Western Warriors 2007/08 thread.

[dont bowl there]

Just a place to talk some cricket with Fremantle supporters.

[bigkev bleeds purple]

So far this season I've been to day one of the NSW Sheffield Shield (no, it's not the Pura Cup) game and most of today's Ford Ranger Cup game against Tassie.

Against NSW, I only saw us bowl. Magoffin was brilliant, the only reason he didn't get more wickets was they weren't good enough to nick him. Bowled pearler after pearler. Heal didn't seem to be bowling to a plan and was pretty ineffective as a result. Edmondson worked hard and was the only one who realised he needed to attack the stumps of the NSW tail end. He tired quickly, but that was understandable as he bowls quite quickly. Grew a leg when we took the new ball. Dorey and Bandy both did well but went off injured after only a few overs. We really let them off after lunch that day, we had them on the ropes and didn't finish the job.

Today, I only saw us bowl about 10 overs and then the whole batting innings. Ervine looks to be a shadow of the man who threatened to dismantle Australia a few years earlier. Didn't bowl well while I was there. Magoffin only got 5 overs for the whole innings? Unbelievable. Wates and McLauchlin are good depth in the squad but I wouldn't expect either to challenge for a first 11 spot when Magoffin, Edmondson and Dorey are fit. Didn't see anyone else bowl, but Heal was man of the match with 2/18 off 10, so must've been good. Voges also got around 3/30 from his 10.

Ronchi was hard to gauge. He was uncomfortable to start with against Griffith and just missed the edge a few times with unconvincing defensive shots. It made him look like he was struggling, but then he'd get a bad ball and absolutely obliterate it. Very entertaining stuff. Ended up with 27 off not many. At the other end, Langer was patient. I think he was on 4 when Ronchi went :eek:. He and Marsh both took a while to get the eye in, defending the good ones but not finding the gaps when they went after the bad ones. Once they got to 20 odd they looked good and started to get some better timing. Once they got to about 35 each, they went ballistic. Langer must've taken around 20 from one of the overs with some big hits over midwicket. Marsh followed suit, but was a little more subdued. Marsh ended up falling for 60 odd trying to hit one into the river. Top edge was well taken. Enter Luke Pomersbach, surprisingly elevated in front of Voges. Langer and Marsh had crossed so he played out a few balls before Pomersbach got on strike. When he did, he proceeded to deposit the ball into the second tier of the Lillee Marsh stand! Biggest hit of the day. He was just out there to tee off, the next one went for four and the over ended. Langer hit the winning runs next over. Aside from some early nerves from the top 3, we looked good with the bat today. It helped that we were only chasing 182 for the win, but none the less...

[dont bowl there]

Just got back from having a look at the WA 2nd XI match, some good batting from former Test player Martin Love. Bowling is pretty good, been impressed with C.Hansberry, gets a lot of flight and dip. McLauchlan swears about 3 times every time he goes for runs.

[Freo Big Fella]

QLD 2nd XI now 7/158. Kelly 3/29, Wates 3/23.

[FD369]

So far this season I've been to day one of the NSW Sheffield Shield (no, it's not the Pura Cup) .



Could not agree more Kev.


November 1999 - - when 107 years of tradition went out the window.


Have avoided anything "Pura" since. :thumbsd:
Probably not going to break the company but my conscience is clear.

It will always be the Sheffield Shield.:thumbsu:

[bigkev bleeds purple]

Have avoided anything "Pura" since. :thumbsd:
Probably not going to break the company but my conscience is clear.

It will always be the Sheffield Shield.:thumbsu:

It's funny you should say that, I don't buy anything with a Pura label on it for the same reason. I know of others who've done the same, I wonder if their sales actually went down after they hijacked our great competition? Regardless, like you I'm happy just to hand out my little bit of 'up yours' every time I go shopping.

[Bradesmaen]

I still call it the shield but I dont avoid Pura things.. milk is important ;). SA are useless once again this season after being promising two years ago.

[Polly]

It's a bit harsh to dump on PURA, they're pumping some money into our first class comp, we should be behind them. The people you should be pissed at is Cricket Australia for selling the history. Perhaps they could have called the comp The PURA Sheffield Shield or something of that ilk.
I was just as pissed by the name change also btw.
Warriors off to their customary slow start in the 4 dayers. sigh.

