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I think that describing it as “better” is a huge understatement. They were 0-2-2 before the game against Western Australia where Davies made his maiden century. Since Davies came into the side this season, NSW have had a record of 4-1-2. They didn’t lose a game after the BBL break (granted, rain saved them against Victoria). There are still some big issues with the squad, but Tremain topping the wicket takers, the emergence of Davies and the continued development of Edwards have all been enormous positives for this season. Chris Green has also continued his good work from the backend of the shambolic 22/23 season.
NSW needed people to stand up this season, and their pace spearhead has taken 50 wickets at 15.9. They have a young batsman who scored 670 runs at 67 with three centuries in only 7 games. Their two all rounders have 373 runs at 33.9 with 22 wickets at 24.68, and 16 wickets at 32.42 and 246 runs at 61.5, respectively. What a turnaround.
Round 10 Sheffield Shield wrap – Who's hitting their stride ahead of the big final?
Honestly, most of the players in the NSW setup “don’t deserve [their] spot” given that half of the first XI are routinely missing from Sheffield Shield duty. Edwards was, like many NSW players in recent times, picked too early. However, he’s scored his runs 290~ at 32 this season and taken his 12 wickets at 28. Those aren’t incredible numbers, but they justify his selection. NSW has problems much bigger than selecting Edwards.
Round 8 Sheffield Shield wrap – Who's putting their hand up for an Aussie Test spot?
Autocorrect or my phone playing up. Long-time commenters will know that I’m fastidious with my grammar when calling out overrated bats people.
Steve Smith v Kane Williamson - is the Test series across the ditch to be their last battle?
Williamson is also a massive home track bully with a poor record against the ‘Big There’s sides.
Steve Smith v Kane Williamson - is the Test series across the ditch to be their last battle?
130 worked well enough for McGrath
'He's got a bright future': Bartlett bolts into Test frame as selectors face choice over injured quicks
Why would becoming a republic somehow make us “grown up”?
Cricket can’t solve Australia Day conundrum - it’s not up to sports to make tough decisions for governments
You say that, but Menai and Bangor in the Sutherland Shire were purchased and settled by Welsh farmers who thought them to be similar enough!
Cricket can’t solve Australia Day conundrum - it’s not up to sports to make tough decisions for governments
“I don’t believe it, though”
Well, there’s plenty of survey data to back it up.
Cricket can’t solve Australia Day conundrum - it’s not up to sports to make tough decisions for governments
The one exception to this was the mid-late 1980s. Australia were a weak side, Pakistan were managing to tie series with the West Indies, New Zealand had a generational player in Hadlee. This was the period in which Australia, England, India, Pakistan, New Zealand and the West Indies were closest to each other in terms of performance, even though the West Indies were dominant.
Australia play nearly half their Tests against England and India - to save the game, that needs to change
“A lot of those little decision-making errors that may have crept in I think will iron themselves out.”
One of the few times that I can’t fault McDonald for not really saying anything. When you have two batsmen who average 50+ failing to fire at the same time, all you can really do is hope that they find form.
'Will iron themselves out': McDonald expects improvement from batters, discusses T20 'creep' into Test schedules
Ponting played 30+ Tests at 5 and 6 before moving to #3 or the 2001 Ashes in the wake of Langer being dropped. He’d played three Tests at #3 before that series.
Travis should Head up the order until Green proves he’s four-midable enough to earn important spot
Don’t care about the ball tampering, do care about his away average.
Grabbing a cold one: What I'd like to discuss with David Warner
Dean Jones was dropped from the Test side, aged 31, having averaged 52.7 in his last six Test matches.
A farewell to remember: Warner wows SCG one last time as Aussies polish off Pakistan ... but cap mystery lingers
The 06-07 Ashes side only had three players from NSW. The Australian side of the mid-70s was also pretty light on NSW players. There’s not some enormous conspiracy to keep players from other states out, sometimes the largest state (weirdly) just produces the most players of high quality.
'Happy to go up the top': Smith's surprise call on Warner replacement suggestion, opening Green door for recall
Travis Head scored 92 at the Gabba in 2022. Was that pitch “not poor” or does him being 8 runs of an arbitrary benchmark not count?
Rohit hits out at Indian pitch critics after Cape Town drama ends as quickest-ever completed Test
It’s a totally bizarre suggestion without even taking Smith’s form into account. Smith is our best player of spin, which is something openers rarely have to deal with, especially in Australian conditions. Why would you ever move Smith up the order to open when there are plenty of Australian batsmen who deal with pace bowling just as well as he does?
