New South Wales S8 SOO 1 Team

19. Daniel Speirs (captain)

First Class: 11,758 runs @ 43.39; 187 wickets @ 37.81
BS Season 8: 456 runs @ 35.08; 13 wickets @ 29.85
For NSW: 2,296 runs @ 57.40; 14 wickets @ 46.14

3. Jack Dempsey ( vice captain, wicket keeper)

First Class: 11,067 runs @ 38.97
BS Season 8: 511 runs @ 39.31
For NSW: 1,369 runs @ 32.60

5. Juan Gonzalez

First Class: 10,084 runs @ 42.02; 63 wickets @ 42.32
BS Season 8: 568 runs @ 56.80; 4 wickets @ 18.25
For NSW: 1,097 runs @ 33.24

7. Duck Lewis

First Class: 9,061 runs @ 42.34
BS Season 8: 401 runs @ 36.45
For NSW: 1,228 runs @ 51.17

25. Matt Hayes

First Class: 9,308 runs @ 48.48
BS Season 8: 575 runs @ 44.23
For NSW: 1,048 runs @ 37.43

27. Alan Parker

First Class: 7,502 runs @ 44.13
BS Season 8: 587 runs @ 41.93
For NSW: 852 runs @ 50.12

4. Scott Flack

First Class: 9,570 runs @ 46.68; 162 wickets @ 42.57
BS Season 8: 398 runs @ 30.62; 14 wickets @ 32.43
For NSW: 1,241 runs @ 37.61; 7 wickets @ 61.57

6. Matt Johns

First Class: 6,378 runs @ 31.73; 313 wickets @ 35.34
BS Season 8: 219 runs @ 21.90; 29 wickets @ 26.62
For NSW: 399 runs @ 39.90; 10 wickets @ 34.70

2. Ted Bullpitt

First Class: 775 wickets @ 26.77
BS Season 8: 38 wickets @ 27.13
For NSW: 99 wickets @ 30.60

23. Scott Wilson

First Class: 703 wickets @ 25.24
BS Season 8: 32 wickets @ 30.31
For NSW: 110 wickets @ 25.25

21. Sam Green

First Class: 424 wickets @ 31.57
BS Season 8: 22 wickets @ 30.41
For NSW: 27 wickets @ 38.11

 

Yeah, it's a genuine concern. No-one's really having a shocker or anything (except maybe Flack) but seven of our eleven have worse Season 8 averages than First Class averages in their primary discipline. It's obviously a bit of a crude way to look at it, but it's still a bit of a worry IMO.

Even more worrying for me, though, is the fact that we've lost soooo much depth over the past few seasons to Victoria, New Zealand and Great Britain and the newer NSW talents haven't really stood up. Losing Olsen and Short wouldn't have been a problem had Herd, Delonge and Berkuta stepped up, for example. I'm actually reasonably pleased with our bowling depth but our backup batsman right now would probably have to be me which is certainly not at all desirable.

 

New South Wales Second XI to play Great Britain

1. Robert Cribb
2. John Thornton
3. Tom Delonge
4. Ben Herd
5. Hugh Roberts
6. Kelvin Fung
7. Ben Read
8. Hache Emm
9. Dave Crowley
10. Jonny Wilkinson
11. Nathan Spinks

12. Chris Kovas

Academy team for Game I against GB Academy to be named after Round 7 of the ALC.

 

He's 12th man for the Second XI.

It'd be like saying the Crusaders are shit because Tina, your ALC 12th woman, is in terrible form.