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Renshaw 107
Truloff 122
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Renshaw 80- after being dropped on 0 yesterday.
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Do you think he is a chance at being on the plane to SA?
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Nope, not enough runs and they'd have nightmares about him throwing his hands at balls and nicking off. Bancroft isn't in great form at the moment and is leaving that gap open but at least he is fixing it by playing Test cricket not trying to fix it on a break.
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85, 77 and 107 were Renshaw's three scores in the Club 20/20 comp on the weekend. Seccombe was there having a beer watching him bat and caught a six too.
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Lachlan Pfeffer 13th man today- what a great reward for a guy with five club 100's this year.
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A bit of a late bloomer. My son used to play against him in Taverners then in Grade and he had a huge reputation then. Then he had a five year stretch where he hardly scored a run. A change of club has done wonders for him.
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Lachlan Pfeffer is having himself a massive season with the bat! Today he brought up his 4th two-day century for 2017/18 and his 5th for the season, having scored a one-day ton as well. Can’t be far off a Bulls’ spot.
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New 1st Grade 8th wicket partnership record of 146 runs between Lachlan Pfeffer & Luke Feldman surpassing the previous record held by Norm McMahon & Rex Whiting in 1948/49.
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Good interview on the radio this morning. He’s never coming back to Shield.
By Liam Flanagan
Last year Bernard Tomic collectively pissed off the entire country when he sat in front of Mel Doyle on Channel Seven’s Sunday Nightand admitted that he only played tennis for the money.
“Buying cars [worth] half a million dollars to a million dollars, it’s my choice and living in all these lavish houses and property around the world it’s my choice. It’s something I’ve worked for and I’ve earnt," he said.
You could not question Tomic’s honesty but it was tough to swallow his words as he failed to stop that smug grin from bursting onto his face and into our living rooms. It was indigestible honesty.
The "baggy green" is what all Australian cricketers will tell you is the pinnacle of the sport. They grow up dreaming of one day receiving the most iconic item of headwear in Australian sport. It’s what we the general public expect them to say and maybe it’s what some of those cricketers think they’re meant to say.
And then there’s Chris Lynn. As dynamic a batsman as we’ve seen in the Big Bash, at 27 years of age many could argue that Lynn has both the time and the requisite cricketing ability to perhaps wear a baggy green.
Except: "This year I handed back my Queensland Bulls contract.”
WHAT??!?!
“I gave it back to pursue twenty-twenty cricket," he told The Rush Hour with MG. "I told them to use that money on a young kid coming through who desires to play Test match cricket.
"That young bloke deserves that opportunity, he can train every day, I’m going to be overseas. I want to play twenty-twenty cricket in Bangladesh, Caribbean, India, Dubai and around the world.”
Lynn’s decision is more than a line in the sand of his cricket career. He’s blown up the beach.
He continued: “Ever since my best mate Phil Hughes passed away… what do you want out of life? I ask myself that every day. It doesn’t make me a better person if I’ve got that baggy green on the wall."
An honest statement that goes against everything we are taught to think about cricket in Australia. A man who hits the ball harder and further than possibly anyone we have seen in Australian cricket has decided he does not need a baggy green cap.
Given Lynn has just been purchased for $1.86 million to play for the Kolkata Knight Riders in this years’ Indian Premier League, the financial reasons behind his decision are obvious.
“I know we play sport because we love it but it is a life changing moment. People say you’re in it for the money, well yeah that’s my job," he explained.
This sort of comment could momentarily have Chris Lynn becoming a citizen of Bernard Tomic town - until he elaborated on his real motivations.
“I’m really comfortable with the decision I’ve made playing twenty-twenty cricket. I get to see my family more, I get to see my mates more and to me that’s more important," he added.
And just like that the comparisons with Tomic start to fade in the rear view mirror. Lynn simply seems to have found that work life balance most every day Australians crave.
“As long as you keep your feet on the ground and respect the people around you who have helped you out then I can’t see why you can’t enjoy that success," Lynn said.
And there’s the kicker, respect. The consideration of his fellow Queenslander who might’ve missed out if he’d simply held onto his Bulls contract for two more years.
The self-awareness to understand what he truly wants out of his life as a cricketer.
And the acknowledgement that nothing he’s achieved has been 100 per cent off his own “bat”. This is honesty that we should all be able to not only swallow but eat up and ask for seconds.
By Liam Flanagan
Last year Bernard Tomic collectively pissed off the entire country when he sat in front of Mel Doyle on Channel Seven’s Sunday Nightand admitted that he only played tennis for the money.
“Buying cars [worth] half a million dollars to a million dollars, it’s my choice and living in all these lavish houses and property around the world it’s my choice. It’s something I’ve worked for and I’ve earnt," he said.
You could not question Tomic’s honesty but it was tough to swallow his words as he failed to stop that smug grin from bursting onto his face and into our living rooms. It was indigestible honesty.
The "baggy green" is what all Australian cricketers will tell you is the pinnacle of the sport. They grow up dreaming of one day receiving the most iconic item of headwear in Australian sport. It’s what we the general public expect them to say and maybe it’s what some of those cricketers think they’re meant to say.
