Franchise Round 3 - Logan Cup & Pro 50 (23rd-28th November)

[secretzimbo]

Rocks have 3 decent keeper/bats in their side whilst Eagles are still having to wheel out Cunningham Ncube? Crazy

[Googly]

Ali out on Nelson's .
Evans waited a long time to get a first baller. He must be getting really frustrated now, things just not rolling out. It's how you deal with the tough times.

[secretzimbo]

Playing as a specialist batter at number 8 and getting a golden duck. Ouch.

[secretzimbo]

Although I think Frank was saying he was a big Evans fan recently and he’ll be back in the team soon, so at least he’s got that

[zimdan]

Ive never rated Evans, or even Burl for that matter.

Brad has had his injuries but really we have alot of competition for his sort of position.

He wont get in the side as a seamer, nor should be. His battiing helped him, but now he is well down the pecking order.

[secretzimbo]

No buddy, he’s quality and has a high ceiling. Unfortunately he’s had years of injuries and I think he’ll struggle now. He always looked capable of bowling faster than he did. If he could add that yard of pace - which he looked capable of - he would have been really good. Unfortunately successive injuries means he’s gonna be more unlikely to reach that pace now.

He’s a lot better than Faraz or Gwandu at least.

[Googly]

Ive never rated Evans, or even Burl for that matter.

Brad has had his injuries but really we have alot of competition for his sort of position.

He wont get in the side as a seamer, nor should be. His battiing helped him, but now he is well down the pecking order.

No we are all out of genuine quality seaming all-rounders. Luke, Faraz, Mashinge, Brad and a couple of others are the pick of them and Brad should be a level above by now, but its just not rolling out atm.
He can really bat and he's our most accurate seamer by a distance, not that that is a high bar. He just has to keep working hard and keep the faith.
He does lack a yard though.

[secretzimbo]

Can one really find success as a keeper if they are tall? Isnt Tsiga just as tall as say a Joshua Da Silva?

The internet says da Silva is 6ft. Tsiga is definitely quite a bit taller than that. Circa 6ft 3in or so. He will hugely regret wicket-keeping later in life.

[Pat_Bee]

Rhinos might as well declare and get it wrapped up today. Eagles going nowhere without big dawg Faraz.

[Googly]

Some brilliant cricket between Sri Lanka and SA.
SA under the pump, theyre getting it to hoop. I love watching Stubbs play, so good.