[dont bowl there]

It's a bit harsh to dump on PURA, they're pumping some money into our first class comp, we should be behind them. The people you should be pissed at is Cricket Australia for selling the history. Perhaps they could have called the comp The PURA Sheffield Shield or something of that ilk.
I was just as pissed by the name change also btw.
Warriors off to their customary slow start in the 4 dayers. sigh.

Yeah I cant be upset with Pura, without the money they have put into the comp it might be in some serious trouble. For that money they get good exposure from the name. I sometimes call it Sheffield Shield, sometimes Pura Cup.

[Polly]

I still call it the shield but I dont avoid Pura things.. milk is important ;). SA are useless once again this season after being promising two years ago.

Problem for SA is Adelaide is a batsmens paradise, it gets the batsmen overconfident and the bowlers totally shagged out. IMHO. Is Dizzy going for another gallop this year?

[Bradesmaen]

Dizzy is only 32, he's got 5 years left.

Adelaide isn't that much of a paradise for Batsmen.. its just that our batsmen are awful and have no confidence... I mean look at Borgas. He made three ducks in his three innings last week.

[bigkev bleeds purple]

Didn't Dizzy play on the Australia A tour of Pakistan earlier this year? I swear I saw his name on one of the scorecards.

[dont bowl there]

The boys arent going so great today either

WA 6/184 (61.4 overs)

Pommers not out on 51.

[dont bowl there]

Didn't Dizzy play on the Australia A tour of Pakistan earlier this year? I swear I saw his name on one of the scorecards.


Yup he toured with the 'A team.

[bigkev bleeds purple]

Hmmm. By the look of the scorecard, I'd grade today as a C+. Sent in to bat to be 9/272 at stumps. Pomersbach out for 89. Disappointing that nearly everyone got a start and didn't go on with it, barring Pomersbach. If Wates and Inness could somehow carry us to 300 I would say we did quite well owing to the fact we were sent in.

Going to need some quick wickets once we get to bowl tomorrow. I've never seen Kelly bowl, don't rate Inness and Wates is handy occasionally. Personally I would've been extremely tempted to play both Hogg and Heal instead of the typical 3 quicks and a spinner attack. I think Heal would be more dangerous than our 5th, 6th and 7th best pace bowlers (where's McLauchlan?)

Might need a bit of luck.

[Freo Big Fella]

Superb effort today. Magoffin took his 100th wicket for WA.:thumbsu:

[Ripper]

Superb effort today. Magoffin took his 100th wicket for WA.:thumbsu:

Well done to the big QLD'er. :thumbsu:

[bigkev bleeds purple]

Brilliant. 1/81 is pretty good after a great performance by the bowlers. Getting them all out for 114 is magnificent. Happy that Inness made my post last night look stupid. The only disappointment was JL getting run out for 49 off the last ball of the day.

Couldn't help but notice that Heal claimed the wickets of Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Attapattu in Adelaide. The standout for the Chairman's XI with 3/50.

[bigkev bleeds purple]

All hail Luke Ronchi.

Honourable mentions to Luke Pomersbach and Shaun Marsh.

Good to see Matthew Inness and Steve Magoffin causing headaches too.

[Belnakor]

Ronchi's last ten scoring shots were 8 6's and 2 4's - amazing hitting.

[estibador]

All hail Luke Ronchi.

50 to 100 in 11 balls. That's gotta be some sort of record.

[Belnakor]

In 20/20 Yurhaj from India bought his 50 up off 12 balls, and that was a record in all forms of cricket.

[dominguez]

Great win by WA today, QLD all out for 167 in their second innings. King George took 5 wickets in the second innings to keep the pressure on MacGill. :thumbsu:

[dont bowl there]

Good to see WA are bouncing back after the shocking start against NSW. Remember we still have Dorey and the captain North to come back! Bad thing is Marsh will get dropped after finding form when North comes back.

[FD369]

Good to see WA are bouncing back after the shocking start against NSW. Remember we still have Dorey and the captain North to come back! Bad thing is Marsh will get dropped after finding form when North comes back.


