Ashton Agar - Australian Left Arm spinner

[Convict]

He has had a really bad season so far in the Aussie domestic summer.

His bowling average has risen to almost 40 in first class cricket now alongside his 124 test match bowling average.

Not really as bad as the stats suggest. I've seen a fair bit of him.

Bowling well without getting much reward at the moment. Plays all of his cricket at the WACA anyway.

He's developing well.

 

[thivakar]

Ashton Agar lands Cricket Australia suspension

Last year's Ashes golden boy Ashton Agar has been suspended from Western Australia's next four-day match for breaching the CA code of behaviour.

Agar was found guilty of showing dissent towards an umpire's decision during WA's Futures League match against Queensland earlier this week.

It was the 20-year-old's second similar offence within the past 18 months, meaning it was treated as a level two charge.

The sanction of two suspension points means he's out of WA's next Sheffield Shield match starting on 12 February against Tasmania.

Batting at No11 on his Test debut against England last July, Agar posted a record 98. The teenager became an instant sensation and his shock selection was toasted as a triumph.

However, the left-arm spinner was dropped after the next Test and hasn't been sighted during the Australian summer. He scored 93 against South Australia in November, but has otherwise struggled with bat and ball this season.

Agar admitted to the dissent charge and therefore a hearing wasn't required.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jan/30/ashton-agar-lands-cricket-australia-suspension

 

[MenInG]

Ashton Agar is keen to improve his batting and become one of Australia’s finishers at the Twenty20 World Cup in India next year.

The all-rounder has caught the eye with both aspects of his game in England so far despite Aaron Finch’s men going two down in the three-game T20 series in Southampton.

Agar has picked up four wickets at an admirable economy rate and chipped in with a 20-ball knock of 23 from number seven in Sunday’s loss.

Since he established himself in the T20 side during the past 12 months, the 26-year-old has excelled with the ball but he would like to win more games for his country with the bat.

“Yes it is definitely a role I have identified that if I can fit into that well, I can really help the team,” said Agar, who struck 98 at number 11 on his Australia Test debut at Trent Bridge in the 2013 Ashes.

“It is a tough role and one I really need to improve on because it is really important at the back end of the innings to get an extra 10 to 15 runs out of that position from a minimal amount of balls.

“That can be the difference in the game for setting a target or chasing and forming a small partnership with whoever is in with you at the back end of an innings is really important.”

Jos Buttler carried his bat to end on 77 not out off 54 balls in the second T20 at the Ageas Bowl.

He concluded proceedings with a huge maximum down the ground and it left Agar envious.

Australia will not face Buttler in the final match of the series, after he requested time off to be with his family following 10 weeks in England’s bio-secure bubble, but he is expected to return on Friday for the first of three one-day internationals at Emirates Old Trafford.

“For whatever reason he’s out of the bubble I hope everything’s OK, but he’s probably their best batter in white-ball cricket at the moment so it’s certainly an advantage for us,” Agar added.

“He can hit all around the ground – spin bowling, he can sweep, reverse sweep, hit over the covers – so he is difficult to bowl to.

“And he moves around the crease a lot and what he does is finish a lot of games, he is often there at the end winning games for England, so hats off to him. He played beautifully.”

If Australia were to lose again on Tuesday, it would see them relinquish the number one spot in the sprint format to England.

Off-spinner Agar admitted the team “take a lot of pride” in topping the rankings, but are keen to win every match they play.

Despite two defeats, confidence is still high in the Australia camp, especially after they were close to victory in the first encounter before they lost four wickets for nine runs from 124 for one while chasing 163 for victory.

Agar added: “There is never leeway in international cricket however there has been a lot more positives that have come out of it than negatives.

“That first game to bowl the way we did on a pretty good pitch and start so well with the bat and get two runs away from winning is a massive positive.

“We had a small collapse and that certainly hurt us but we were so close to winning and even last night we were right in it up until the last couple of overs.

“It is a shame and it really hurts to lose the series but we look around the changing room and know we are a really good team and a good T20 team.

“If we win a couple more of those small moments it shows we are super competitive against the best teams in the world.”

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/as...3nit-y1uS-txYjAlQqELmlNt2HgQw_SmZ2gmPGYhsTqYY

 

[sweep_shot]

Really average spinner.

Aussies need someone better.

 

[Executioner]

His batting is very average. Doesn't have the power game like Nathan Coulter nile

 

[DRsohail]

Really average spinner.

Aussies need someone better.

A very fine t20 spinner. And a handy bat.

 

[Saj]

What's he doing batting at number 7.

So far he's struggled to hit the ball off the square.

 

[Mamoon]

Apart from that fluke 90 odd in the 2013 Ashes, has he ever done anything of note?

It is quite concerning to see the amount of deeply mediocre cricketers getting international caps for Australia.

 

[angrypathan]

Bang average, both as a bowler and as a batsman. Certainly not good enough to bat 7, would be just acceptable at 8. Hope Cameron Green has a good season this year and comes in to provide Australia with some much needed balance

 

[MenInG]

Ashton Agar, the biggest casualty of Australia's overdue T20 World Cup success last year, looms as the major beneficiary of Adam Zampa's rare absence from the national side.

Captain Aaron Finch says Agar, a mainstay of the T20 line-up until Australia rejigged the balance of their team before their World Cup triumph in the UAE in November, will be the lead spinner for the upcoming three-T20, five-ODI campaigns against Sri Lanka in Colombo and Kandy.

