off season movements

Aiden blizzard in negotiations with the redbacks.

a good move for him

Hopefully brockley will hang around & post more regularly. There's a rumour going around in the chat room that brockley is actually Chloe Saltau.

that would be good...Chloe Saltau is an excellent writer

brockley wrote:Aiden blizzard in negotiations with the redbacks.

noooooo!

WideWally wrote:Hopefully brockley will hang around & post more regularly. There's a rumour going around in the chat room that brockley is actually Chloe Saltau.

Noice.

By Robert Craddock
April 15, 2010 Mark Cosgrove has offered his services to Queensland after being cut by South Australia, with Redbacks officials conceding defeat in their efforts to get him to lose weight.

The gifted but blatantly overweight Cosgrove, whose poor physical condition has meant he has never fulfilled his potential, has been let go by the Redbacks after a highly-publicised battle to conform to conventional fitness standards.

Cosgrove's management have contacted the Bulls, who have decided Cosgrove is welcome to take his chance if he heads north.

But he won't be offered a Bulls contract or guaranteed a spot in any of the three forms of the game.

Cosgrove is playing English county cricket with Glamorgan and has a history of returning from England, the world's fish and chip capital, in poor shape.

"We have decided to go down the path of having faith in our young players like Chris Lynn, Ben Dunk and Jason Floros," Bulls coach Trevor Barsby said.

"What message would it send to those players if Mark Cosgrove came back from England and walked straight into the side without doing a pre-season with us?

"How would the blokes who have trained all through the off-season feel?

"Mark is a very talented player and he is welcome to come to Queensland but if he does he will start with our QAS (Second XI) and work his way up from there. Luke Feldman proved last season that it can be done. It would be fantastic if he takes that path and it would prove to us he really wants to be here. But there will be no walk-up starts."

Cosgrove is 25, averages 42 in first-class cricket and scored two first-class centuries last season.

But after playing three one-day matches for Australia in 2006 he has failed to improve his fitness to acceptable levels.

When Cosgrove played those matches for Australia the team hierarchy noticed he was well below passable standards as a fieldsman and needed urgent attention to his game.

The Bulls were closely monitoring Cosgrove's form a year ago with a view to a possible approach but the emergence of a promising band of young batsmen has prompted them to stick with local talent.

It would not have helped Cosgrove's chances of a Bulls contract that several technical flaws were evident in a twin failure in a Sheffield Shield match at the Gabba recently.

Bushranger anger over Pattinson offer CHLOE SALTAU
April 16, 2010

IT IS not unusual for Victorian cricket officials to be mad with the national selectors, and this time the angst runs deep.

It centres on an approach from South Australia to Bushrangers fast bowler Darren Pattinson, and a perception that selector Jamie Cox, who is also director of cricket for the South Australian Cricket Association, has a conflict of interest.

The perception is not new; Fairfax columnist Peter Roebuck wrote in December that the former Tasmanian captain must relinquish one role or the other because they were bound to clash.

The Pattinson case appears to have brought the issue to a head. Victoria claims privately that the national selectors' decision to award Redbacks paceman Shaun Tait a Cricket Australia contract - the fast and wild quick is the only Twenty20 specialist on the list - frees up cash for SA to chase a paceman from another state.

The Bushrangers say they are restricted by the salary cap in what they can offer Pattinson, whose value to their attack transcends his notoriety as a one-off Test player for England.

Victorian coach Greg Shipperd was otherwise occupied as coach of Delhi in the Indian Premier League when The Age called last night, but he is clearly upset about the situation. ''I am happy to speak on that issue when I get back to Australia but certainly it is something that Victoria and all the other states should attend to, in my opinion, as a matter of urgency,'' Shipperd said.

''All I will say is that the states are in the balance with decisions, and I don't think it assists the game in Australia that these conflicts of interest, perceived or otherwise, exist. The game is professional enough to provide full-time national selectors.''

At this stage, the coach is not prepared to elaborate, except to state that ''it would be very disappointing for us to lose Darren Pattinson''.

Pattinson, 30, is playing county cricket in England but his manager, Gerard Sholly, said his client was ''very happy'' with Victoria and will meet Bushrangers officials next week.

Still, the matter highlights issues other than the push for a full-time selector, which was placed on hold when the CA board re-appointed chairman Andrew Hilditch for two years. Fellow selector David Boon holds a similar role to Cox in Tasmania.

As The Age reported this month, CA has pledged to review its outdated system for awarding contracts to reflect the growth of Twenty20. In the meantime, players are given a limited-overs ranking and the selectors use their discretion to weigh the importance of Twenty20 within that category.

Tait, who has bowled 20 overs in five Twenty20 games for Australia in the past year, received a base contract of about $210,000, but opening batsman David Warner, who played eight Twenty20 games in the same period, missed out. So did David Hussey.

Victorians are often too quick to float conspiracy theories about national selection, and Cox, who chose not to comment last night, should be taken at his word upon accepting the SACA job that it would complement his selection duties rather than present a conflict. ''And if it were to arise, then I'd just purely step back,'' he said at the time. Still, the perception will not go away.

Is brockley looking to mount a challenge to Red (and skully, who lodged a claim for the throne, too) as the 'cut and paste queen'?

Anyhoo..

