Mighty Tasmania v Wimpy Billies, Sheffield Shield Final, 22-26 March, 2013

Big Dog wrote:

WideWally wrote:FFS Joe Burns given out caught behind but the ball clearly bounced in front of the keeper's gloves.

Looked a regulation catch to me & no doubts from the Foxy commentators.

The Foxy commentators spent twenty minutes saying it wasn't out because it bounced before it reached the keeper. The showed about 15 replays & it didn't carry in any of them.

WideWally wrote:

Big Dog wrote:

WideWally wrote:FFS Joe Burns given out caught behind but the ball clearly bounced in front of the keeper's gloves.

Looked a regulation catch to me & no doubts from the Foxy commentators.

The Foxy commentators spent twenty minutes saying it wasn't out because it bounced before it reached the keeper. The showed about 20 replays & it didn't carry in every one of them.

Must have missed that bit. As they say, read about it in the papers. meanwhile the umps have finally given an LBW & Forrest is out.

Hartleys luck finally runs out....literally

Champions getting a pounding on the Island of the Wet Wicket.

Progress satisfactory.

what's the weather like today?

the bills are in a pretty hopeless position, but those banjos are as tough as teak and will work their way back into this

if they keep the lead to under 100 and fire the tozzies aout they are in with a chance of quick run chase tomorrow...of course it could rain

FORECAST is for fine weather today

hehehehe....but it is the groundsmen who decide if it is raining or not

Weather looks good for the next few days. Should'nt get any further disruptions. Tassie look to have the shield in their grasp unless they do something stupid like a sporting declaration to go for the outright.

Will Tozzie enforce the follow-on? Or bat for another 2 days?

Silly question, really.

Tassie effectively 0-198 ... probably need to bat all day today, and into tomorrow a bit to be sure of the Shield.

There's still 195 overs in the game ... it's hard to imagine more than 500 runs being scored off that many overs on this deck.

You have to admire James Hopes....he gutses it out

Young Silk seems to play late and very straight.

He could be a 'smokey' for the Ashes, as Slater was in 1993.

could be right...will depend on the screen tests for the kfc ads...Silk however has shown he can concentrate - a pretty basic trait required for all openers


at the other end of age scale, it seems that despite scoring 3 centuries this summer in Shield that Chris Rogers has next to no chance of making the trip...

apparently he is too abrasive and tough on self and others

lardbucket wrote:Young Silk seems to play late and very straight.

He could me a 'smokey' for the Ashes, as Slater was in 1993.

... chops on. FMD, I've turned into JGK.

and now Cosgrove chops on for the second time in the match

erk ... 3-6 with Punter gone, lbw, bat raised and leaving a Harris off-cutter

erk erk erk ... now 4-6, Bailey gone.

Harris 3 for nowt, and en route to the UK in July.

geebers....tozzies tossing it away

Harris 4-3-4-3

What on Earth is going on?

another wicket down, 5 for nowt, Ryan Harris has 4-6.

potentially " a bad day for people of the Tozzie persuasion"?

FMD. Banjos making a late play for victory.

Still, 200 ahead looks like it might be enough.

Really happy for Rhino.