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Title: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: six and out on March 06, 2017, 08:22:48 AM
This is an amazing achievement -

https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/344406 (https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/344406)

Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: northernboy1987 on March 06, 2017, 08:32:24 AM
Working with MacGill is a great shout, great leggie, would have taken hatfulls of test wickets if he hadn't been around at the same time as a certain Mr Warne.
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: Nmcgee on March 06, 2017, 08:40:17 AM
I'd heard the Macgill was working with someone and this selection was on the cards. Didn't know who. Good luck to him, although I'm hoping the spiders win.
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: FattusCattus on March 06, 2017, 08:57:06 AM
Good - I hope he gets a load of experience and comes back to the English season and takes a heap of wickets. Be nice to have a young up and coming spinner to keep those in possession on their toes!
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: Neon Cricket on March 06, 2017, 09:10:39 AM
Good - I hope he gets a load of experience and comes back to the English season and takes a heap of wickets. Be nice to have a young up and coming spinner to keep those in possession on their toes!

Hopefully this will spell the end for Rashid too!
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: LcWoodward on March 06, 2017, 09:56:35 AM
Some competition for places amongst the spinners would defiantly not go a miss..
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: GoldenArm on March 06, 2017, 10:49:16 AM
Working with MacGill is a great shout, great leggie, would have taken hatfulls of test wickets if he hadn't been around at the same time as a certain Mr Warne.

I don't understand why people always say McGill was kept out of the team by warne. Even McGill himself said that he'd probably never have got in the team at all if warne hadn't made leg spin not just appealing but deemed necessary by the selectors.
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: LateBloomer on March 06, 2017, 11:06:56 AM
Good news for England, fingers crossed he does well

Used to love McGill with his longer run up, he gave the ball a proper rip! His batting was always amusing to watch aswell
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: northernboy1987 on March 06, 2017, 12:43:03 PM
I don't understand why people always say McGill was kept out of the team by warne. Even McGill himself said that he'd probably never have got in the team at all if warne hadn't made leg spin not just appealing but deemed necessary by the selectors.

Fair point I suppose! I was more meaning that MacGill was probably in the top few leg spinners in the world and would have probably walked into any other team in the world barring Australia (Warne) and India (Kumble) but like you say it's probably moot because without Warne most non-Asian teams would not have entertained playing a leg spinner as much.
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: GoldenArm on March 06, 2017, 01:15:52 PM
Fair point I suppose! I was more meaning that MacGill was probably in the top few leg spinners in the world and would have probably walked into any other team in the world barring Australia (Warne) and India (Kumble) but like you say it's probably moot because without Warne most non-Asian teams would not have entertained playing a leg spinner as much.

Yeah I totally agree any other team would have loved to have him provided they put a weight of runs in front of him! he wasn't quite as parsimonious as Warne. Not sure that 90's England for instance could have got the best out of him without them scoring a heap of runs, he was still bowling well mid 2000's though. Imagine a 2005 ashes parallel universe where macgill was English and him and warne faced off on opposing sides!
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: Bats_Entertainment on March 06, 2017, 09:59:10 PM
Why has Sheffield Shield cricket so reluctant to welcome overseas players? I'd never really given it much thought until today.
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: Manormanic on March 06, 2017, 10:06:07 PM
English cricket expects overseas players because our season is out of synch with the season everywhere else. Other countries do not tend to have them.
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: Bats_Entertainment on March 06, 2017, 10:16:10 PM
English cricket expects overseas players because our season is out of synch with the season everywhere else. Other countries do not tend to have them.

Plenty of English players are over there playing grade cricket?
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: Sam on March 06, 2017, 10:47:53 PM
And he's playing, fittingly just received his cap from Stuart McGill.
Title: Re: Mason Crane picked in NSW Sheffield Shield squad
Post by: Kulli on March 07, 2017, 08:13:21 AM
Just got my bunny out.