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Where is the cutoff? Once they play representative for their state?

Where was Lyon from?

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Western Australian’s are always calling for more players from WA to be chosen in Australian teams . So if the team does well, that’s what you should have to put up with. A lot of the players playing for Australia from NSW are now past their best. Time for the other States to take up the slack & see how they do carrying the load .

Probably because the under 25’s are playing smash and grab, rather than building batting and bowling techniques in Shield. Anyone who can play a pull shot from outside off and chop on from shoulder height, like Inglis did last night batting at 3, certainly appears to be a product of ‘back yourself’, rather than cricket coaching technique, where some balls just have to be left alone, rather than premeditated. Coming into a scenario of 7 an over already being scored, a set batsman at one end and 40 odd overs to go, says the next generation is being short changed from coaching which doesn’t send a player with less than 10 ODI’s out there to build a five over base from, especially batting at four!

Yeah, must be hard, with 4 Test bowlers and another half dozen in the white ball squads coming from NSW touring constantly, or being rested for rotation or horses for courses purposes! A bit like the selectors taking all WA’s allrounders for white ball!

Sorry yes, WA product!

Mallett grew up near Chatswood Oval in Sydney, moved as a young boy to Perth where he attended Mt Lawley High School, and was in WA's State Squad at age 21. He, and Terry Jenner as well, then moved to SA.

Mallett is really an SA product, moved there as a child and went to school there.

Doesn’t quite explain the disparity between WA and SA producing top players.

They struggle because they have 6-7 players in the international sides most of the time. Cummins, Smith, Warner, Lyon, Starc, Hazlewood, Abbott, Zampa plus Khawaja another NSW product. Also, Ellis, Maddinson, Sangha among other contenders. Mind you, the next generation doesn’t seem to promise as many stars.

Left out Lenny Pascoe who was born in Bridgetown North.

Charlie Stobo the most recent. It is interesting to see who thrives away from family.

NSW has done alright out of WA, receiving- Simon Katich, Stuart MacGill, Ross Edwards, Beau Casson. While sending it- Paul Wilson, Bob Simpson, Adam Gilchrist, Chris Rogers, Matt Nicholson, and a half-dozen Shield players.

Trevor Chappell was only alright at a state level. If you look at WA, they are producing a lot of players for themselves. Soccer is much the same. Most of the players are from NSW & VIC.

It's a predictable outcome, given that we have only six first-class teams, while our States have vastly differing population levels. It's partly why NSW and Vic each provide 2 of the 8 sides (ie one-quarter of them) in the BBL and WBBL, as well as in each national youth championship. The only player that I can think of who went the other way is Trevor Chappell, after WSC.

That’s quite the list . The actual South Australian’s that play there can wear a ‘Where’s Wally striped shirt’. So you can tell them apart. :laughing:

An SA State Squad of Test cricketers who were NSW-origin- Phil Hughes Les Favell Andrew Hilditch Don Bradman Michael Bevan (ACT- close enough !) Graeme Hole Ryan Harris Jason Gillespie Joe Mennie Paul Wilson Bill Whitty Jack Ferris Johnny Martin Clarrie Grimmett (after arriving from NZ played initially in Sydney) Frank Ward Ashley Mallett Nathan Lyon Plus another 15 or so Shield players including the current Henry Hunt, Nathan McAndrew, Ben Manenti.

I heard that they’d like to build a replica of the Sydney Harbour Bridge somewhere near Adelaide, to make everyone that’s there feel at home.

Went down to St Kilda three years ago, when aged 23.