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Message: [QUOTE="1910, post: 2987257, member: 8272"] You've just described the opposite of what a strong domestic comp looks like. Making it just an under age team and completely just disregarding state cricket like that is what is wrong- should be earned not just given away because you're young and could be alright. This PONI system and guys pulling out of games and not playing Shield is what's wrong. No I don't know it and it's not right. The idea that you just have kids playing against kids is wrong when was our last great period of domestic cricket? Would it have been when we had older experienced players playing? Hussey played 176 FC games before playing a Test- would have dropped him for a 19 year old? Too old? Hodge 167? Roy 166? Lehmann 122. Nothing to gain from those guys. Remember the 90's? Hayden had more 100's than Heazlett by the start of his second season- half the games. Roy made his debut 24 years ago this week against the Blues, Waugh, Waugh, Taylor, Slater, McGrath, Holdsworth, Matthews, Bevan, Border, McDermott, Rackemann, Barsby- all tough older players trying to get in the Test team or stay in there. Roy could only manage to bat at 7! Roy played three games and dropped- I wonder which produced better players when we valued domestic cricket and had players earning it because of performance or now? 97/98 had nine guys average more than 50. Last batsmen to get 1000 runs in a year? Voges (1358) and Klinger (1046) in 2014/2015- two older plodders. [/QUOTE]

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