The powerhouse Blues are banking on a mix of the old and the new to help the side climb out of one of the deepest holes in their steeped history.
NSW are banking on a mix of the old and the new to help the team climb out of one of the deepest holes in their steeped history and return to their more traditional home as a powerhouse of the Sheffield Shield.
The calamitous campaign resulted in Phil Jaques sacked as coach and captain Kurtis Patterson dropped, with Greg Shipperd and Moises Henriques seeing out the tail end of the season as their respective replacements. The Blues also recruited former Test paceman Jackson Bird, who has returned to his home state 13 years after departing Sydney to get a start with Tasmania. The 36-year-old, who played nine Tests, is the 10th-highest wicket-taker of all-time in the Sheffield Shield, with 350 wickets at an average of 21.99.“He’s been brilliant,” said Henriques, who grew up playing underage cricket against Bird.
NSW continue to be the primary production line of Australian cricket talent - one-third of all players in the Sheffield Shield’s last round were from NSW - and the expectation is always that the Blues will be strong, even when most of their first-team are away on Test duty.Credit:“That’s one thing we’ve tried to shift is actually maybe not because everyone knows how rich the history is here at Cricket New South Wales,” Henriques said. “It’s not to say ignore it.
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