The left-arm spinner was among those who trained for the first time on tour on Friday at the R Premadasa Stadium, with the bulk of the T20 squad having now touched down in the Sri Lankan capital.

Agar has never previously been to the island nation despite having Sri Lankan heritage through his mother Sonia, who left Colombo with her family when she was a teenager.

With Zampa to miss the tour due to the impending birth of his first child, the left-armer has the chance to press his case for Australia's World Cup defence at home later this year.

"He's proved over the last couple of years that he's one best in the world in the T20 format for Australia," Finch said on Friday, four days out from the tour's opening match.

"The fact we've been able to win a World Cup having the strength of Ash not in the XI is super for the group.

"And what he's shown with his disappointment of missing out during that World Cup – his ability to bounce back and take his opportunities every time he's had them – shows the character of the person and shows what kind of a team man he is.

"He'll certainly get a lot of opportunities on this tour to play that frontline spinner role in both white-ball formats of the game."

Agar is also in the mix to pull on the Baggy Green for the first time in five years, with the Aussies open to fielding three spinners in spin-friendly Galle, which will host both Test matches.

Mitchell Swepson, who has also been named in all three squads, and Nathan Lyon are the incumbent spinners in the longest format.

But Agar's chances of displacing Zampa, who Australian players insist was the best bowler from any team at the World Cup last year, in either white-ball format appear slim in the immediate term.

Zampa has missed just three of Australia's 45 T20Is since the beginning of 2019, during which time he's played even more games than the skipper, Finch.

The fact only Zampa, Finch (39 T20Is over that period) and Matthew Wade (34) have played more often than Agar (28) among Australians during that time highlights how bold a move it was the drop the allrounder at the World Cup last year.

Returning to a dual spin attack of Zampa and Agar at this year's tournament remains a possibility for the Aussies, but Finch on Friday repeated his belief that picking just four specialist bowlers alongside allrounders Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis provides sufficient options.

"We played a lot over the last three years (before last year's World Cup) with two frontline spinners and we changed that pretty late to go with the three quicks the one spinner and then use our allrounders," said Finch.

"We feel as though that that's a really balanced side for T20 cricket, because we've still got seven genuine betters with (wicketkeeper) Matty Wade at seven.

"We saw the importance of that (allrounder) role throughout the World Cup … when the conditions suit, Maxwell's as good as a frontline spinner (and) Mitch Marsh and Marcus Stoinis's bowling is very underrated in T20 cricket as well."

Apart from Zampa, Pat Cummins is other only other member of Australia's World Cup-winning side who will miss the T20 series in Sri Lanka, with the Test skipper being rested.

Stoinis, Maxwell, Wade, David Warner and Josh Hazlewood, whose Indian Premier League teams made the playoffs and were subsequently given extra time at home, are the last remaining squad members set to arrive on Friday evening.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ash...am-zampa-aaron-finch-t20-world-cup/2022-06-03

 

[FearlessRoar]

Ashton Agar Joins Steelbacks For Blast Stint​

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club are delighted that Australian International Ashton Agar will join the Club for four Vitality Blast games.

Agar will join the Club after the completion of the T20 World Cup and will replace Sikandar Raza when he heads off on national duty for Zimbabwe in their series against India.

Part of Australia’s T20 World Cup winning squad in 2021, Agar brings a wealth of experience to the Steelbacks and is eager to be linking up with the squad towards the back end of the group stages.

“I’m delighted to be joining the Steelbacks in the Blast this year.” Said Agar.

“There’s a really exciting mix of players in the squad and hopefully we’re in a really strong position in the table when I join.”

As well as a T20 World Cup win, the 30-year-old has won the Big Bash with the Scorchers and has represented his country 47 times in T20 internationals, taking 48 wickets with best figures of 6/30.

Head Coach John Sadler was delighted to get someone of Agar’s quality in to replace Raza while he’s away.

“Ashton is a remarkable player with a real ability to change and win matches.

“He’s got a winning mindset, has played at the highest level and we’re delighted to get someone of his calibre to the club.

“Hopefully he can contribute some good performances and win us some games when he joins up with us.”

When looking at a replacement for Raza, Sadler was keen to identify someone with similar capabilities.

“We’ve got a real like for like replacement in Ashton which is great so we’re pleased with the business we’ve done.

“Obviously the Zimbabwe series was announced after we signed Sikandar which is a shame but we’ve still got him for 8 games at the start, then for the last two games and we’re very excited about that.” Said Sadler.

Agar’s first game will be on 5th July and last game will be away to Durham on 14th July, with Sikandar Raza returning for the final two group fixtures.

The Steelbacks kick off their Vitality Blast game at Wantage Road on Thursday against Derbyshire Falcons.

Ashton Agar Joins Steelbacks For Blast Stint - Northamptonshire CCC

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club are delighted that Australian International Ashton Agar will join the Club for four Vitality Blast games. Agar will join the Club after the completion of the T20 World Cup and will replace Sikandar Raza when he heads off on national duty for Zimbabwe in their...

nccc.co.uk

 

[FearlessRoar]

Ashton Agar opened innings for Montreal Tigers against Bangla Tigers Mississauga in GT20 2024 and scored 41 off 29 at strike rate of 141.37

Proper cricketing shot and balanced hits. Probably looking to get place in T20is squads as an all rounder