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Q: I always find it so fascinating with cricket selections before a series. So much speculation around a player/s and whether or not they cash in on the very last opportunity to be picked.
The debate around the opening position at the moment is interesting because the selectors really have built a rod for their own back with giving Smithy a crack up there. But at the time, who was the best option????
Let’s be honest. 5 of those 6 batters are not going to change at the top of the order, well they will through injury. The selectors have showed their hand with the amount of faith and patience they are willing to give the current squad. So why not Konstas then?
Who cares if it’s against India. 🤷♂️Yes an incredible challenge but you have to make your debut eventually and if he is good enough then let him do it. He has been mentored by one of our greatest all rounders (just make sure he is careful with drs😂😂). I think give him a go and let the senior players look after him and pick up the slack if he is struggling.
Australian kids need their next hero playing for the baggy green. Let’s start now👍👍
Nathan Hauritz
3 weeks ago
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Q: All-rounder Moises Henriques will play his 100th Sheffield Shield match when he leads the NSW Men’s Team against Western Australia at the SCG in the fixture that begins on Monday.
Selectors have named a 13-player Blues squad that includes three additions to the 11 that went down to Victoria at the MCG in their last Shield match. One player will drop out of the squad later today.
Fast bowler Liam Hatcher, all-rounder Hayden Kerr and powerful batter Ollie Davies come in for Ben Dwarshuis and Jack Edwards. Chris Green was 12th man for the Melbourne fixture and is again in the squad for this clash. Edwards was not considered for selection as he manages minor niggles.
https://www.cricketnsw.com.au/news/3769115/blues-squad-vs-wa-henriques-set-for-100th-shield-match
A: Incredible player and even better human. Well done Mo.
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Q: Grade cricket - The place for the cricket community to connect
You'll often see a 35-year-old bank manager who is sledging a 15-year-old and you think, 'That's just what you do in grade cricket"
But what about test cricketers that return to Grade cricket for the love of the game?
As wide-eyed juniors, the Grade Cricketer dreamed of playing cricket for Australia one day. That was before entering the dog-eat-dog world of Australian grade cricket, where their hopes and dreams were swiftly extinguished; their cricketing careers subsequently laid to rest.
Whatever reason some things don’t change once you have represented Australia and if you continue to play — you truly loved it for the right reason at the start.
Sledge away kids. The real winner is always and will be cricket.
Dreams can and do come true. Lessons I have learnt is to be always kind. No matter what.
Lessons along the way in detail
1- How you start always matters.
2- Always be prepared.
3- Water puts out fire.
4- Better together.
5- Ball by ball. Only focus on what is in front of you now.
6- The Australian team is a galvanising force
7- Captains are also human
8- Being predictable sometimes works.
9- Approach everyday as if it could be your last.
10- If your dream doesn't scare you it’s not what the higher powers want for you.
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Q: I’m an accredited cricket coach and would like to get some feedback on how to help leg spinners get more revolutions on the ball so they’re not just bowling at the same pace every ball.
Where does their power come from to get more revolutions. Is it their wrist and fingers or does the power stems from their run up and delivery stride?
A: You first have to find out how many revolutions you put on the ball and the shape of the seam. Case in point is someone like Travis Head compared to Nathan Lyon. If you watch slow mo’ of their deliveries, one seam is perfect and the other one is more horizontal.
If they have the same number of revolutions only one will spin, because it hits the seam more.
Secondly revolutions come from wrist and arm strength, finger strength, front leg drive, back leg drive, strong front arm, confidence, and fast arm action. It’s not just one component that will fix this.
My suggestion is to go to the nets and bowl the ball as hard as you can and have absolutely zero fear where it lands. Jot down how many times out of 10 they land the ball in an area where you are trying to, then that is your basic marker to begin with. There is no point in bowling the ball and not bowling it as hard as you can, because that will inhibit the revolutions on the ball naturally.
I would then either tape the seam, paint one side of the ball a different colour or invest in a red and white ball and see which way the seam is facing.
Then I would work on getting the seam pointing to 1st slip or 2nd slip as much as I could and bowl the ball as hard as I could every time.
That will help naturally.
I hope this helps.
