I did see that side Baggers, my first thought being what a joke. Oliver Davies? Where's Mackenzie Harvey. Against the NZ side in the youth matches Davies scored 58, 44 and 59* av 80, yes that is good, but in the same games Harvey scored 55, 54*, 83* av 192. If you select Davies, you have to select Harvey. Lachlan Hearne Kidding right that must be a joke, same series averages 15, it must be great to be born in NSW, but C'mon Baggers even you must see it. Jake Fraser-McGurk selection? maybe it's because he's 17 but there's not much there IMO. Ryan Hadley??? In the youth ODI tournament he took 3/128 in the entire tournament, where is Zac Evans, he took 13/193 in the recent Sri Lanka tournament,

Of the ones with some sort of experience Inglis is keeper, Tom Andrews average sort of all rounder, Fallins bowls with an average 83 in List A games he has played, Merlo has performed at a reasonable level in Futures so he's OK. My No 1 & 2 selection Aaron Hardie and Cameron Green, WA keeps producing them. MCDermott, I suppose his List A performances have been incredible av 50 so OK. Haven't seen much of Murphy, and Phillippe and Pope select themselves.

But if this is the future especially in the batting region, I hope Smith plays till he is 40, we're going to need him. Quick question though Baggers where are you putting all these future Baggy Green players from NSW, there are only 6 batting positions, and you do realise there are 5 other states. Maybe Davies can replace Patterson or Sangha or Hughes or Justin Avendano, or Baxter Holt, or Nick Bertus, or Jack Edwards etc, maybe he should just concentrate on being selected for NSW first. Or are you saying that they will get a baggy green, they will fail, then the position opens again for another player. Expecting Smith and Head not to be around for long? Only 2 middle order positions available in the next 10 years, that I can see if those 2 continue to develop and perform, and by then each year the next best thing will come along. Oliver Davies isn't even the best in the youth side, Harvey is and that is why he was made captain, he is a talent. The only thing Davies has going for him is he was born in NSW, so he'll get an opportunity before others, that will have to perform incredibly well just to get notice.

What about Keegan Oates? The Number 1 batsman who averaged 72 at the last nationals, scored 95 in one of the recent Sri Lanka games, where Davies scored 50. Who you may ask? He's a Tasmanian who also gets no press, so he must be a no-one. You could also throw in Will Sutherland, performing at a lot higher standard than Davies has. What's that now 4 or 5 that have produced at the same level if not better than Davies, but no recognition.

If CA were actually interested in giving young talent a developing opportunity, then someone like 20 year old Max Bryant should be given that opportunity, He was 14th last year in the leading run scorers in the Big Bash, so impressive that India are looking at him. If CA continue to overlook talent like he's got then he will go looking for the dollars concentrating on T20 and another future player is lost. That is part of the reason that CA are doctoring reports to keep Advertising contracts, because the fact is when players from around Australia see someone like Sangha and Hearne given all the opportunities even though they have never really performed at the National championships, they look for another career, I've witnessed that happening up here and it must be happening all over Australia. That's the reason we're struggling to produce quality now, we're losing them.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/caught-out-cricket-s-inflated-playing-numbers-revealed-20190720-p5292s.html

In actuality Cricket is only the 7th participated sport in Australia, though they claim to be No 1. Kids are leaving the sport, No 1 reason Bias selections. I told you this was happening a couple of years ago and now CA have been caught out. More kids play Rugby Union now than cricket and we suck at Rugby Union. The Future of Cricket is becoming grim. but as long as you get those NSW players wearing their Baggy Greens you're happy but what you are really saying they're the best of the rejects of other sports.