Shield Round 8: Tasmania vs Victoria, Bellerive Oval, 1-4 March

[eddiesmith]

eth-dog will still say Victoria is on top...

 

[eth-dog]

eth-dog will still say Victoria is on top...

* off dickhead. You're an embarrassment

 

[madmug]

A very ordinary effort from Victoria. From 1/48 lost another 6/33 in a short time before stumps.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Short again shows he is all duck or mainly no dinner. Dreadful dismissal again shows he lacks the technique and temperament for red ball cricket.

 

[Bulldog Joe]

Tas well on the way to hosting the final with Vics out for 106.

 

[Cleavy]

need to roll them in the 2nd innings otherwise we'll be chasing a target of 300+

 

[Aussie_boy]

Is there a more under the radar Cricketer than Gabe Bell?

 

[eddiesmith]

Jewell was probably just a little unlucky on that LBW, but hard to see Victoria even chasing 150 on this pitch, let alone the 250-300 they will be

 

[nobbyiscool]

Surely the game is tough enough already when you only have 10 wickets in an innings without the umpires making two absolute shockers in one session this morning.

 

[yabsy]

Wow, 25 wickets in 4 sessions

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[Gak Attack]

Webster wouldn't be the worst replacement if Green or Marsh had to miss a test.

 

[nobbyiscool]

I think we've got more than enough runs on the board here. Obviously you're not going to declare with 2 and a half days left, but I feel like we're just petering along here eeking out whatever runs we can, and we'll declare about an hour after tea if we're still going (which is unlikely).

 

[nobbyiscool]

Can't remember the last time I loved a domestic cricketer as much as I love Beau Webster. What a friggen star.

 

[Cleavy]

still haven't bowled them out yet.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Webster wouldn't be the worst replacement if Green or Marsh had to miss a test.

Easily replaces Marsh…. Should be checking his family tree.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Can't remember the last time I loved a domestic cricketer as much as I love Beau Webster. What a friggen star.

Agree. Has had a cracking season.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

In Sheffield Shield this season, Webster has 3 centuries and 5 fifties, currently averaging 70. Pity they don't select Test teams from Sheffield Shield any more.

 

[Gak Attack]

In Sheffield Shield this season, Webster has 3 centuries and 5 fifties, currently averaging 65. Pity they don't select Test teams from Sheffield Shield any more.

And a Funky Miller with the ball.

This is a cracking knock given most with tail. Well done Meredith too.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

And a Funky Miller with the ball.

This is a cracking knock given most with tail. Well done Meredith too.

Inspired by Green and Hazlewood

 

[sherb]

And a Funky Miller with the ball.

This is a cracking knock given most with tail. Well done Meredith too.

And one of the best slips fielders in the country.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Looking at that field they had set to Meredith with 5 balls to bowl at him, this might be the most obvious example of bowling for a declaration I've ever seen. We're 9 down FFS!

 

[Cleavy]

hopefully the pitch has flattened out so the chase will be smooth sailing.

 

[caboose]

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Tassie are basically 7 out all out. Gabe Bell averages 6 in FC cricket

Lol.

 

[sherb]

By my reckoning, this is an all-time record for a 10th wicket partnership for Tasmania in first-class cricket.

Previous record was:
122 - William Ward & Norman Dodds - vs Victoria, TCA Ground, 1898/99
Taking the score from 9/262 to 384 all out.

Previous Sheffield Shield record was:
120 - Stuart Saunders & Peter Clough - vs Western Australia, WACA, 1981/82
Taking the score from 9/159 to 279 all out.

Riley Meredith has also exceeded his previous best first-class score of 24.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Once again the tactic of spreading the field to the batter and trying to get 1-2 balls an over at the bowler is a dismal failure. If you can hold up an end like Meredith did for the first 90 minutes of his innings, all you're doing is giving Webster massive gaps to hit through (or over.)