SA Footy

heater31 wrote:Losing the toss and bowling first without Sayers 6/fa in the second innings means the game limped into being a draw. He did the hard hards on a flat deck to set up the win for the boys. Ferg just did what he gets paid to do, make runs on a flat deck.

Spot on Heater.

Bowlers win games on AO decks. Sayers superb this match, and a clear man of the match.

What a great day 4 for the Redbacks. Sayers a genuine gun at first class level after dominating Grade Cricket for ages without getting a chance. Good to see Zampa get some wickets. Cooper continuing on his consistent form from the last couple of years and Ferguson is a class above what he was prior to his knee surgery - he will surely get another chance in Australian colours, hopefully in a baggy green.

Just need to find some help for Sayers from the other quicks, but you would expect Putland, Richardson and/or Mennie to be able to deliver sooner rather than later.

Michael who?

Thumbs up to the new shield scoring system

Chuck for the national job FFS.

Sheffield Shield Ladder
Round 1

VI 8.85
WA 8.67
SA 7.12
NS 1.26
QL 1.24
TA 1.15

Round 1 scores

QL 443
SA 4/368
QL 152
SA 2/228

NS 366
VI 5/507
NS 271
VI 1/131

TA 215
WA 353
TA 242
WA 3/105

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Whats the consensus with the bonus points
Is it better playing on flat decks and scoring runs
Or minefields and taking wickets
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COSGROVE V KLINGER
Theres been some discussion on these 2 players and whether SA or WA will benefit mostly
I think SA might be maginally better off with Cosi over Maxy this season

Round 1
COSI 46+78 [124] 62.0 average
MAXY 3 +56* [59] 59.0 average

WIN WIN so far for SA + WA

The one who gains the most out of klinger leaving is Travis head as he wouldn't have got a game. And I think that is why they let him go

bennymacca wrote:The one who gains the most out of klinger leaving is Travis head as he wouldn't have got a game. And I think that is why they let him go

Maxy stole Trav's contract from the WACA.... [emoji6]

bennymacca wrote:The one who gains the most out of klinger leaving is Travis head as he wouldn't have got a game. And I think that is why they let him go

Did Head open up or bat at 3 last year? From memory I think he did.

Do you ya reckon Cricket Aus have suggested batting him down the order this year as they see him as one of our better young batsmen in the country & see more chances of a spot opening up at say 5 or 6 in the test team down the track & want him to experiance batting there?

Otherwise why would we move him around this year?

David Brent wrote:

bennymacca wrote:The one who gains the most out of klinger leaving is Travis head as he wouldn't have got a game. And I think that is why they let him go

Did Head open up or bat at 3 last year? From memory I think he did.

Do you ya reckon Cricket Aus have suggested batting him down the order this year as they see him as one of our better young batsmen in the country & see more chances of a spot opening up at say 5 or 6 in the test team down the track & want him to experiance batting there?

Otherwise why would we move him around this year?

He batted 3 for most of the year. I'm very intrigued by the Ferguson to 3 and Head to 5 shuffle.

If you look at a spot in the national team that's not nailed down in the middle order you'd say it's number 3. Maybe Ferg has an eye on that?

Without a doubt. ferg wants that 3 spot.
And you'd have to think that if he puts in a stellar season then in the future he is a chance of a baggy green.

Don't forget Travis Head was horribly out of form in the 2nd half of last season. Could also be a positional change until he gains extreme confidence.

Andrew Mcdonald has been appointed coach of English team Leicestershire for
next county season.

do we have a 2014/15 redbacks thread? maybe worth changing the thread title to reflect that?