Sheffield Shield fantasy league 2018/19

[Durhamfootman]

Some big old scores in round one. Some of these players must have been itching to get going

Australia Pakistan series is keeping quite a few players otherwise occupied. Western Australia look particularly vulnerable to the baggy green, and unlike Surrey NSW they don't have a thousand other expensive players that they can replace them with

[Durhamfootman]

Player scores at 28th October


New South Wales

28 Henriques
dnp O’Keefe
102 Copeland
31 Nevill
dnp Lyon
dnp Abbott
143 Patterson

Queensland

74 Feldman
65 Labuschagne
134 Neser
91 Burns
80 Wildermuth
42 Swepson
dnp Renshaw

South Australia

dnp Ferguson
dnp Ross
131 Sayers
130 Mennie
dnp Worrall
dnp Winter
218 Cooper
40 Richardson
156 Lehmann
99 Weatherald

Tasmania

73 Bird
18 Bailey
54 Rogers
dnp Faulkner
166 Wade
102 Doolan
57 Rainbird
40 Doran

Victoria

28 White
dnp Maxwell
dnp Pattinson
48 Handscomb
185 Tremain
234 Boland
110 Gotch
330 Harris

Western Australia

72 Stoinis
dnp Coulter-Nile
dnp Bancroft
dnp Short
dnp Marsh M
dnp Whiteman
dnp Agar

[Durhamfootman]

Leaderboard at 28th October

I'm keeping my nose in front

2904 Durhamfootman
2672 Red Devil
2261 Dr Cricket
2128 Alviro Patterson
1996 alfie
1913 ianp1970
1897 Red Junior
1550 Diligent Defence
965 Arthur Crabtree
799 andy

[Durhamfootman]

Player leaderboard at 28th October

Top 10

425 Bird
419 Tremain
412 Boland
410 Copeland
379 Wade
356 Harris
353 Mennie
313 Sayers
274 Cooper
270 Lehmann

[Arthur Crabtree]

Lots of pace bowlers up there.

[Durhamfootman]

early season conditions, I suppose

[Arthur Crabtree]

Australia has such a peculiar national glut of pace bowlers, much like the UK has of management consultants.

Many just about familiar names who might have made a national squad once or won an ODI cap. Mennie, George, Copeland, Tremain, Steketee, Sayers, Rainbird, Sandhu, Behrendorff. First class stalwarts. Everyone has one in their FL side, but it's probably like sticking a pin in the averages.

I've got Neser in that catagory.

[Durhamfootman]

I've gone with those that I think are least likely to get an international call up, but the way Tremain and Boland have started the season is making me nervous already. So unpredictable

Are they still using dukes balls for the shield, or was last year an ashes preparation one off?

[Durhamfootman]

Boland continues his impressive run of form with a 7fer in the first innings of his latest shield match.

Red doesn't have him, so I reckon Australia will call him up very soon

[Durhamfootman]

Player scores at 8th November


New South Wales

7 Henriques
59 O’Keefe
135 Copeland
48 Nevill
118 Lyon
58 Abbott
66 Patterson

Queensland

dnp Feldman
79 Labuschagne
100 Neser
149 Burns
68 Wildermuth
68 Swepson
130 Renshaw

South Australia

30 Ferguson
dnp Ross
115 Sayers
146 Mennie
dnp Worrall
79 Winter
138 Cooper
dnp Richardson
88 Lehmann
21 Weatherald

Tasmania

48 Bird
7 Bailey
34 Rogers
dnp Faulkner
44 Wade
173 Doolan
dnp Rainbird
60 Doran

Victoria

2 White
dnp Maxwell
96 Pattinson
185 Handscomb
66 Tremain
229 Boland
80 Gotch
92 Harris

Western Australia

dnp Stoinis
dnp Coulter-Nile
dnp Bancroft
dnp Short
207 Marsh M
dnp Whiteman
dnp Agar

[Durhamfootman]

Western Australia only ever seem to have 1 player playing each week. This week it's Mitch 3's turn to use the bat and the ball

[Durhamfootman]

Leaderboard at 8th November

Only Junior making a move up the board

3891 Durhamfootman
3382 Red Devil
3090 Dr Cricket
2891 Alviro Patterson
2735 Red Junior
2692 alfie
2526 ianp1970
2391 Diligent Defence
1550 Arthur Crabtree
1349 andy

[Durhamfootman]

Player leaderboard at 8th November

Top 10

641 Boland
545 Copeland
499 Mennie
485 Tremain
473 Bird
448 Harris
440 Doolan
428 Sayers
423 Wade
412 Cooper


Lehmann drops out

Lucy Doolan on the charge

[Red Devil]

Leaderboard at 8th November

Only Junior making a move up the board

3891 Durhamfootman
3382 Red Devil
3090 Dr Cricket
2891 Alviro Patterson
2735 Red Junior
2692 alfie
2526 ianp1970
2391 Diligent Defence
1550 Arthur Crabtree
1349 andy

you have opened up a healthy lead at the top!

[Durhamfootman]

only until Australia call up Boland to carry drinks around all winter

remember Sayers last year?