2014/15 Sheffield Shield Final- Victoria v Western Australia, Hobart Mar 21-25

[peternorth]

The rule states that if you can't find a stadium in your home state to host the final, the team that finishes second gets to host.

Victoria were unable to do so (which is why the match was in Hobart).

But CA decided to ignore their own rule.

ok thanks.

IF WA won today, would you be complaining?

 

[The Speaker]

IF WA won today, would you be complaining?

Why wouldn't we be pointing out that CA ignored their own rule?

 

[The_Reaper]

ok thanks.

IF WA won today, would you be complaining?

If WA won today it would be a great win despite CA ignoring it's own rules.

And to be fair, I've been complaining for more than a week now

 

[peternorth]

Why wouldn't we be pointing out that CA ignored their own rule?

my question is, if your team WA won, would you (WA fans) be focusing your posts and energies on potting CA about their rules or lack thereof?

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Yes they did.

There are no provisions in the rule for 'exceptional circumstances'.

Mainly because a state's inability to host a match is an exceptional circumstance in the first place.

Oh for goodness sake give up! You came second and did not deserve to host the final, due to exceptional circumstances the final was played at a neutral ground and you still did not win... them's the breaks, time to move on

Meanwhile, winners are grinners

 

[peternorth]

for those interested, foxsports (news) had a very short story on the shield win. showed a few shots, no wickets, and the bails bring flipped off to signal games end. that's it.

if it was nsw there'd be interviews with players, staff and coaches

 

[eth-dog]

for those interested, foxsports (news) had a very short story on the shield win. showed a few shots, no wickets, and the bails bring flipped off to signal games end. that's it.

if it was nsw there'd be interviews with players, staff and coaches

There wasn't last year.

Anyway The_Reaper do you have an answer re: A tour?

 

[The_Reaper]

Oh for goodness sake give up! You came second and did not deserve to host the final, due to exceptional circumstances the final was played at a neutral ground and you still did not win... them's the breaks, time to move on

Meanwhile, winners are grinners

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Due to exceptional circumstance?

You mean the only time in history there has been a need to apply the rule?

CA ignored it's own rule and WA were disadvantaged by that.

Yes Victoria were the better team this season but that fact remains that CA ignored it's own rule.

I wonder how they will compensate the WACA for that.

 

[The_Reaper]

There wasn't last year.

Anyway The_Reaper do you have an answer re: A tour?

I believe it's after the Ashes

 

[Kram]

lol Vics with their obsession with all things NSW.

 

[The Speaker]

my question is, if your team WA won, would you (WA fans) be focusing your posts and energies on potting CA about their rules or lack thereof?

Yes. It would be along the lines of 'CA did everything in their power to stop us from winning and we still did it.'

 

[eddiesmith]

for those interested, foxsports (news) had a very short story on the shield win. showed a few shots, no wickets, and the bails bring flipped off to signal games end. that's it.

if it was nsw there'd be interviews with players, staff and coaches

In their news story when you press red, WA batsman Chris Rogers made 112 and Warriors spinner Fawad Ahmed took 8 wickets, the best figures in shield final history

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

lol Vics with their obsession with all things NSW.

Lol, Western Australians with their conspiracy theories about anti-Western Australianism

 

[The_Reaper]

In their news story when you press red, WA batsman Chris Rogers made 112 and Warriors spinner Fawad Ahmed took 8 wickets, the best figures in shield final history

Whilst Rogers is indeed Western Australian and grew up in the suburb next to mine, Ahmed is not.

Lol, Western Australians with their conspiracy theories about anti-Western Australianism

It's not a conspiracy theory when CA blatantly ignored it's own rule

The only conspiracy theory in Australian cricket is that NSW gets unfairly favoured.

And that conspiracy is mostly pushed by the Melbourne media

 

[peternorth]

who won?

 

[eth-dog]

I believe it's after the Ashes

So could be seen as a bit early to pick an "A" squad. Based on the Shield season and players on the bubble I'd hope for something like:

Batsmen: Bancroft, Stoinis, Voges (c), Handscomb, Burns, Cowan, Maxwell
Keepers: Nevill, Whiteman
Bowlers: Agar, Siddle, Abbott, Behrendorff, Starc, Ahmed

And end up with an XI like:

Bancroft
Burns
Stoinis
Voges (c)
Handscomb
Maxwell
Nevill (+)
Agar
Starc
Abbott
Siddle

 

[Public Enemy No1]

Its funny how anyone on the East coast especially Vics think they only have to play by the rules if it suits them

 

[eth-dog]

I love how everybody in WA thinks all Victorians are the same.

 

[Public Enemy No1]

Er no.....they aren't.These guys are.Deal with it PENis

Is there any Victorians in that photo ?? No seriously... Worse than England

 

[The_Reaper]

So could be seen as a bit early to pick an "A" squad. Based on the Shield season and players on the bubble I'd hope for something like:

Batsmen: Bancroft, Stoinis, Voges (c), Handscomb, Burns, Cowan, Maxwell
Keepers: Nevill, Whiteman
Bowlers: Agar, Siddle, Abbott, Behrendorff, Starc, Ahmed

And end up with an XI like:

Bancroft
Burns
Stoinis
Voges (c)
Handscomb
Maxwell
Nevill (+)
Agar
Starc
Abbott
Siddle

No point picking Voges or Siddle.

If they're in test contention they're in the test squad and if they're not in test contention they're wasting a spot in the A team.

Starc's in the same boat and Nevill should be the test keeper by then.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Is there any Victorians in that photo ?? No seriously... Worse than England

Oh diddums, what a bunch of sore losers

 

[eddiesmith]

Its funny how anyone on the East coast especially Vics think they only have to play by the rules if it suits them

We played by the rules given to us by CA, going by last years precedent we could have played game in Alice Springs and WA would have had no right to complain!

 

[The Speaker]

We played by the rules given to us by CA

-_-

 

[eth-dog]

No point picking Voges or Siddle.

If they're in test contention they're in the test squad and if they're not in test contention they're wasting a spot in the A team.

Starc's in the same boat and Nevill should be the test keeper by then.

Could probably put Ahmed in the same boat tbh. Just a serious lack of options with the bowlers.

 

[Public Enemy No1]

Oh diddums, what a bunch of sore losers

we didn't lose