Mark Cosgrove Sacked!!!!!

[brod]

just found the following stats on the all time leading t20 run scorers as at 17/8/2010

sitting 110 and 111 respectively on all time runs scored

M I NO RUNS HS AVE BF SR 100 50 0 4 6
Shahid Afridi 2004-2010 70 63 4 1031 54* 17.47 672 153.42 0 3 6 91 43
(Deccan Chargers, Karachi Dolphins, Kent, Pakistan, Pakistanis, South Australia)

MJ Cosgrove 2006-2010 41 40 2 1020 89 26.84 837 121.86 0 6 3 103 24
(Australia A, Glamorgan, South Australia)


makes me wonder a bit as a saca member

Interested though to have a look at their respective bowling records (mght do that later)

Afridi
85 wickets
6.27 econ
18.8 ave

Cosgrove
6 wickets
10.19 econ
43 ave

[Media Park]

Where does Afridi sit on the "most wickets" Brod?

He'd be right up there you'd think!

[brod]

Where does Afridi sit on the "most wickets" Brod?

He'd be right up there you'd think!

Is currently 9th Alltime T20 wickets - Dirk Nannes 1st

[gadj1976]

Bump....

So mid way through his first season out of SA, do we think 1. Tassie is ahead in the signing of Cossie, 2. SA are better off without him 3, The jury is still out or 4, Both teams are ahead?

Personally I see it as a win win so far.

[Jim05]

Pulled a hammy i believe. Will miss crucial prelim final against nsw by the sounds of it

[Grahaml]

SA couldn't afford to keep him. If we do then we forgive him ignoring all those people telling him he had to be a "team player". He didn't perform far enough ahead of the rest to get special treatment. His fitness and weight issues cost us with running between wickets and in the field, so how many runs per innings did he lose us? Certainly too many to forgive a 40.0 average. This way we tell all our players that nobody is above the team rules, something Berry says we need to improve further.

[Media Park]

Smacked a hundred in the current Ryobi game against Vic...

[Aerie]

...and hits the winning runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final.

The End.

[Rik E Boy]

Cossie has the last laugh but probably a win for Cos and the Redbacks in the end. Cossie showed he had talent and determination and the Redbacks hierarchy showed some balls. It's just a shame that it had to end this way for both parties.

regards,

REB

[no_remorse28]

The SACA got this wrong, not that they will ever admit, sure they showed balls, but what they showed balls in doing was a complete cock up. so no credit for that. Dont worry im sure they have another import teed up who can fulfill there potential

[Rik E Boy]

The SACA got this wrong, not that they will ever admit, sure they showed balls, but what they showed balls in doing was a complete cock up. so no credit for that. Dont worry im sure they have another import teed up who can fulfill there potential

I'm not so sure about that. I reckon one of the reasons why Cossi has had such a good year is because he had a point to prove. A gold pass from the saca was never going to motivate Cosgrove. Good call on the imports though but where is the talent going to come from?

regards,

REB

[mighty_tiger_79]

the talent locally will be more clearly defined if the district set up was changed

[no_remorse28]

the talent locally will be more clearly defined if the district set up was changed

Agreed.

[no_remorse28]

The SACA got this wrong, not that they will ever admit, sure they showed balls, but what they showed balls in doing was a complete cock up. so no credit for that. Dont worry im sure they have another import teed up who can fulfill there potential

I'm not so sure about that. I reckon one of the reasons why Cossi has had such a good year is because he had a point to prove. A gold pass from the saca was never going to motivate Cosgrove. Good call on the imports though but where is the talent going to come from?

regards,

REB

Cosgroves 511 runs last year at 42 with 2 hundreds was not exactly a terrible year though, and in no way shows him not living up to his potential as they put it. This year was 800 at 50 yeah, but in 3 more games with the same amount of hundreds

[stampy]

pure and simply cossie ran out of chances with the hierachy, whilst we all loved him he jacked most of us off with his lack of professionalism and unwillingness to toe the line and get fit, obviously tassie dont have an issue with him being overweight but how long will that last? in the long run the only person he is letting down is himself

[Media Park]

MJ Cosgrove (Stats 2011)

11 Shield matches, 18 innings, 806 runs (ranked number 1 in Comp), average 53.73, two hundreds, three fifties, and a SS Champion.

[no_remorse28]

pure and simply cossie ran out of chances with the hierachy, whilst we all loved him he jacked most of us off with his lack of professionalism and unwillingness to toe the line and get fit, obviously tassie dont have an issue with him being overweight but how long will that last? in the long run the only person he is letting down is himself

Because boof was always in peak physical condition, runs on the board is what counts IMO !

[stampy]

pure and simply cossie ran out of chances with the hierachy, whilst we all loved him he jacked most of us off with his lack of professionalism and unwillingness to toe the line and get fit, obviously tassie dont have an issue with him being overweight but how long will that last? in the long run the only person he is letting down is himself

Because boof was always in peak physical condition, runs on the board is what counts IMO !

whilst boof was never slim he was never as hefty as cosgrove

[stampy]

MJ Cosgrove (Stats 2011)

11 Shield matches, 18 innings, 806 runs (ranked number 1 in Comp), average 53.73, two hundreds, three fifties, and a SS Champion.

yep he is laughing today and good luck to him,

[stampy]

i wonder why cossie didnt make the A squad to tour later this year

cos he wont put in the hard yards, like i said the only person he is hurting is himself