I am not so sure Marsh wil be left out. We are in the enviable position of having too many in form players and the hard decision is who to leave out not so much who to put in. I would have thought that Bandy would be on the verge of non selection with only 7 runs and 7 overs to his name in our win over Qld. North can bowl his spin if another bowler is required and Marsh can drop down the order if required. We also have Edmonson ,Dorey,McLauchlan,Ervine and Gillies on the sidelines as capable bowling options.

Hate to put the mockers on but for a change WA cricket looks in pretty good shape.:thumbsu:

[dont bowl there]

I am not so sure Marsh wil be left out. We are in the enviable position of having too many in form players and the hard decision is who to leave out not so much who to put in. I would have thought that Bandy would be on the verge of non selection with only 7 runs and 7 overs to his name in our win over Qld. North can bowl his spin if another bowler is required and Marsh can drop down the order if required. We also have Edmonson ,Dorey,McLauchlan,Ervine and Gillies on the sidelines as capable bowling options.

Hate to put the mockers on but for a change WA cricket looks in pretty good shape.:thumbsu:

You are right, I forgot that Bandy was even playing! The lineup below looks fantastic.

Langer
Rogers
Marsh
North
Pommers
Voges
Ronchi
Hogg/Heal
Dorey
Inness
Magoffin

[bigkev bleeds purple]

Voges at 6? Wow, we really are spoilt! Actually I think I'd bat Voges at 5 and Pomersbach at 6. Just my opinion :thumbsu:

Competition will be hot between Inness and Edmondson/Dorey when all are fit and ready to return.

[dont bowl there]

Voges at 6? Wow, we really are spoilt! Actually I think I'd bat Voges at 5 and Pomersbach at 6. Just my opinion :thumbsu:

Competition will be hot between Inness and Edmondson/Dorey when all are fit and ready to return.

Yeah I think Voges would make the perfect number 6 in that lineup. Probably need a steady batter down there if we do get into trouble. Edo shouldnt come back unless there are injuries, Inness and Dorey are much better prospects.

On a side note, if Rogers doesnt pull up for Wednesdays one day match who do you think will come into the side? My money is on either Davis or Droppa.

[FD369]

Yeah I think Voges would make the perfect number 6 in that lineup. Probably need a steady batter down there if we do get into trouble. Edo shouldnt come back unless there are injuries, Inness and Dorey are much better prospects.

On a side note, if Rogers doesnt pull up for Wednesdays one day match who do you think will come into the side? My money is on either Davis or Droppa.

As I said selection is getting harder, but I think Wates would come in and Bandy retain his spot for the one dayer which means Marsh,Voges or Pommers to open with JL. It would be good to see one of the two you have mentioned get a run though, there may not be many chances for the guys on the fringe of the main group this year.

[Freo Big Fella]

Finally getting to a game now that uni is finished.:thumbsu:

[FD369]

Hate to put the mockers on but for a change WA cricket looks in pretty good shape.:thumbsu:

:o


All out for 144 :eek:

Ah well they have to bat yet with no Maher, lets hope George has a few surprises in his bag of tricks.

[Belnakor]

QLD 2 for none - good start by us :)

[bigkev bleeds purple]

Uh oh.

Click here (http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/321054.html)

Very selfish by those two. Especially when we have Dorey, North and Rogers already out. This really hurts the team (for the upcoming FR Cup game we've named 3 batsmen and 5 all rounders!) and I hope they learn their lesson.

We might even get rolled by the Redbacks in the FR Cup game this week. Oh the shame!

[Bradesmaen]

I'm going to both games this week. Redbacks are better than you think in the 1 day game, but not so good in the 4 day.

[dont bowl there]

Uh oh.

Click here (http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/321054.html)

Very selfish by those two. Especially when we have Dorey, North and Rogers already out. This really hurts the team (for the upcoming FR Cup game we've named 3 batsmen and 5 all rounders!) and I hope they learn their lesson.

We might even get rolled by the Redbacks in the FR Cup game this week. Oh the shame!

Selfish but totally expected, the two are total piss heads.

