Grahaml wrote:Did we expect anything else from Flintoff? Was always an average bowler who had 1 series where he got wickets when needed. At his best he was a powerful, bustling type and now after a few years off and a bunch of injuries he was never going to get his body to the crease the same way. But he only has to come off a couple of times with the bat, give a few not diabolical overs a game and he's worth playing.
Maxwell shouldn't be in this discussion at all. Widely considered the best fielder in the country, bowls regularly and when his batting is on he'll just win you games. No doubt hasn't had a great series but when you add the entire value of his bowling, batting and fielding he's clearly doing more than blokes who bat 6 or 7 and don't bowl.
Wow......
Graham read the heading of this thread.....
BBL4- That's this year mate, If you don't have him in on this years form you've lost it!
Grahaml wrote:Did we expect anything else from Flintoff? Was always an average bowler who had 1 series where he got wickets when needed. At his best he was a powerful, bustling type and now after a few years off and a bunch of injuries he was never going to get his body to the crease the same way. But he only has to come off a couple of times with the bat, give a few not diabolical overs a game and he's worth playing.
Maxwell shouldn't be in this discussion at all. Widely considered the best fielder in the country, bowls regularly and when his batting is on he'll just win you games. No doubt hasn't had a great series but when you add the entire value of his bowling, batting and fielding he's clearly doing more than blokes who bat 6 or 7 and don't bowl.
sorry the judges have all but locked him in. Been a spud all series and thats the criteria.
I'm a closet Maxwell fan but as the self appointed head of selectors I want to point out he has sucked as$ so far in BBL4 and clearly earnt selection. If he makes some runs or takes some wickets he still has time to pass on his Baggy Bryce .
The PNU Falcs 2005,06,13 x 2,14 and Div 1 Premiers in 2019......The SA 3peat - 2003,04,05
carey wrote:Half way point of the BBL I have listed my squad of 16 spuds. 3 internationals, a Captain and a Coach.
1. Hales (int) 2. Carberry (int) 3. Maxwell (C) 4. McDonald 5. Cooper 6. Voges 7. Carters (wk) *unlucky but we need a keeper 8. Siddle 9. Rose 10. The Rug 11. Worell
Add Mr Brett Lee to the bowling lineup, made sure the Sixers lost to the Stars. I can imagine the conversation went something like. "Shit, sorry Mr Captain, let me bowl the super over and fix it for you" Fixed it all right.
On a side note, James Faulkner is putting credibility in the bank, great effort.
Coach Bombay wrote:Tom cooper has been embarrassing. The renegades have already churned through Dan Harris and Aaron Obrien. Will he be next to get sacked?
Carberry gets let off by a horrible miss and is hitting his way out of selection for the converted Baggy Bryce.
50 off 24 in a devastating knock but it would have been very different if the second worst piece of fielding in BBL 4 hadn't given him the reprieve. I'm confident he can lose this form in the late games
The PNU Falcs 2005,06,13 x 2,14 and Div 1 Premiers in 2019......The SA 3peat - 2003,04,05
carey wrote:Half way point of the BBL I have listed my squad of 16 spuds. 3 internationals, a Captain and a Coach.
1. Hales (int) 2. Carberry (int) 3. Maxwell (C) 4. McDonald 5. Cooper 6. Voges 7. Carters (wk) *unlucky but we need a keeper 8. Siddle 9. Rose 10. The Rug 11. Worell
carey wrote:Half way point of the BBL I have listed my squad of 16 spuds. 3 internationals, a Captain and a Coach.
1. Hales (int) 2. Carberry (int) 3. Maxwell (C) 4. McDonald 5. Cooper 6. Voges 7. Carters (wk) *unlucky but we need a keeper 8. Siddle 9. Rose 10. The Rug 11. Worell
Grahaml wrote:Did we expect anything else from Flintoff? Was always an average bowler who had 1 series where he got wickets when needed. At his best he was a powerful, bustling type and now after a few years off and a bunch of injuries he was never going to get his body to the crease the same way. But he only has to come off a couple of times with the bat, give a few not diabolical overs a game and he's worth playing.
Maxwell shouldn't be in this discussion at all. Widely considered the best fielder in the country, bowls regularly and when his batting is on he'll just win you games. No doubt hasn't had a great series but when you add the entire value of his bowling, batting and fielding he's clearly doing more than blokes who bat 6 or 7 and don't bowl.
Wow......
Graham read the heading of this thread.....
BBL4- That's this year mate, If you don't have him in on this years form you've lost it!
The leave against the Heat only has him in.
Clearly my reading goes better than yours.
"when you add the entire value of his bowling, batting and fielding he's clearly doing more than blokes who bat 6 or 7 and don't bowl"
If you want to just consider blokes for one aspect of the game, perhaps that should be reflected in the heading too. If he only batted then fair enough, but he bowls some handy overs to allow his team to play one less bowling option (is about as good a spinner as is available too) and saves plenty in the field.
great knock lad 
