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

I suspect the wicket is not playing as easy as it looks. Lots of rain yesterday & early this morning. Quite humid & cloudy with occasional sunny breaks. Ball will be moving all over the place.

Bollocks. It might be moving a little bit, but Tasmania have clearly set out to get a draw from the start. It's not the first te this has happened in a shield final, either. Didn't Queensland rack up 800 odd in the 2006 final?

Henry wrote:Bollocks. It might be moving a little bit, but Tasmania have clearly set out to get a draw from the start. It's not the first te this has happened in a shield final, either. Didn't Queensland rack up 800 odd in the 2006 final?

Bollocks back at ya. Tassie have always played to win in their previous finals & they have already stated this will be no different.

Fat Coz out. 1-134. Silk 68*

Henry wrote:Bollocks. It might be moving a little bit, but Tasmania have clearly set out to get a draw from the start. It's not the first te this has happened in a shield final, either. Didn't Queensland rack up 800 odd in the 2006 final?

6(d)-900, with both Mabo and Twat making 200s.

rats...was hoping they would go through the day undefeated....doubt whether fat cozz has played such a restrained and responsible knock

Sow'sear is playing a damned responsible knock too

Ker-Ryyyyyyyyyyyyst. 169 off 90 overs. Tozzies boring the Banjos out of the game.

I wouldnt be too unhappy about that score if I was a Billy supporter ...A Tozzie collapse tomorrow and they could be all out for 250 to 300 ...then its game on


I think Tozzie ideally would like to have another 100 runs on the board

FFS Doolan goes cheaply. Tas 2/176 at stumps
I hope i don't woof him but how good is this Silk kiddie. Only his third Shield game (and a final) & he carries his bat through an entire day. Pretty good concentration for an inexperienced 20 y.o.
I'm not prone to making sensationalist predictions but this guy has Baggy Green written all over him.

176 off 100 overs. That's farkin appalling.

skully wrote:176 off 100 overs. That's farkin appalling.

Phrttt...the lads will launch into it tomorrow & put the game out of reach for the billies.

skully wrote:176 off 100 overs. That's farkin appalling.

They are playing for the draw

Blackadder wrote:

skully wrote:176 off 100 overs. That's farkin appalling.

They are playing for the draw

Rubbish. Tassie never plays for the draw.

Aussie A spot beckoning for silk.

Aye, well done to the lad. We could do with a bit of his steel in the national side. At least he seems to put a price on his wicket, unlike Warner, Hughes, Watson, Wade and Maxwell.

Big Dog wrote:

Blackadder wrote:

skully wrote:176 off 100 overs. That's farkin appalling.

They are playing for the draw

Rubbish. Tassie never plays for the draw.

Yeah, and Doherty is a good spinner.

Tozzies 5-253. Silk out for 108. Wicket looks very low and slow. Butters, the Final specialist, still to come to the crease for the Two-heads.

Harris might have booked his Ashes tour today. Has bowled well.

Tozzies pissing this away here.

Butters is our only hope.

Fleming talking up his batting AND bowling ... >200 FC wickets at around 24, and a better away bowling record than home bowling record

(mainland observers frequently say his wickets come too easily at home)

7-322, valuable runs from Butterworth and Faulkner

7-338; still hoping for 400+ and two days' play done and dusted.

50 to Butters. He & Fork have just about wrested the momentum back from the banjoes.

I'd like to see them bat the day out.

partnership > 100 now; good stuff from the all-rounders