[docker_azza]

Pomers is an idiot, always has been. Shame given that he's got an excellent talent because he is going to piss it all on the wall and ruin his chances of going to the international scene if he doesn't pull his finger in. I played mens softball against him for a few years and his parents ran a bar for that softball association for many years.

[dont bowl there]

Well this game against SA is a must win match after the shock loss to the Bulls. Droppa will come in for his debut, has been in amazing form in club cricket. One of Langer or Ronchi will need to ton up if we bat first. Voges also could use some runs.

[FD369]

What is more of a concern is that Pommers is my dream team skipper.:mad:

Good luck to Droppa he fully deserves his chance after a mountain of runs at grade level and I would think Ervine needs to perform to keep his spot if not his contract for next year, he hasn't really shown the form at this level that the WACA were hoping for when he was signed.

[dominguez]

Today's game is on fox for anyone with pay tv at home and didn't know.

[dont bowl there]

What is more of a concern is that Pommers is my dream team skipper.:mad:

Good luck to Droppa he fully deserves his chance after a mountain of runs at grade level and I would think Ervine needs to perform to keep his spot if not his contract for next year, he hasn't really shown the form at this level that the WACA were hoping for when he was signed.

BANG! He gets 134 not out! I think Marsh is in a bit of trouble, might not be able to get his number three spot back from Ervine straight away. Serves him right as well.

[FD369]

Good on him too, at least there is some silver lining to the antics of Marsh and Pomersbach. 305 is a good total with those two in form bats out of the lineup.

I thought it strange to have Edmondson as 12th man for this match, maybe its just to give McLauchlan a run as an insight to the Sheffield shield match?

[dont bowl there]

Good on him too, at least there is some silver lining to the antics of Marsh and Pomersbach. 305 is a good total with those two in form bats out of the lineup.

I thought it strange to have Edmondson as 12th man for this match, maybe its just to give McLauchlan a run as an insight to the Sheffield shield match?

Surely Marsh cant come straight back into the side now, he has had too many chances as it is. Pommers has form on his side, which is very lucky for him.

[FD369]

Surely Marsh cant come straight back into the side now, he has had too many chances as it is. Pommers has form on his side, which is very lucky for him.


Dead right, with North on the sidelines as well, Marsh will have to score a truckload at grade level to have a chance. Overall we are in good shape with pressure on for spots all through the playing 12 :thumbsu:

[dont bowl there]

Dead right, with North on the sidelines as well, Marsh will have to score a truckload at grade level to have a chance. Overall we are in good shape with pressure on for spots all through the playing 12 :thumbsu:

Yup this one day side was missing North, Rogers, Pommers and Marsh. Marsh is the odd one out in that lot.

[bigkev bleeds purple]

We still lost despite getting a big total. Sigh. Magoffin got tonked for once! He had to find out sooner or later what it's like to have a batsman hit your bowling. Well done by Ervine, too. I'm still skeptical about his bowling but he can obviously bat a bit. Now he just has to play like that more often.

[Bradesmaen]

Great game :D Was there for every minute and loved Boofs innings, last time a game was that electric to go to was the state final between SA and NSW when Taiter took 6 for and we lost by a wicket.

[FD369]

Could not agree more Kev.


November 1999 - - when 107 years of tradition went out the window.


Have avoided anything Pura since. :thumbsd:
Probably not going to break the company but my conscience is clear.

It will always be the Sheffield Shield.:thumbsu:

It's funny you should say that, I don't buy anything with a Pura label on it for the same reason. I know of others who've done the same, I wonder if their sales actually went down after they hijacked our great competition? Regardless, like you I'm happy just to hand out my little bit of 'up yours' every time I go shopping.



Looks like our small collective 9 year protest has paid off Kev.


http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=14&ContentID=84994



At least next season we can say the Warriors won the last shield final. :D

[bigkev bleeds purple]

Ahhhh... It warms my heart to know that we have finally righted one of the wrongs of the past. I was stoked to hear about it too, 369!

I'm glad that a sponsor has finally realised that they don't need to hijack the long tradition of our competition to get their slice of the pie. Big pat on the back to Sanitarium. I already buy bulk Weet Bix but I guess I'll just have to eat more to show my appreciation!

[yakamoto]

It's fantastic news but Pura milk is still being banned in my workplace.