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9 months ago

CricConnect Fans

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Can you name your best cricket team from players whose first name starts with the letter A?

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10 months ago

CricConnect Fans

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Who is the one player from Perth Grade Cricket who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own Western Australian Premier Cricket first grade cricket team?

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10 months ago

CricConnect Fans

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Who is the one player from Adelaide Grade Cricket who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own South Australian Premier Cricket first grade cricket team?

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11 months ago

CricConnect Fans

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Who is the one player from Grade Cricket in Tasmania who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own Tasmania Premier Cricket first grade cricket team?

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11 months ago

CricConnect Fans

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Who is the one player from Melbourne District Cricket who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own Victorian Premier Cricket first grade cricket team?

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11 months ago

CricConnect Fans

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Who is the one player from Newcastle Grade Cricket who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own Newcastle Premier first grade cricket team?

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11 months ago

Queensland Veterans Cricket

Brisbane, Australia

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Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to represent Queensland and help defend the Cooper-Finlay Cup in Maitland, NSW on March 25 & 26, 2024.

Once again, I would like to thank the selectors, Mark Kratzmann, Craig Sweet and Andrew Knight for their time and deliberation’s selecting these teams.

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11 months ago

CricConnect Fans

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Who is the one player from Sydney Grade Cricket who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own NSW Premier first grade cricket team?

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11 months ago

CricConnect Fans

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Who is the one player from Brisbane Grade Cricket who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own Queensland Premier first grade cricket team?

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11 months ago

Rodney Davison

Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

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There’s potential in Spencer Johnson and Lance Morris for sure.

If Mitch Marsh is not going to bowl much, be possibly needs to be given more responsibility to bat higher at No. 4 with Green slotted back into No. 6 as the all-rounder.

I reckon we’ve missed a trick with not rotating the bowlers at all recently. (Boland, Neser, Jhye Richardson and Jason Behrendorff, etc. will all be past their best when the next opportunity knocks.

Also, we could have been smarter in re-selecting Bancroft and/or Renshaw earlier, particularly in England where Warner generally struggled against Stuart Broad.

There may come a time when the current Australian players have played on too long and retire at the same time. I think we’re close to possibly becoming Dad’s Army and losing an Ashes series at home to England in 2025/26, simply because they will be younger and at their peak and/or we have a new generation of players in the team that are inexperienced.

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11 months ago

Paul Ryan

Founder

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Bob Simpson, who was a major force in the success of Australian cricket in the late 1980s and 1990s, used to say to a young group of players at Western Suburbs many years ago that a second-grade batter is only eight consecutive hundred away from playing Test cricket for Australia.

Simpson created hope by sharing two consecutive hundreds in 2nd grade, which should warrant a promotion to first grade. 3 consecutive first grade hundreds would bring you into calculations for NSW, and if you followed it up with 3 consecutive hundreds in first class cricket, you could be selected to make your debut for Australia in Test cricket.

It’s never been done, but gee, I’d love the theory to be tested. You never know how any player will perform until they are given an opportunity.

Can NSW Selectors ignore the form of Gordon District Cricket Club first grade captain Tym Crawford?

Tym has scored over 6,000 first grade runs and is only 30 years of age and look at his six innings for Gordon in NSW Premier Cricket.

• 101 off 116 balls in Round 7 vs. UTS North Sydney
• 205 off 140 balls in Round 8 vs. Penrith.
• 119 off 92 balls in Round 9 vs. Northern District.
• 48 off 42 balls in Round 10 vs. Sydney
• 164 off 121 balls in Round 11 vs. Sydney University
• 94 off 113 balls in Round 12 vs. Mosman

He’s in form and has created the currency of performances we’ve been assured are most worthy.

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last year

Nick Stuart

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Queensland Cricket launched KFC T20 Max to unearth new talent and improve the Brisbane Heat.

Spencer Johnson joined Redlands Cricket Club from South Australia in August 2022, was the competitions leading quick, earned a Brisbane Heat contract and a year later sold for $1.78 million in the IPL.

That's pretty cool.

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last year

Paul Ryan

Founder

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Love him or whatever your opinion is of David Warner, he’s undoubtedly one of Australia’s greatest ever cricketers.

In the scheme of things does it really matter he said he’d like to finish his test career at the SCG test in January 2024. His contribution to Australian cricket would suggest he’s earned the right to say how he’d like to finish his career but like every other cricketer his selection has and always should be up to the selectors.

Ian Healy wanted to finish his career in the first test in Brisbane in 1999, the selectors denied him a farewell test.

Prior to the 4 test series against India in 2003-04 Steve Waugh announced he’d be retiring after the 4th test at the SCG.

The selectors picked Waugh as captain in each test and in his last test he scored 40 and 80 in front of a packed 5th day SCG crowd in an emotional farewell.

Today Warner scored his 26th test century in the first test against Pakistan in Perth. He is now only one test century behind Allan Border’s 27 test centuries.