Farcical 'gut feel' twist to umps' bad light decision after play delay slammed, great's left-field Warner replacement call
Watching it live at the ground, everyone seated around me was asking the same questions “Why aren’t we bowling at the stumps?” and “Why are we treating a #9 like he’s Ben Stokes?”. Jamal isn’t a mug with the bat, but this was the fielding equivalent of a batting collapse. A Fielding Collapse, if you will. Even with the plan that they were trying to execute, they were doing it incorrectly. They were allowing Jamal to get an easy single on the fourth ball of the over before moving the fielders in on Hamza when he only had one or two deliveries to face. It took our bowlers over an hour before they started denying Hamza the quick single, to try and get a whole over at Hamza.
Absolutely braindead cricket and some serious questions need to be asked. People deserve to be dropped after that performance, regardless of the result of the Test.
Farcical 'gut feel' twist to umps' bad light decision after play delay slammed, great's left-field Warner replacement call
Yes, the wicketkeeper spot in sides is a bit silly sometimes because people will pick players that operated in the position part-time, or who switched to being a batsman later on and performed better without the gloves.
Farcical 'gut feel' twist to umps' bad light decision after play delay slammed, great's left-field Warner replacement call
The ICC rankings are based on a player’s peak period of about 2-3 years. Smith and Ponting both had 20 Test stretches where they averaged in excess of 80, which is why they rate so highly as batsmen, for instance. Imran Khan edges out Cummins and McGrath, both with a peak rating of 914, by a couple of points iirc.
Tendulkar’s most remarkable attribute (his consistency) is actually what works against him here.
Farcical 'gut feel' twist to umps' bad light decision after play delay slammed, great's left-field Warner replacement call
The SCG managed an average of 24,000 across five days despite pretty much all of it being rained out last season. Yes, 16,000 is disappointing.
Multi-format contests loom as better option for most opponents than only playing fait accompli Test series
I was with Johnson (for the most part) so far, but it definitely would have been easier to say nothing at all or simply announce “in the wake of being uninvited from two speaking positions, I will respectfully not be accepting this invite.” Now he just looks like a cranky imbecile.
Maybe he needs a manager, like David Warner. Not a manager like David Warner’s, mind you.
'Is Cricket Australia serious?': The Mitch is back as Johnson returns serve with social media retort over mixed messages
“Takes one to know one.”
'Is Cricket Australia serious?': The Mitch is back as Johnson returns serve with social media retort over mixed messages
Brett Lee was an overrated pie chucker, but I’ll not allow anyone to besmirch the good name of ME Waugh.
'Everyone's best interests': Mitch Johnson loses CA gig after personal attack on Warner
In the third innings of the match which Australia have won, in Australia, Warner averages 53.1 with 1009 runs having scored five centuries and three fifties. Smith, in the same period, has scored 452 runs at 34.76 with four fifties.
All but one of these centuries came in an absolute clattering of the opposition, with a lead of 130+ runs coming into the third innings and overall winning margins of 150+ runs. Smith only has two centuries in winning matches in the third innings, both away from home. Pune in 2017 and Edgbaston in 2019.
Of course, Warner is an opener and so he has a better opportunity to score in the third innings of a match, but even his two Away centuries fitting this criteria came in similar circumstances. Centurion and Cape Town in 2014, coming in with a lead of 191 and 207 runs, respectively.
Test-mortem: Jury's out on ‘treacherous’ Optus as Perth’s best venue, Warner robbed, Marnus slump no big deal … yet
Green was out for 4 games where NSW selected Nathan Lyon ahead of him. Lyon took 9 wickets at 34 (BBI of 5/153) for those games, with a couple of them being on absolute greentops. Green’s numbers for the rest of the season indicate that he would have been about as useful with the ball, but probably chipped in more with the bat than Lyon’s 55 runs with a top score of 17* and three ducks.
Extrapolate out from Green’s six games – he probably takes those 9 wickets at roughly the same cost, maybe even more expensive, so let’s say he’d have 25 wickets at around 35~ for the season. He missed out on seven batting innings though, and taking his average per innings of 27.3, he’d have scored another 191 runs or so. Assume he gets out in every innings there and doesn’t have a heap of NOs inflating his average, Green’s stats would be something like:
25 wickets at 35~
440 runs at 40
Pretty likely, given his performance in the 22/23 season and how he performed this time.
Round 10 Sheffield Shield wrap – Who's hitting their stride ahead of the big final?