Tait, who has bowled 20 overs in five Twenty20 games for Australia in the past year, received a base contract of about $210,000

I should be getting the same money, after all, I'm a crap bowler in anything other than exceedingly short spells...

"Cosgrove is playing English county cricket with Glamorgan and has a history of returning from England, the world's fish and chip capital, in poor shape"

funny

Jamie Cox, a definite qunt

Zat wrote:Is brockley looking to mount a challenge to Red (and skully, who lodged a claim for the throne, too) as the 'cut and paste queen'?

I think Chandan originally held the yellow jersey.

Nath wrote:Jamie Cox, a definite qunt

Absolutely.......now he is a Sossie.

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Aaron Bird retires from State cricket
Friday, 16 April 2010

RTA SpeedBlitz Blues quick Aaron Bird has retired from cricket
Sports Shoot / Delly Carr

RTA SpeedBlitz Blues fast bowler Aaron Bird has retired from State cricket.

Hailing from Taree on the NSW north coast, Bird made his First Class debut for NSW in 2005 and played six First-class matches for the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues, taking 14 wickets, including a career-best 4-80 on debut against Victoria in 2005.

However, it was in the limited over formats of the game that he excelled, representing NSW in 25 domestic one-day matches, taking 34 wickets at an average of 30.91, including a best of 5-26. He was also a major contributor in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash where in 12 matches he took 21 wickets at 17.42, including a best of 3-21.

Aaron was particularly effective in the 2008/09 season and was instrumental in helping NSW win the KFC Big Bash, finishing with 13 wickets at an average of 14.07, that included a spell of 4-0-21-3 in the victory over Victoria in the Final at ANZ Stadium. He was also a member of the NSW squad that won the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 in India in October 2009.

Aaron has no regrets about his decision: "I have had a wonderful time representing NSW and loved every minute of it. I leave with a great sense of pride and achievement that I have represented this great State, and am truly thankful for the opportunity and support through some tough times that Cricket NSW has given me. I will never forget some of the great memories and achievements in my playing career and although it is a sad time in any players career, the memories and friends will always be with me. I am now excited about the next stage of my life and move on with no regrets"

Cricket NSW Chief Executive David Gilbert paid tribute to Bird:

"Aaron's professionalism to the game, whether training or playing, set an outstanding example to his teammates. The manner with ...

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/cosgrove-considers-defecting-to-poms/story-e6frectl-1225855012305

Fatty Cosgrove might defect and play for the Poms.

Cosgrove is only going to make Dave Sales and Samit look good ...

We need Cosgrove, so another decade won't be the worst thing ever.

Yeh heard he queerying about england.
Shane harwood delisted.

brockley wrote:Yeh heard he queerying about england.
Shane harwood delisted.

Where's the bean-counting arbiter of all things festive?

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Tim earns stripes
sportCricket23 Mar 10 @ 01:58pm by JASON AVEDISSIAN

Manly's Tim Cruickshank has gained interest from Tasmania to play Sheffield Shield cricket
TASMANIAN head coach Tim Coyle has targeted star Manly batsman Tim Cruickshank for next summer.

The Waratahs right-hand batsman is coming off his finest season, having belted 992 runs in all forms of the game.

The 27-year-old also successfully played for the NSW second XI this summer, pocketing a century and a half-century in his only two appearances for the state.

Only work commitments prevented Cruickshank playing in a further three matches for NSW.

But while officials within the Sydney Cricket Ground ponder their roster for next season, the Tigers have already shown strong interest in the Manly junior. Coyle told The Manly Daily on Tuesday Cruickshank has the game to comfortably settle into the Tigers 2010-11 squad.

“He’s obviously been in the grade system for quite some time now and has been a very successful player,” Coyle said.

“He’s scored a lot of runs and is ready to play at first-class level. We’ve heard good things about him and seen bits of him play, we think he would be a good fit in Tasmania.”

Coyle said the recent retirement of Daniel Marsh, and Cricket Australia’s contract distributions next month, will play a role in Tasmania’s desire to pursue Cruickshank.

“There’s a spot in the middle order there,” he said. “We are also keen to explore options at the top of the order.”

Ex-Tasmanian wicket-keeper Mark Atkinson, who is based in Sydney and acts as an advisor for the island-state, said Cruickshank could easily handle the move down south.

“I think Tim would go well at that level,” Atkinson said of Cruickshank playing in the Sheffield Shield for the Tigers. “I’d like to see him get the opportunity.”

Manly's Tim Cruickshank has gained interest from Tasmania to play Sheffield Shield cricket
TASMANIAN head coach Tim Coyle has targeted star Manly batsman Tim Cruickshank for next summer.

Very interesting. Nothing on the Tigers web site as yet. Could be a useful pickup. Tassie has the happy knack of turning fringe players into champions.

skully wrote:

brockley wrote:Yeh heard he queerying about england.
Shane harwood delisted.

Where's the bean-counting arbiter of all things festive?

Nothing gay about Brockley's typo ...however you kerb crawling in search of forum queers is a definite worry ....

great career from 'stickers'

interesting re Mumu Birds retirement...does this mean the filthy dubbers have found another way to cheat the game

NSW has a surfeit of fast bowlers. While Doug Bollinger and Brett Lee are on CA contracts, promising pacemen Mark Cameron, Burt Cockley, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and late-season sensation Trent Copeland are all contracted to the state.
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