Given all the discussion about the ground we may as well discuss the match
Interestingly there are as many Victorians in the WA top seven (Klinger and Agar) as in the Victorian top seven (Quiney and Handscomb).
There are also three Western Australians in the Victorian team- Rogers, Stoinis and Hussey.
There are 5 Victorians in their expected XI and 8 sandgropers in the WA XI.
Seven players have played test cricket, 5 in the Victorian XI and 2 in the WA XI.
Save for Harris the Western Australian top 5 have performed incredibly well which has allowed Western Australia to carry a long tail. Fortunately Sam Whiteman seems to have returned to form with the bat.
Victoria's batting lineup is very solid and all of the top seven have performed very well this season.
The difference however is with the attacks.
Pattinson and Siddle is a very good pace attack and I expect Fawad Ahmed to be the difference in the final.
The Western Australian pace attack in particular looks very second string in the absence of Hogan and Behrendorff. Moody and Tye in particular would also normally be behind Mackin, Paris and Duffield and I can see Victoria scoring 400 plus in the first innings.
There are apparently some issues with Rogers' fitness but I expect that he will play.
My Prediction: Victoria comfortably with WA only having a chance if we win the toss and score heavily in the first innings
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Expected XIs
Victoria
# Player Age Mat Runs HS Ave 100 50 Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5i 10m Ct/St
1. RJ Quiney 32 10 565 125 40.35 2 2 0 -/--- -/--- --/-- 4.00 --.- 0 0 8/0
2. CJL Rogers 37 7 390 107 48.75 1 3 - -/--- -/--- --/-- -.-- --.- - - 1/0
3. MP Stoinis 25 9 730 99 52.14 0 9 7 3/27 3/27 35.14 3.09 68.1 0 0 0/0
4. DJ Hussey 37 6 462 142 66.00 2 1 1 1/16 1/16 79.00 2.92 162.0 0 0 12/0
5. PSP Handscomb 23 9 586 134 58.60 3 3 - -/-- -/-- --.-- -.-- --.- - - 14/0
6. MS Wade*+ 27 8 563 152 62.55 2 4 - -/-- -/-- --.-- -.-- --.- - - 31/2
7. DT Christian 31 9 533 105* 53.30 2 2 13 3/18 4/68 29.07 3.71 47.0 0 0 8/0
8. JL Pattinson 24 2 50 31 16.66 0 0 8 4/96 4/54 18.75 3.02 37.2 0 0 1/0
9. PM Siddle 30 6 66 21* 11.00 0 0 25 8/54 9/107 17.32 2.56 40.5 2 0 1/0
10.SM Boland 25 7 38 20 7.60 0 0 24 6/67 6/123 25.37 2.88 52.7 1 0 1/0
11.Fawad Ahmed 33 10 57 21* 19.00 0 0 40 5/32 7/94 26.25 3.39 46.3 2 0 1/0
Western Australia
# Player Age Mat Runs HS Ave 100 50 Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5i 10m Ct/St
1. MS Harris 22 9 309 51 22.07 0 1 - -/--- -/--- --.-- -.-- --.- - - 4/0
2. CT Bancroft 22 10 803 211 47.23 3 2 - -/--- -/--- --.-- -.-- --.- - - 15/0
3. M Klinger 34 10 983 190 61.43 4 3 - -/--- -/--- --.-- -.-- --.- - - 7/0
4. AC Voges* 35 10 1215 249 101.25 5 5 2 2/15 2/32 51.50 2.78 111.0 0 0 15/0
5. SE Marsh 31 10 700 164* 70.00 3 2 - -/--- -/--- --/-- -/-- --.- - - 14/0
6. SM Whiteman+ 23 10 314 120 28.54 1 1 - -/--- -/--- --/-- -/-- --/- - - 38/0
7. AC Agar 21 8 226 64 25.11 0 2 27 5/81 10/214 30.22 3.24 55.8 2 1 5/0
8. NM C'-Nile 27 5 90 64 15.00 0 1 14 3/34 4/80 28.00 2.60 64.5 0 0 2/0
9. NJ Rimmington 32 9 82 27 10.25 0 0 32 5/27 7/90 23.31 2.88 48.4 2 0 2/0
10.AJ Tye 28 4 19 10 6.33 0 0 11 3/47 4/101 30.54 2.92 62.7 0 0 1/0
11.D Moody 19 3 2 1* -.-- 0 0 10 4/60 7/82 29.60 3.70 48.0 0 0 0/0Interestingly there are as many Victorians in the WA top seven (Klinger and Agar) as in the Victorian top seven (Quiney and Handscomb).
There are also three Western Australians in the Victorian team- Rogers, Stoinis and Hussey.
There are 5 Victorians in their expected XI and 8 sandgropers in the WA XI.
Seven players have played test cricket, 5 in the Victorian XI and 2 in the WA XI.
Save for Harris the Western Australian top 5 have performed incredibly well which has allowed Western Australia to carry a long tail. Fortunately Sam Whiteman seems to have returned to form with the bat.
Victoria's batting lineup is very solid and all of the top seven have performed very well this season.
The difference however is with the attacks.
Pattinson and Siddle is a very good pace attack and I expect Fawad Ahmed to be the difference in the final.
The Western Australian pace attack in particular looks very second string in the absence of Hogan and Behrendorff. Moody and Tye in particular would also normally be behind Mackin, Paris and Duffield and I can see Victoria scoring 400 plus in the first innings.
There are apparently some issues with Rogers' fitness but I expect that he will play.
My Prediction: Victoria comfortably with WA only having a chance if we win the toss and score heavily in the first innings
