Sheffield Shield Round 3: Victoria vs Western Australia @ MCG 14-17th November

[bird_man]

Would have loved one of them to go onto a hundred but they have put us in a fantastic position now were we be bowling after lunch with a really good total.

Edit: there is the declaration, half hour to bowl before lunch. Great session by the vics so far.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Bosisto opening is interesting.

Look down our team list - Victoria should close this one out by a massive margin.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Terrible shot by Bancroft to get out to.

 

[bird_man]

Massive early wicket from Patto

 

[Carbine Chaos]

If someone could explain to me why Bosisto did open ahead of Klinger and Marsh I'd love to hear it. 2 down already.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Sorry, 3 down (as I assume Hilton won't be able to bat). WA of old performance this one.

 

[Fat Nyfe]

Bosisto is out of his depth at this level

 

[bird_man]

Klinger dropped by Ayers, should have let that go to first slip, would have been a sitter.

Siddle and Pattinson bowling really well here, deserve another wicket. Boland has bowled well also.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Klinger dropped by Ayers, should have let that go to first slip, would have been a sitter.

Siddle and Pattinson bowling really well here, deserve another wicket. Boland has bowled well also.

You'd never know there was a dropped catch going by the online commentary. It is very effective.

 

[JackOutback]

If someone could explain to me why Bosisto did open ahead of Klinger and Marsh I'd love to hear it. 2 down already.

Klinger should have opened (still don't like Marsh early in the innings).

 

[bird_man]

You'd never know there was a dropped catch going by the online commentary. It is very effective.

How the hell does it work? Seems like it's done by a computer?

 

[bird_man]

That dropped catch is already looking costly for the Vics

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

How the hell does it work? Seems like it's done by a computer?

It is.

Marsh out now, back on track hopefully!

 

[JackOutback]

We need another Agar century, it seems.

 

[bird_man]

Another break through from Ahmed!

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Of course Beaton gets out right before the break. Soft as a dog turd.

He's not up to Shield level, never play him again.

 

[Cleavy]

How the hell does it work? Seems like it's done by a computer?

I figure it's like madlibs.

 

[Hamez]

Gee Whiteman has struggled with the bat for a while now!!

 

[Carbine Chaos]

He's Ahmed, not Shane Warne. Wake up Warriors.

 

[eddiesmith]

On the plus side I do like Cricket Australia's app providing notifications of every wicket and score at each break

 

[bird_man]

On the plus side I do like Cricket Australia's app providing notifications of every wicket and score at each break

I didn't know that, that's pretty cool.

 

[eth-dog]

Was there yesterday. Ahmed's first spell was complete rubbish, only had 1 good delivery in the first 7 overs (which Beaton played very stupidly), but came back excellently. Boland was the pick of the bowlers for me, tight line, length and was swinging it just enough to trouble them. Really improved as a bowler.

Ayre had a poor start with the gloves but I'm willing to mark that down to nerves on debut. Siddle was the captain out there but Handscomb looked as much an on field leader as Sid, very good signs (although he dropped a very sharp chance for Whiteman).

As an aside, Bobby Quiney is a legend. Has no problem joking around with the crowd when he's on the boundary. There were a couple of idiots around from me who clearly had no idea what Moody was doing when he was basically stonewalling Victoria.

 

[Underarm]

Why did Victoria bring in a ringer as keeper and not Handscomb? And have Christian as the extra batsman?

 

[eth-dog]

Why did Victoria bring in a ringer as keeper and not Handscomb? And have Christian as the extra batsman?

Because thankfully David Saker knows that Handscomb isn't a keeper. Why invest in a young keeper (rated extremely highly by CV and those in premier cricket) when you can palm the gloves off to a batsman and play a 32-year-old mediocre allrounder?

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Well that was good timing, just fired up the live stream and we get a wicket! Moody out lbw to Ahmed