whufc wrote:Aerie wrote:whufc wrote:mal wrote:Travis Head
This season
33-22
51-92
98
98-43
4-12
13-0
42.36 average
The question has to be asked
Why was Travis Head dropped from this team ?
Is this the way to treat a 20 year old ?
Head scored 51 + 92 in Perth against Mitchell Johnson
In the press he stated along the lines that MJ bowled well, and if he bowled like that against the Poms he would succeed
After the 3 nineties I was thinking , could this guy be a possible Test player ?
Now he cant make the team
At least 2 other guys who have been selected b4 him in this game should consider themselves fortunate
Unfortunately another northern suburbs boy who won't be given a golden ticket like our boy ferg
Maybe it will come back to bite us on the arse like the last two boys from the good have done!!
Not sure why the cheap shot at Ferg. He was originally Prospect - so northern suburbs as well! They persisted and he is paying them back now with plenty of runs. I'm sure Cosgrove and Harris would have done the same had they been managed properly and the fact they are plying their trade elsewhere is now costing the Redbacks big time. This is not just a hindsight thing neither.
It is good that the likes of Sayers and Putland are making every post a winner, but there is still an element of leaning towards interstate recruits instead of backing our own. Klinger, Hughes, Botha and Ludeman have proven successful, but the rest haven't done any better than the locals would have.
It is disappointing they didn't back Head for the remainder of the season. Him and Smith are the next Cosgrove/Ferguson - Lehmann/Blewett coming through. Lets hope they back in Head and Smith as they have Ferguson (and not Cosgrove) as the rewards will come.
How many other state cricketers were persisted with for 8-9 years before they actually had a decent season lol
Debut in 2004/05 - Played all 10 matches, topped the runs with 733 at 38.57 (better than Blewett, Cosgrove)
2005/06 - Played all 10 matches, 4th in the runs with 506 at 36.14 (better than Blewett, Elliott)
2006/07 - Played 8 matches, 6th in the runs with 349 at 24.92 (Dropped for two games and fair enough too)
2007/08 - Played 8 matches, 2nd in the runs with 498 at 33.20 (Average season, but still came 2nd in the runs as clearly no one else was good enough...)
2008/09 - Played 9 matches, 4th in the runs with 644 at 42.93
2009/10 - Did not play - injured
2010/11 - Played 5 matches, 6th in the runs with 383 at 47.87
2011/12 - Played 8 matches, 3rd in the runs with 486 at 32.40
2012/13 - Played 9 matches, 2nd in the runs with 639 at 39.93
2013/14 - Played 7 games, 4th in the runs with 547 at 60.77
I'd say his first two seasons where pretty good for a debutant, then when his form slumped he was rightly dropped... Was always high on the aggregate lists and has performed pretty soundly over his career. Thoughts?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:58 am