And then there’s Chris Lynn. As dynamic a batsman as we’ve seen in the Big Bash, at 27 years of age many could argue that Lynn has both the time and the requisite cricketing ability to perhaps wear a baggy green.
Except: "This year I handed back my Queensland Bulls contract.”
WHAT??!?!
“I gave it back to pursue twenty-twenty cricket," he told The Rush Hour with MG. "I told them to use that money on a young kid coming through who desires to play Test match cricket.
"That young bloke deserves that opportunity, he can train every day, I’m going to be overseas. I want to play twenty-twenty cricket in Bangladesh, Caribbean, India, Dubai and around the world.”
Lynn’s decision is more than a line in the sand of his cricket career. He’s blown up the beach.
He continued: “Ever since my best mate Phil Hughes passed away… what do you want out of life? I ask myself that every day. It doesn’t make me a better person if I’ve got that baggy green on the wall."
An honest statement that goes against everything we are taught to think about cricket in Australia. A man who hits the ball harder and further than possibly anyone we have seen in Australian cricket has decided he does not need a baggy green cap.
Given Lynn has just been purchased for $1.86 million to play for the Kolkata Knight Riders in this years’ Indian Premier League, the financial reasons behind his decision are obvious.
“I know we play sport because we love it but it is a life changing moment. People say you’re in it for the money, well yeah that’s my job," he explained.
This sort of comment could momentarily have Chris Lynn becoming a citizen of Bernard Tomic town - until he elaborated on his real motivations.
“I’m really comfortable with the decision I’ve made playing twenty-twenty cricket. I get to see my family more, I get to see my mates more and to me that’s more important," he added.
And just like that the comparisons with Tomic start to fade in the rear view mirror. Lynn simply seems to have found that work life balance most every day Australians crave.
“As long as you keep your feet on the ground and respect the people around you who have helped you out then I can’t see why you can’t enjoy that success," Lynn said.
And there’s the kicker, respect. The consideration of his fellow Queenslander who might’ve missed out if he’d simply held onto his Bulls contract for two more years.
The self-awareness to understand what he truly wants out of his life as a cricketer.
And the acknowledgement that nothing he’s achieved has been 100 per cent off his own “bat”. This is honesty that we should all be able to not only swallow but eat up and ask for seconds.
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Yep, sad really but love his honesty, plus his body just doesn't have the ability to handle rigours in it that others his age do.
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Smart from Lynn. On top of everything he said his body is also going to hold him back more if he was to pursue the baggygreen.
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JLT Sheffield Shield, Round 6
Queensland v Tasmania, the Gabba
Thursday 8 Feb – Sunday 11 Feb
My FootDr Queensland Bulls
Usman Khawaja (c)
Brendan Doggett
Luke Feldman
Sam Heazlett
Marnus Labuschagne
Michael Neser
James Peirson
Lachlan Pfeffer
Matthew Renshaw
Mark Steketee
Mitch Swepson
Jack Wildermuth
Toyota Futures League
NSW v QAS
Mon – Thurs, Blacktown
Sam Truloff (Wests, c)
Alecz Day (Sunshine Coast)
Jason Floros (Wynnum-Manly)
Peter Forrest (University of Qld)
Mitchell Fry (University of Qld)
Cameron Gannon (Norths)
Charlie Hemphrey (Toombul)
Matthew Kuhnemann (Gold Coast)
Ronan McDonald (Toombul)
Jack Prestwidge (Norths)
Bryce Street (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
Harry Wood (Ipswich/Logan)
Queensland v Tasmania, the Gabba
Thursday 8 Feb – Sunday 11 Feb
My FootDr Queensland Bulls
Usman Khawaja (c)
Brendan Doggett
Luke Feldman
Sam Heazlett
Marnus Labuschagne
Michael Neser
James Peirson
Lachlan Pfeffer
Matthew Renshaw
Mark Steketee
Mitch Swepson
Jack Wildermuth
Toyota Futures League
NSW v QAS
Mon – Thurs, Blacktown
Sam Truloff (Wests, c)
Alecz Day (Sunshine Coast)
Jason Floros (Wynnum-Manly)
Peter Forrest (University of Qld)
Mitchell Fry (University of Qld)
Cameron Gannon (Norths)
Charlie Hemphrey (Toombul)
Matthew Kuhnemann (Gold Coast)
Ronan McDonald (Toombul)
Jack Prestwidge (Norths)
Bryce Street (Sandgate-Redcliffe)
Harry Wood (Ipswich/Logan)
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Didn't even know Peter Forrest still played cricket, boy that guy threw away his career didn't he.
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He played for the Bulls last summer.
71 Shield games and 15 games for Australia and a 100, 44 Domestic OD games.
100 on debut for Qld and captained Qld. I’d take all of that and be happy.
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Swepson 6/11 in One Day Final.
Jimmy Maher medal winner for MOTM.
Jimmy Maher medal winner for MOTM.
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Pfeffer will be presented with his Bulls cap by former Queensland player and current Valley coach Peter Drinnen.
