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Well i suppose we can post here whats coming up over the next season.

Here is list of Australia's newly contracted players, of which there are 6. www.cricket.com.au

Hot on the heels of Australia's record third straight World Cup title, the next generation of players to keep Australia on top of the world have been named.

Each year, Cricket Australia contracts 25 players from which it selects the Test, One-day and Twenty20 teams. Today, the contracted player list for 2007-08 was announced, featuring six fresh new faces. Click here for the full list

Arrivals1. Cameron White
Victorian all-rounder Cameron White is a contracted player for 2007-08. His power middle-order hitting and handy leg spin bowling make him the ideal modern power player. His performances for Australia in the Commonwealth Bank Series and KFC Twenty20 International put his name firmly in the selectors' sights.Learn more about Cameron

2. Ben Hilfenhaus
After winning the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year award at last year's Allan Border Medal, and impressing in his first outings for Australia, Tasmania's Ben Hilfenhaus has been offered a contract for the first time. His 60 wickets in the 2006-07 Pura Cup topped the table, and his consistent pace and swing is capable of troubling the best batsman in the world.Learn more about Ben

3. Chris Rogers
Reigning State Player of the Year Chris Rogers has been given his first Cricket Australia contract following an outstanding run of form for Western Australia.
Rogers blasted over 1200 runs in last year's Pura Cup competition, more than 200 greater than his nearest rival.Learn more about Chris

4. Cullen Bailey
Rising South Australian star Cullen Bailey has been earmarked as a spinner of the future by being added to the list. Long touted as a potential Australian player, he forms one half of state cricket's most dynamic duo with fellow spinner Dan Cullen. Learn more about Cullen

5. James Hopes
Queenslander James Hopes has returned to the contracted list after letting his game do the talking in 2006-07. The leading wicket taker in the Ford Ranger Cup, Hopes showed his versatility by notching over 300 Ford Ranger Cup and 500 Pura Cup runs. He also took 20 Pura Cup wickets for Queensland.Learn more about James

6. Adam Voges
Another Western Australian young gun has been brought into the contracted list, with Adam Voges earning his place in the 25 for the first time. Selected for his consistency in the middle order and proven big hitting ability, Voges scored three Pura Cup centuries and averaged over 57 in the 2006-07 Pura Cup.Learn more about Adam


Not sure about SA's contractual announcements for the new season, but if you guys find anything, post here.
 
Australia identify young talent and work towards developing them unlike SA, and they dont choose the team according to quotas!!! I would love SA to find a world class legspinner who was brought up in Soweto. Just choose a team that represents the best in the country. Thats all we want...
 
Oh no what a post to open this thread with :( Aussies :( Anyhow, nothing to speak of right now in the cricket scene. But we're gonna need a separate Pro 20 WC thread closer to the time.
 
OZ due to tour Zim this year, but they might cancel. Oz government has offered to pay the huge fine if they dont go. Nice one howard - i'm all for a cancelled tour.
 
to be honest one day cricket for me is dead

will only watch the pro 20 games from now on

world cup hurt badly
 
Proudly SA Jennings turns down Bangladesh.

Former Proteas coach Ray Jennings has declined an opportunity to coach the Bangladesh national team because he is "a South African in heart and soul".

Jennings confirmed on Thursday that he had been approached by the Bangladesh Cricket Board about the possibility of taking over the coaching job from Australian Dav Whatmore who retired after the ODI series against India.

"They called me shortly after the World Cup tournament and asked whether I would be interested in the position," Jennings said.

"It is an honour to be approached by such and up-and-coming cricket country but I am a South African through and through and this is where my heart is."

Jennings instead accepted a two-year contract from Cricket SA to be involved at the national cricket academy in Pretoria and to coach the SA under-19s.

The former star wicketkeeper is still regarded by many as the best man to coach the national senior team. However, being a straight-talking man, he has stepped on some sensitive toes.

He and Proteas captain Graeme Smith also did not exactly see eye to eye and it contributed to Jennings being replaced as national coach by Mickey Arthur.

Relations between Jennings and those at the helm at Cricket SA have improved. He now feels he is receiving enough support from the chief executive, Gerald Majola, in his endeavours to develop talented young players.

He believes there is much talent at under-19 level and wants to focus, in particular, on developing the versatility of these players.

It would have a great challenge to coach the Bangladesh team, Jennings said, but he felt he had a bigger role to play in South Africa by bringing young talent to the fore.
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Whilst on one hand it nice to be patriotic, and on the other hand - I feel that SA coaching people need to more international experience.
Are there any SA people coaching any international teams, or even helping out other countries?

Its great that the players troddle off to play county cricket, but it aint enough to help cricket in SA.

Someone like Duncan Fletcher, whom if i'm not mistaken lives in SA, would be a great asset for South African cricket - in a formal or informal employment basis.
 
Donald to assistant the Poms....

The England and Wales Cricket Board have announced the appointment of former South Africa fast bowler Allan Donald to assist the national side's fast bowling programme on a "short-term consultancy basis".

Donald - who took 330 Test wickets before retiring in 2003 - will work with the bowlers for the next five weeks.

The 40-year-old Donald will take up his position following the second Test and will work through to the end of the three-match one-day series against the West Indies on July 7.

The former Warwickshire paceman will work under head coach Peter Moores and fast bowling coach Kevin Shine.

"It's one of my biggest dreams to work with a national team. South Africa would have been perfect but their current coach is staying on," he told Sky Sports News.

"I'm really looking forward to it, it's another big challenge. I'll sit down with Peter Moores and obviously discuss what he wants to do and what he wants out of it, I know he's trying to change the culture a little bit too.

"When you look at the team and how they bowled against the old enemy, Australia, in the Ashes, the intensity was not quite right, from the outside looking in.

"Hopefully we'll get things rolling, but first I need to sit down with the coach and see where he wants to go. I'm looking forward to it, it's something I've always wanted to do."

Donald also hinted that he may stay in the role on a more permanent basis.

"Just for now it's five weeks, starting next Saturday, joining the guys just before the third Test, so it's short-term. But if things go well... I'm not in charge," he added. "I'm just delighted with the chance for five weeks to give my 10 penn'orth."

England's fast bowlers have struggled since bowling coach Troy Cooley returned home to work with his native Australia in 2005.

Cooley was credited with helping Andrew Flintoff, Simon Jones and Matthew Hoggard develop their reverse swing, which was crucial to England winning the Ashes for the first time in 18 years.

Since then, the England seamers have consistently struggled with their accuracy - the most notorious example of that coming last November when Steve Harmison bowled the first ball of England's Ashes defence in Brisbane so wide it went to second slip.

England went on to surrender the Ashes 5-0.
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http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx...call+on+Donald&channel=International+Cricket&


Anyway, at least he is getting some overseas experience, which is needed for SA.
I was curious though at the comment - "South Africa would have been perfect but their current coach is staying on" - i didnt know SA had a bowling coach? who is it? lol.

I think that had SA & the poms asked for Donald, think that he would of went for England anyway, i think he likes it over in Britian.
 
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