He’s played more tests than Mark Taylor, David Boon and Justin Langer.

He has a higher test average than Mark Waugh.

As an opening batter he has a strike rate of 70 runs per hundred balls. He 2nd behind Adam Gilchrist who had a strike rate of 80.

David Warner is now within 100 runs of passing Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke to become Australia’s 5th highest run scorer in Test cricket.

He sits comfortably with all Australian cricketing greats and he did it his way. Good luck to him.

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last year

Queensland Veterans Cricket

Brisbane, Australia

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The Queensland Over 60's sides for the Nationals in Perth have been announced, congratulations to all players.

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last year

Queensland Veterans Cricket

Brisbane, Australia

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Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to play for Queensland at the upcoming Over 50 Championships in Melbourne from December 2 until December 8, 2023.

Commiserations to those that have missed out on selection or being selected in the team they had hoped for.

Thank you to the Queensland Selectors - Mark Kratzmann (Sunshine Coast), Craig Sweet (Gold Coast) and Andrew Knight (Brisbane) for their time, discussions and consideration given to this difficult task.

The teams are below with the captain named first and then alphabetically.

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last year

Tim Furner

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Our son played under 14 representative cricket last season and did trial for a club’s green shield team for this season. Unfortunately, he missed out but a number of his team mates made the squad.
A few parents of the kids have been persistent with wanting our son to play green shield with them and it’s upsetting him as the coaches of the club have said the squads have been selected.
What should we do to help him?

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last year

Dean Tuckwell

Travel Agent

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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What’s your Australian Test team for the 4th Ashes test at Old Trafford.

Here’s mine

Khawaja
Labuschagne
Smith
Head
Marsh
Green
Carey
Neser
Cummins
Starc
Murphy

Warner has been a wonderful player, but his time has come. He has been lucky that he is playing in an era where there are no Australian batsmen outside the top 6 who average 40 in first class cricket.

I would consider opening with Green as I’m conscious Justin Langer started opening in similar circumstances and other players who were pushed up the order through necessity and opportunity include David Boon, Shane Watson, Simon Katich and Usman Khawaja. I would keep Head and Marsh in the middle order.

I would hope Green doesn’t listen to his captain and coach if they tell him to bowl 6 short balls an over.

Hazelwood is unlucky but Neser’s form is irresistible.

I think Murphy is a great prospect but if he is not effective at Old Trafford I would consider drafting in Maxwell for The Oval.

What’s your team?

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last year

Paul Ryan

Founder

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Recently I was asked how a team, club or association can be more professional and build the standards and culture to be more successful.

In my opinion, irrespective of the standard or level of cricket or the purpose for which people play, everything starts at the selection table.

Suppose the selectors of a cricket team select the players they believe will act and perform in the team's best interest. In that case, the desired outcomes of professionalism and standards sort themselves out.

Problems start, fester and can cause untold issues when selectors bow to self-interest, agendas, politics, or anything other than selecting players on performance or outside the purpose of the team and its ambition.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/32/paul-ryan/blog/1270/cricket-selectors-set-the-standards-culture-and-professionalism

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last year

Paul Ryan

Founder

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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In the first innings of the 3rd Test Cummins had the confidence to give Murphy the ball when Stokes was in full flight and I thought he did well under pressure dismissing Stokes and taking 1 for 36 off 7.3 overs.

I’m really intrigued as to why Murphy only bowled 2 overs in the 2nd innings and now why are people seemingly ruling him out of the 4th Test and for Australia not to have a frontline spinner?

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last year

Veterans Cricket Australia

Brisbane, Australia

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The Australian Over 40's Cricket Team is thrilled to announce their participation in the inaugural Over 40's World Cup, set to take place in Pakistan from the 23rd of September – 8th of October 2023. The tournament will witness eight formidable teams competing in a total of 36 thrilling matches, showcasing the exceptional talent and passion for cricket among seasoned players. Australia will compete against 7 other Countries including the USA, Saudia Arabia, Hong Kong, Canada, West Indies, UAE, and hosts Pakistan.

The Australian Over 40's Cricket squad recently completed a rigorous two-day training camp in Queensland, impressing the national selectors with their skill and determination. Comprising 16 highly skilled players, the team is now eagerly looking forward to showcasing their expertise as they compete against some of the best veteran cricketers in the world.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/889/veterans-cricket-australia/blog/1161/australian-team-gears-up-to-conquer-the-over-40s-cricket-world-cup

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Can you name your best cricket team from players whose first name starts with the letter A?

Who is the one player from Perth Grade Cricket who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own Western Australian Premier Cricket first grade cricket team?

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Who is the one player from Grade Cricket in Tasmania who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own Tasmania Premier Cricket first grade cricket team?

Who is the one player from Melbourne District Cricket who played between 1980 and 2000 you’d want as the first player selected if you had the opportunity to start your own Victorian Premier Cricket first grade cricket team?

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