: Australian Domestic Season 2021/22

Postby Booney » Thu Feb 17, 2022 2:30 pm

Not sure where to put it, but as he was the Redbacks physio.....

Alan Obst could justifiably cite a couple of watertight reasons for ignoring the email that arrived from Tennis South Australia in the first week of this year.

Not only was the SA Cricket Association physiotherapist preparing players for the imminent resumption of the Marsh Sheffield Shield season, even more pressing was his upcoming wedding to fiancee Jamie on January 8.

A former footballer who played five games for North Melbourne in the AFL and was a member of Central Districts' 2007 premiership team in SA's top league, 34-year-old Obst regarded his role with the Redbacks he's held for the past three years as "the best job in the world".

But he finishes up at summer's end to embark on an unforeseen and barely believable foray into international tennis, a sport he's never played and only encountered over the course of a couple head-spinning weeks last month.
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Despite the Redbacks' offices being barely 50 metres from Memorial Drive where the Adelaide International hardcourt tournament – headlined by world women's number one Ashleigh Barty – was being played in January, Obst opted not to answer that group email sent to members of the state's Physiotherapy Board.

As he figured, the request for a physio to provide treatment for an unnamed female tennis player in town for the Australian Open warm-up event was likely a rudimentary session for a low-ranked qualifier with limited resources which one of his colleagues was probably better placed to answer.

But when he was undertaking supermarket shopping later that day and received a phone call from the email's author expressing disappointment Obst had not answered the call because it was an assignment that was ideally suited to his skills set, he reluctantly offered his services.

The next day's appointment opened his eyes, and has now altered his life.

The unnamed player in need was two-time Australian Open winner and former world number one Victoria Azarenka, and the pair immediately forged a strong bond.

So much so that Azarenka requested a follow-up session next evening as she progressed through the singles and doubles draws at Memorial Drive, but Obst advised he was unable to treat her come the weekend due to his upcoming nuptials in the Barossa Valley.

However, when the day of the wedding arrived Obst received a polite request from the US-based Belarussian for another appointment, which he duly declined.

"She said 'look, I've got a final on Saturday can we catch up then?' and I said 'I really can't, I'm getting married' to which she replied 'oh no, I'd forgotten ... I'm sorry'," Obst told cricket.com.au this week amid his on-field commitments with the Redbacks against Victoria.

"But when we communicated on the morning of my wedding, she asked to see me the next day.

"So I raced back to Adelaide from the Barossa (75km away) next day, and she actually moved her flight to Melbourne back from the afternoon that Sunday to the evening so she could see me, which was nice from her.

"That's when she asked me to come to Melbourne and be part of her team for the Australian Open.

"So I had a conversation with my wife and she said 'that sounds pretty cool ... I'm not going to get in your way, so you go do your thing'."

In addition to his new wife's blessing, Obst's mid-season tennis sojourn was made possible by the sudden shortfall of eligible players in the KFC BBL that was beset by COVID-19 issues.

With SA-based players whose fitness programs he was charged with overseeing – Jake Lehmann, David Grant, Nathan McSweeney, Jake Carder, Daniel Drew and Thomas Kelly – hurriedly called up for BBL duties, Obst's workload in Adelaide was sizeably diminished.

Armed with the SACA's okay, Obst became part of Azarenka's entourage as the 32-year-old breezed through the first three rounds of singles competition without dropping a set despite suffering from a wry neck that saw her require on-court treatment.

Then, just hours after her loss to Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova in the round of 16, Azarenka asked Obst to join her four-person crew full-time and become part of the globetrotting professional tennis circuit.

Having gained assurances from Azarenka that his wife (a primary school teacher in Adelaide) will be able to travel with him if and when she wishes, Obst then sought the blessing of his SA bosses John Porter and Tim Nielsen before signing up for the ride of his life.

"It's such a sliding doors moment," Obst said of his abrupt career change that sees him fly to Rome at cricket season's end, where Azarenka begins her French Open campaign.

"I keep thinking there was so many opportunities along the way, with the wedding and with cricket work, where I could have opted not to have that initial meeting with Vika (Azarenka). But from that moment we just got along super well.

"For all I knew, that call for treatment could have been from a local 16-year-old tennis player but the fact it turned out to be Victoria Azarenka was totally random, and pretty cool.

"She did have a full-time physio for the last 12 years, but he's literally just retired and she actually has a really small entourage – it's just her tennis coach (Maxime Tchoutakian) a fitness trainer and myself.

"I'm just so lucky that my wife is really supportive, and we agreed it's such a great experience for a couple of years and then we'll just see where the wind takes us.

"At this stage, I think the plan is after the tournament in Rome we'll go to Spain, and then possibly on to Monaco for a week of preparation for the French Open in Paris and then straight to Wimbledon from there, so it's going to be pretty full-on.

"They just chase tennis all over the world, and they actually play a lot more tennis than people realise.

"And when she does have a couple of weeks spare she goes back to Miami where she lives, so at those times I'll either come home to Adelaide for a week or two if I can, otherwise I'll follow her to Miami where she's got the full training set-up with gym and tennis court."

As he cheerily admits, Obst boasts "absolutely zero" tennis pedigree and was mildly unnerved on his first day with Azarenka's entourage in Melbourne when he was presented with a brand new racquet and was told he may need it "just in case".

He soon learned that emergency requirement extended to all members of 'Team Azarenka', who are routinely called into action as 'hitting partners', a job Obst took on with trepidation when he was summoned on to Rod Laver Arena for a practice session within hours of accepting the gift.

Asked how he performed having his first-ever hit of tennis against a champion of the sport on a fabled grand slam court, Obst noted with a broad smile: "Not horrendous ... but ask me again in a year's time.

"I'll think I'm Roger Federer."
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