***Official 08/09 Sheffield Shield comp***

begins in under 2 months...early matches in October are

Fri 10 - Mon 13 Queensland v Tasmania
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Tue 14 - Fri 17 Western Australia v New South Wales
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Fri 17 - Mon 20 South Australia v Victoria
Adelaide Oval

Fri 24 - Mon 27 Western Australia v Queensland
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Sun 26 - Wed 29 South Australia v New South Wales
Adelaide Oval

Tue 28 - Wed 6 Tasmania v Victoria
Bellerive Oval, Hobart

hopefully Nath - ** pats head ** will set up the fantasy comp again...

should be a great season with lots of young players coming through in each State...the incentive will be there because of the looming gaps in the Oz Team

horace wrote:hopefully Nath - ** pats head ** will set up the fantasy comp again...

I just assumed CA would be running some whacky salary cap related thing.

Let me know chaps, I'm in.

Ooooh.. Good start for my lads. The Redbacks away!!!

Thats got to be a win in the bank surely?

It's not so 'rebellious' for you guys to call it the Shield now, is it.....

No need to protest any more. I can start drinking milk again.

Henry wrote:It's not so 'rebellious' for you guys to call it the Shield now, is it.....

For me, it was always and always will be the Shield.

Henry wrote:It's not so 'rebellious' for you guys to call it the Shield now, is it.....

Trev has always lived by the principle that if you can't say something stupid you shouldn't say anything at all.

We'll have to go back to calling it 'the world's best domestic first-class competition by a million miles.'

Any Shield games in Sydney which extend over a weekend in mid-November?

Tue 4 - Fri 7 New South Wales v Western Australia
Sydney Cricket Ground

Fri 21 - Mon 24 New South Wales v Queensland
Sydney Cricket Ground

Sun 2 New South Wales v Western Australia
North Sydney Oval, Sydney

Wed 26 New South Wales v Queensland
Sydney Cricket Ground

lardbucket wrote:

Henry wrote:It's not so 'rebellious' for you guys to call it the Shield now, is it.....

For me, it was always and always will be the Shield.

Possibly the only sensible thing the other silly Henry ever uttered - pretty much word for word.

Thanks re: those game dates, embee. Aiming for the Dubbers v Billies Shield match, skully.

can't wait ...should be a great season

horace wrote:can't wait ...should be a great season

Care to predict your young stars this year? I was hoping Michael Hill would get a good run, but the middle-order looks very settled.....

look ...let us be clear here... ....the spivs are outse odds with the jellies to meake the finals....hughes aside there is no talent unless the Oz selectors come to their senses and sack flleas, hatti and Haddit...


my odds are -

toxins - 3.00
bills - 4.50
vixen - 5.00
wallies - 5,00
jellies - 7.50
spivs - 7.50

Jewell as opener and the 'keeper position are the only spots not nailed down now that we've got the GDWV. The fast bowlers will have their usual string of injuries though so there's going to be constant rotation of their spots.

You should lose notParis for the JAMODI season

horace wrote: look ...let us be clear here... ....the spivs are outse odds with the jellies to meake the finals....hughes aside there is no talent unless the Oz selectors come to their senses and sack flleas, hatti and Haddit...


my odds are -

toxins - 3.00
bills - 4.50
vixen - 5.00
wallies - 5,00
jellies - 7.50
spivs - 7.50

horrie in "talking out of @rse" shock.

so you rate the spiv chances then skully?

Probably top 3, h. Can't see them finishing last. I have a sneaking suspicion that the Tozzies may do OK in 08-09. Milf will be over his 2nd season blues and their batting and bowling looks strong.

And if you get your way and the Aus NSP drops Fleas etc, then the Spivs will make the Final again.

i agree ...but think the Billies are due to come good...if hughes is selected (and he shd. be ) the dubbers are gawn

Probably too early to call given the national team isn't as stable nowadays and Indian tours have a habit of road blocking careers.