Hodge????
Gilly
have piled them on this year both before and after. At 30, he still has 5-8
years at the top level, so if his form continues, he would surely be a
better option than the poorly PC performed Clarke.
Gilly
Ian Galbraith
wrote:
I think Hodge may have turned a corner in his career, but its probably
too late. I'd still go for Love ahead of him. I have to admit I'm
going a bit cold on Clarke for tests
Moby
> I remember some posting how Hodge never makes runs after Xmas.
Yes, there were some people who said that he'd never made runs after
Xmas. You'll notice that they've stopped saying it for a bit now?
> He seems to
> have piled them on this year both before and after. At 30, he still has 5-8
> years at the top level, so if his form continues, he would surely be a
> better option than the poorly PC performed Clarke.
Well, yes. But he's not from NSW.
Moby
alvey
Lovey got a golden gozz opening in Qld 2nd innings this arvo.
Nice work Galbraith.
alvey
in bris, not knowing why Mabo didn't open.
Colin Kynoch
You seem to have dropped the V in favour of a W.
Interesting.
Colin Kynoch
In Victoria soon to be home of the Carton
alvey
> I remember some posting how Hodge never makes runs after Xmas.
Possibly me. And it was also possibly an idle observation something
more along the lines that he never seems (seemed?) to have a
consistent season. 'Twas either good < Xmas, or good > Xmas. And his
flat spot usually seemed to co-incide with when there was the sniff of
a Test spot in the air. Could have been wrong. Was just an impression.
alvey
David Male
<alvey_digi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>alvey
>in bris, not knowing why Mabo didn't open.
Injury, reported on Chan 7 6pm news beatups...
Gumby
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> > I remember some posting how Hodge never makes runs after Xmas.
>
> Yes, there were some people who said that he'd never made runs after
> Xmas. You'll notice that they've stopped saying it for a bit now?
>
perhaps they meant "between Xmas and New Year" ??
Gilly
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His career FC average of 44.XX is prob supportive of your assessment of him
being inconsistent, but he seems to have turned a corner over the last
couple of seasons. Age and state will not help his cause for a baggy green.
Gilly
pharro
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But you have to remember that when G. Chappell, Marsh and Lillee retired,
Australian cricket went into serious decline, the stock market crashed and
the Earth slipped out of the Sun's gravitational field. It's not worth the
risk. We must stack the test team with under-performing teenagers NOW!
pharro
Gilly
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Agreed. Send the selectors off to the NSW Under 19s I say.
Gilly
Moby
Not if you read.
I've been quite agreeable for some time now to the suggestion that the
bias now overwhelmingly favours NSW and that Victoria are very much
the junior member. They still have it a lot easier than the Others
though and I do agree with Alvey that the dics will be on top again
soon enough.
Moby
Colin Kynoch
Yeah that would explain the number of Victorians compared to say
Queenslanders in the current team.
Colin Kynoch
Amazed that the NSV conspiracy theorists still persist.
pharro
Yes Colin, but if not for the NSV, there would be half the number of
Victorians in the current test team. Clearly Hodge, Innes, White, et al have
had it far too easy.
pharro
Mad Hamish
>
>Yes Colin, but if not for the NSV, there would be half the number of
>Victorians in the current test team. Clearly Hodge, Innes, White, et al have
>had it far too easy.
>
when exactly should Hodge or White have played tests?
Inness should have been picked ahead of Bracken but I'd find it hard
to argue that he should displace Bichel or Hayden who are the two
Queenslanders in or around the test team.
Oh, and by origin rules Williams qualifies as Victorian...
--
"Hope is replaced by fear and dreams by survival, most of us get by."
Stuart Adamson 1958-2001
Mad Hamish
Hamish Laws
h_l...@aardvark.net.au
pharro
"Mad Hamish" <h_l...@aardvark.net.au> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:34:25 +1100, "pharro" <nospam> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >Yes Colin, but if not for the NSV, there would be half the number of
> >Victorians in the current test team. Clearly Hodge, Innes, White, et al
have
> >had it far too easy.
> >
> when exactly should Hodge or White have played tests?
>
I didn't say they should play, I was simply pointing out the idiocy of the
belief that the Victorians have it a lot easier than the others. Which
Victorians?
pharro
Ian Galbraith
<h_l...@aardvark.net.au> wrote:
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>Oh, and by origin rules Williams qualifies as Victorian...
Come on Hamish you're smarter than to fall for that rubbish.
Colin Kynoch
He rarely shows it though Ian.
Colin Kynoch
>
>
Mad Hamish
<igalb...@replace.com> wrote:
You might actually want to look for where I've commented on state
bias.
I don't think you'll find too many cases.
I've argued the point about individual players such as Lee, Mark
Waugh, Blewett etc being carried too long and other players being
harshly dealt with including Bichel, Hayden, Kasprowicz and Whitney.