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

The real question is how far will the gap be between the Sozzies and the rest.....at the bottom of the table?

horace wrote:starts in a matter of days...personally i have more interest in the Shield than trumped up comps such as Border-Gavaskar

Yoiks.

I was intending to go the Gabba to watch at least one day of every home Shield match this season but the first game is going to clash with the test in India. With a bit of luck the Indians will only need four days to smash the Aussies & I can head along to the Gabba on Monday unless that match only lasts three days.

Hopefully Mocca will be there.

WW - don't know if I hope your plans eventuate or not!!!

this is going to be a keenly contested season...how will the Billies go ?

goood win by the spivs against the underachieving worriers

FORD RANGER CUP (v South Australia, Adelaide, October 15):
Aiden Blizzard
Adam Crosthwaite
Shane Harwood
Brad Hodge
Jon Holland
David Hussey (captain)
Andrew McDonald
Clinton McKay
Dirk Nannes
Robert Quiney
Chris Rogers
Damien Wright
(12th man to be named)

WEET-BIX SHEFFIELD SHIELD (v. South Australia, Adelaide, October 17-20):
Shane Harwood
Brad Hodge
Jon Holland
David Hussey (captain)
Nick Jewell
Andrew McDonald
Clinton McKay
Dirk Nannes
Robert Quiney
Chris Rogers
Damien Wright
Matthew Wade
(12th man to be named)

I'd leave Harwood out for both games.

dutchy jnr is an interesting selection... a left arm orthodox who gives the ball a real real rip...

nah wright to be the 12 th

Is Dutchy Jr literally son of Bob?

don't think so FN...dutchy is old enough to be jnr's granddad

stoopidinbredchips 2/13 - but it stormed all night and is dark and cloudy so I imagine it is not easy to bat but it serves them right for living in Brisbane

lol...RD in stating the bleedin obvious shcok

billies are 4/13 now...2 each to Milf and the butler

Why are the Gabba test pitches so good, but the Shield pitches so crap?

who says this pitch is below standard

I'd like to see a comparison of first innings totals at the Gabba for both tests and SS games over the last 10 years.

Henry wrote:Why are the Gabba test pitches so good, but the Shield pitches so crap?

I think in this case the bowler friendly conditions may be entirely atmospheric.

Does Andrew Symonds actually have to score big for Queensland in order to regain his Australian middle order spot? Or does he just have to pass an aptitude test?

G.Wood wrote:stoopidinbredchips 2/13 - but it stormed all night and is dark and cloudy so I imagine it is not easy to bat but it serves them right for living in Brisbane

Forum Gold.

heroic rearguard action from the Billies....9 runs so far for the 5th wicket

Well obviously the test pitch gets more attention and the atmospheric conditions must be great at the moment. There's only one test match played a year in Brisbane but 5 shield matches, so the stats may be skewed.

The reason for years that QLD were labelled chokers was because they were normally light years ahead into the new year but didn't play at home after that. No other state wanted to play there at the height of summer.

A precedent adopted by the NFL when the Superbowl was introduced and the decision was made to play it at neutral venues. No-one wanted to go to Green Bay in the middle of winter.

Overrated dubber Hughes fails again.

I don't know what is funnier - how crap the Spivs side is or the fact that the Wozzies lost to them

Only horrie overrates Hughes. The rest of us are "meh, let's wait and see".

If it was up to Horrie, Hughes would be the Australian team's coach, manager, bus driver, maseusse, and opening batsman.

I thought Snail was going to become a sozzie during the winter.

skully wrote:Only horrie overrates Hughes. The rest of us are "meh, let's wait and see".

he's still a fatspiv who already has his baggygreen awaiting the embroiding of his player number.