Australia Domestic Squads

Hi Sureshot,

I have emailed you with all the missing players but didn't notice until now that Ryan Carters is missing from the game altogether. He should be added to NSW and Sydney Red as a priority as he is quite an important player. The other really important players missing from the game are Aaron Ayre, who has a number of FC games for Victoria, James Bazley, who frequently represents Queensland and Hobart and Ryan Lees who is tipped to have a big season for Tasmania, but they were in my email.

One we additional change which I forgot was that D'Arcy Short should be an opener in T20
Thanks

EDIT: My apologies, I had totally forgotten about Carters' retirement. Best of luck to him with his studdies. Bazley, Ayre and Lees are still important missing players though, with the rest seen in my email.

Just a few things.

Though he barely bowls at all, I'm pretty sure Jake Weatherald bowls legbreaks rather than offies. Cricinfo has him down as a legbreak bowler as well. - Changed

Similarly, Ben Dunk bowls offies more often than he bowls medium pace now. I think also he could be considered very aggressive, as his stats are somewhat hampered by the early years of his career. I think last year he was on of the quickest scorers in powerplays in the BBL. - Now OB and aggressive (taking in to account LA and FC numbers)

Ludeman is also known as a bit of a pinch hitter, so his aggression should probably be higher than V.Def. His strike rates are just low because he hasn't played much in recent years, and his stats reflect the start of his career when one day scores were a bit lower.

Ludeman is an odd one, his strike rates are consistently low, but he does hit 6s. Looks like he doesn't rotate the strike too well?

Wes Agar is down as RF. He is sharp, but I don't think he is any quicker than Chris Jordan or Keiran Richardson who are RMF. I think Wes Agar is constantly over 140, but is never really the speed of a Starc, a Cummins or an Aaron or even Billy Stanlake.

Changed to RMF.

Sam Heazlett has average aggression, but he is actually quite attacking. I think Agg would suit him better.

Agreed, changed to Agg.

I think Wildermuth should be RFM rather than RMF. He can hurry a batsman with pace, but I don't think he is as quicker as other players who are RMF.

Changed

Webster is down as V.Def. His strike rates in the shorter forms are certainly low, but he has been playing for struggling teams and can often be quite a powerful hitter, so he could perhaps be pushed up a notch or two.

Think for now I'm going to leave him as V Def.

Dan Christian is certainly an aggressive batter these days, maybe even a very aggressive one. He tends to be slower against spin, but he still has scored quickly in all three formats in recent years.Its also worth noting how good he was with the ball for Victoria last year. He was one of Wade's go to bowlers and could have almost been in the state side for his bowling alone.

Improved his bowling.

Jake Reed is fairly quick, he could probably be RMF.

Changed.

I think Lawford should be V.Agg with the bat. His strike rate isn't low, but I'd think every dot he has faced he's tried o hit 100 metres.

Changed, I remember someone saying similar about Doug Bollinger. He's very aggressive, he just rarely makes contact with the ball.

Narine's recent batting form (opening in T20's in BBL and IPL), may warrant him being down as Agg. He scored a really quick fifty in one of the IPL games which I think was some type of record.

Off 17 balls, upped to aggressive.

James Pattinson could also be RF instead of RMF as well. He pretty regularly reaches 150 despite injury problems.

Changed

Ashton Turner is known as a pretty attacking batter and should probably be Agg instead of Avg.

Changed to Agg.

David Wiley should probably be Agg as well, if not V.Agg, his strike rates are very good in all formats.

Currently is Aggressive.

Sean Abbott hasn't filled his potential as a batsman, but he is probably an aggressive batter, a bit like Stuart Broad in his earlier years.

Currently is Aggressive.

Aiden Blizzard was regarded as a real hitter at his peak. He is still a very attacking batter and should probably be Agg.

Upped to aggressive, as his 20 over s/r is good and he doesn't play LA/FC.

I don't think Jake Doran should be down as very defensive. His strike rates are just low because he is very young and hasn't quite found his footing in domestic crciket yet. When he captain Aus U19s he was quite an attacking batter, and has also constantly been compared to Ricky Ponting, so I would have him Avg instead.

Upped to average. Those first few years can be very awkward for gauging player characteristics.

Luke Feldman actually has some pace and could be RMF rather than RFM.

Changed.

For Tasmania I think Dom Michael should be Def and not V.Def, and Milenko should be Agg, not V.Agg. Their strike rates, I think, have been skewed in FC crikect due to Tasmania's last season being pretty odd. Michael is quite dynamic in ODD cricket, a bit like a left handed Damien Martyn, and Milenko has at times been quite conservative in ODD cricket when his side have been struggling.

Changed Milenko to Average, left Michael at V.Def, his S.R hasn't changed too much, his OD S/R went up a bit more last year, but still under 80. Not sure he's done enough to make me want to up it Def.

Tom Beaton's a bit of a hitter. He hasn't had a great deal of success in domestic cricket, but I don't think he is defensive by any means.

Solid 20 over S/R, moved to medium.