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Bowl Pope

Why pick him if you're not going to bowl him? Head is a JUNK bowler and has played 120 first class games. He isn't getting any better

Kerber is a left arm Travis Head, not a red ball bowler. Got absolutely smashed. Be careful driving along Port Road while he's bowling

Tony Clifton wrote:Bowl Pope

Why pick him if you're not going to bowl him? Head is a JUNK bowler and has played 120 first class games. He isn't getting any better

Kerber is a left arm Travis Head, not a red ball bowler. Got absolutely smashed. Be careful driving along Port Road while he's bowling

Agree, if you are going to pick Pope then bowl him.

He will be more expensive, but he is generally a wicket taker which we need right now.

The negative attitude of Head to bowl himself to try and stop the flow of runs from Kerber is not helping.

Eagles2014 wrote:He will be more expensive, but he is generally a wicket taker which we need right now.

Debatable.

They’ll be chasing 550 here.

amber_fluid wrote:They’ll be chasing 550 here.

Especially if they keep dropping catches!!

Very gettable.

Over 2 innings

DOC wrote:Very gettable.

Over 2 innings

I thought one of the areas identified in the off season was the need to take 20 wickets (obviously)?? At least we can take comfort in knowing that we don't have to deal with change - we'll only need to bowl once each game

Looks like our tactic this year will be “bowl first, let them declare, score a smallish total, then hope they give us a sporting declaration to steal some points”

RustyCage wrote:Looks like our tactic this year will be “bowl first, let them declare, score a smallish total, then hope they give us a sporting declaration to steal some points”

We’d still lose chasing a small total after a sporting declaration

Dutchy wrote:OK another season of Shield heartbreak is about to unfold, we have all been here, if they are going to lose every game this year Im at least going to profit from it, keep rolling the profits into the next game, I genuinely hope I lose this $50.

Game 1 - WA to beat SA
$50 @ $1.33 = $66.50

Only problem is when they lose to WA the next team will be in to $1.10 for the win

Sorry Kerber but you're out of your depth. Might be able to dominate at Grade level bowling to the muppets in SA Premier cricket but not here!

Hundred number 389340 for Marsh

Armchair expert wrote:Hundred number 389340 for Marsh

What odds were Marsh for making a ton?
He was odds on surely

amber_fluid wrote:

Armchair expert wrote:Hundred number 389340 for Marsh

What odds were Marsh for making a ton?
He was odds on surely

$1.05

Now I've seen it all - just read this on cricket.com about the saviour for our bowling attack:

"Doggett figured that at least the enforced lay-off might help settle the back injury he developed at the end of last summer's successful Shield campaign - his first 'full' season in more than two years due to quadriceps and back problems – and he could hit the ground running once he got to Adelaide.

But the back issue has proved more troubling than expected, and he has instead eased into work with his new team which means the timing of his first outing in SA colours is as unclear as the domestic summer schedule itself.

"It's a crack, so we don't know what we're going to do about it," he says matter-of-factly of the latest report on his spine.

"It's a bit of a weird one because I don't have any pain in there but the images we get on it, it looks horrific.

"I've been managing it for four years, but it's probably at its worst point now so we just wait and see what happens.

"I'll try and play as much as I can while I'm pain free, and then if any pain comes up we'll just put the brakes on and go from there."

So now we've recruited a guy with a suspect back on a 3-year deal on big coin!!!! Well done SACA.

McAndrew reminds me of Jon Hastings

Minimum Chips wrote:Now I've seen it all - just read this on cricket.com about the saviour for our bowling attack:

"Doggett figured that at least the enforced lay-off might help settle the back injury he developed at the end of last summer's successful Shield campaign - his first 'full' season in more than two years due to quadriceps and back problems – and he could hit the ground running once he got to Adelaide.

But the back issue has proved more troubling than expected, and he has instead eased into work with his new team which means the timing of his first outing in SA colours is as unclear as the domestic summer schedule itself.

"It's a crack, so we don't know what we're going to do about it," he says matter-of-factly of the latest report on his spine.

"It's a bit of a weird one because I don't have any pain in there but the images we get on it, it looks horrific.

"I've been managing it for four years, but it's probably at its worst point now so we just wait and see what happens.

"I'll try and play as much as I can while I'm pain free, and then if any pain comes up we'll just put the brakes on and go from there."

So now we've recruited a guy with a suspect back on a 3-year deal on big coin!!!! Well done SACA.

We don’t bother with Medical’s at the SACA?
Insert > Benny Hill music

Armchair expert wrote:McAndrew reminds me of Jon Hastings

Big, strong and useless?

Green tons up

The worry is how rapidly this partnership has moved the game forward - 197 off 268 balls.

I fear the worst is yet to come.