Shield Final: Mighty Tasmania v Wimpy Billies, 2011-12

All over bar the shouting. Well played to the Billies.

Red necks radiating ferocious energy. Plug 'em into the national energy grid, fast?

Bout bloody time. Not even Qld could choke on this.

Good to see Rhino clean up the Tozzie tail. He bowled much better than his 0-71 in the 1st innings indicated.

Now THERE is another hostage to fortune, OP.

skully wrote:Good to see Rhino clean up the Tozzie tail. He bowled much better than his 0-71 in the 1st innings indicated.

Actually Hopes took three of the last four. HOPES FOR THE ASHES, HUZZAH!

Hindsight is easy, but restoring Punter to full glory - as keynote bat and skipper - looks to have been an unmitigated catastrophe for Taz.

This is a top effort by the Banjos. On paper, only Hopes, Hartley, Harris and maybe Magoffin and Billy Jr could claim NOT to be no-names.

But exactly they have been the decisive five.

Indeed, Pete. The Banjos name players clearly stepped up, while the Tozzie guns went missing in action, other than maybe Moo.

a dire day for the toxics

Batting guns yes. Cazzulino eked his way to more than respectability in the first knock.

As for the bowlers, you can't blame B & B - they have done all they could. Butters also contributed a bit with the willow. The rest just didn't pull enough weight.

the only thing that could save the Toxics is jgk plonking a few crayfish on the QBillies

Can do Campbell will descend on the victorious Qbillies at the Gabba like a seagull after a chip (as it were)

will be interesting to see if he wins Ashgrove and enters parliament.

I think he has a real chance of being the first Qbilly Premier to go direct from leadership of the State to camp follower in gaol - given the various investigations into his business dealings while mayor of chip central

If you're a Qpolly and you arent doing dodgy business deals the Qvoters wont respect you

Fiddy had a decent go at it.

Hey ... seems to have been a while since WA or SA were in a final. I'm old enough to remember when WA was the dog's nuts.

Townsend gone, interesting match again.

5/88. Hopes gone, genius he is. Dropped one ball and hitting it in the air to Ponting the next.

and a rain break, even better for Hopes.

ROFL, what was I thinking before? Bulls could choke to death on clean air.

That rain better last the rest of the day.

looks like jgk has invested in a Qbilly win after all...

6 down.


Poor Tozzies. Looks like they are going to be about 20 runs short.

I kind of hope the Billies win.

Their fans are less pom-like

7/88 now.

7 down.

45 needed.

Great theatre. A Tozzie guy I work with here just shot his load in public.

French cut for 4!