Re: Australian State Cricket - 09-10 season

by Nath on Sat 10 Oct 2009, 19:28

long season for Qld if today's game is any indication

by Invader Zim on Sat 10 Oct 2009, 21:45

Long season for WA if today's game is any indication.

Gotta 'love' low scoring ODers...

by Nath on Sat 10 Oct 2009, 22:36

both teams equally crap. a tie would be a fair result

by horace on Sun 11 Oct 2009, 16:37

fairly insipid performance by both teams...good effort tho by Noffers, who it seemed to enjoy proving a few points to the billy selectors...the most worrying aspect was that Ollie North got gunned yet again...hope this does not translate into more unlucky decisions

by Big Dog on Sun 11 Oct 2009, 19:45

Big Dog wrote:
Big Dog wrote:Tassie are doing ok in the warmup games. Thumped the Sozzies Dubbers & Qbillies & split the points with the Vossies in recent limited over games.

....and Crazy has been taking wickets AND scoring runs but i'm sure the national selectors will adopt their dark glasses & white canes to that fact.

YEP....They bring in another unknown in Holland. Rolling Eyes

by horace on Sun 11 Oct 2009, 20:03

he is promising but too young to be pushed ahead of others at this time...unlike Horrors he can spin the ball and unlike Crazy he lands most balls on the pitch...however promotion at this stage will completely stuff his development as it did with the once promising Horrors years ago

by WideWally on Mon 12 Oct 2009, 02:56

The Queensland team -
Chris Simpson (c), Glen Batticciotto, Ryan Broad, Lee Carseldine, Ben Cutting, Chris Hartley, Nick Kruger, Ben Laughlin, Nathan Reardon, Grant Sullivan, Wade Townsend, Scott Walter (12th man to be named).

The Western Australian team -
Marcus North (c), David Bandy, Brett Dorey, Michael Hogan, Brad Knowles, Steve Magoffin, Shaun Marsh, Ashley Noffke, Wes Robinson, Luke Ronchi, Luke Towers, Adam Voges. (12th Man to be named).

by WideWally on Mon 12 Oct 2009, 02:56

James Hopes has minor injury problems & was replaced in the squad by Scott Walter. With Ryan Harris & Chris Swan both unavailable due to injury & Ashley Noffke moving to WA, Qld will have an understrength attack. The batting lineup also contains a few with little FC experience.
The First Class career averages of the squad are below. It doesn't make pretty reading.

Broad - 30 matches 1932 runs @ 35.77 ------ 1 wkt @ 11.00
Kruger - 9 matches 397 runs @ 24.81
Carseldine - 32 matches 1604 runs @ 36.45 ------ 12 wkts @ 41.75
Reardon - 1 match 19 runs @ 9.50 ------- 0/5
Townsend - 0 matches
Batticciotto - 0 matches
Hartley - 49 matches 1906 runs @ 28.02 -------- 218 c 8 st
Simpson - 38 matches 1280 runs @ 20.31 -------- 38 wkts @ 64.47
Cutting - 4 matches 28 runs @ 14.00 ------ 11 wkts @ 48.18
Laughlin - 4 matches 20 runs @ 6.66 ------ 10 wkts @ 54.30
Sullivan - 9 matches 55 runs @ 9.16 ------ 16 wkts @ 63.12
Walter - 1 match 9 runs ------- 0/41

Hopefully Laughlin can show some of the form that saw him selected in Australia's ODI team. It will be a good opportunity for a few of these to establish themselves at Shield level.

by Henry on Mon 12 Oct 2009, 02:59

It was a pretty racist decision for Aus not to include Usman Khawaja in any of their A teams in the last 8 months, I thought. Instead they went with Ryan 'never will be' Broad.

by WideWally on Mon 12 Oct 2009, 03:06

BTW
Wade Townsend is the grandson of Les Townsend who many forummers will remember for his appearance in the 5th test of the 1958/59 series.

by G.Wood on Mon 12 Oct 2009, 11:27

Remember when he gunned Swetman?

That would not have hit a second set of stumps

by Henry on Mon 12 Oct 2009, 18:36

Looks like thrilling, high quality stuff in the shield so far this season.

by horace on Mon 12 Oct 2009, 18:59

I would back Victoria to knock over any county team (even the wooden spoon dubbers would mince most county teams)

by Big Dog on Mon 12 Oct 2009, 19:33

Tassie 1/148 against the Barrel Boys. Bailey n.o. 34 & Marsh n.o. 13. Only 53 overs due to rain.

by embee on Mon 12 Oct 2009, 19:52

Why didnt Laughlin bowl in the first session?