Sheffield Shield Round 9: XXXX GOLD Queensland Bulls v Alcohol. Think Again Warriors @ Gabba

[grimlock]

Sheffield Shield Round 9: XXXX GOLD Queensland Bulls v Alcohol. Think Again Warriors @ Gabba
Thursday 20th February - Sunday 24th February 2014

Queensland (4th)
8 games 16 points 1.0237 quotient
Western Australia (1st)
8 games 26 points 1.1853 quotient

CA scorecard: http://livescores.cricket.com.au/summary_2934_26.html

Weather

• Monday - Shower or two 21-29
  
• Tuesday - Shower or two 21-28
  
• Wednesday - Shower or two 19-27
  
• Thursday - Shower or two 19-28
  

A terrible batting performance by the Bulls against the Tigers, when they were cleaned up for less than 200 in both innings has all but extinguished their finals hopes. The Warriors will be hoping to consolidate their position on top of the table and take advantage of the fact their 2 closest rivals will be facing each other. However, it looks like they will have to battle the weather as well as the Queenslanders.

Last game

• Queensland 183 (Burns 90*) and 149 (Boyce 65) were defeated by Tasmania 350 (Cutting 4/54) and 9/165 dec. (Hopes 5/59) by 183 runs @ Bellerieve Oval
• Western Australia 462 (Voges 155, Whiteman 88, North 69) and 2/10 (North 4*, Voges 4*) defeated New South Wales 344 (Behrendorff 5/65) and 126 (Behrendorff 4/35) by 8 wickets @ WACA

Queensland XII squad

• 39. James HOPES (c)
• 49. Cameron BOYCE
• 62. Joe BURNS
• 58. Luke FELDMAN
• 6. Peter FORREST
• 42. Cameron GANNON
• 18. Chris HARTLEY (+)
• 4. Usman KHAWAJA
• 50. Chris LYNN
• 8. Alister McDERMOTT
• 20. Michael NESER
• 14. Luke POMERSBACH

In: Gannon, Khawaja, Lynn, Neser
Out: Ben CUTTING (hamstring), Dom MICHAEL (omitted), Nick STEVENS (knee)

The Bulls strengthen their batting lineup with the return of Khawaja and Lynn. They lose Cutting to a hamstring tear which opens the door for Gannon to earn a recall.

Western Australia XII squad

• 32. Adam VOGES (c)
• 18. Ashton AGAR
• 4. Cameron BANCROFT
• 5. Jason BEHRENDORFF
• 41. Ryan DUFFIELD
• 14. Marcus HARRIS
• 31. Michael HOGAN
• 10. Mitch MARSH
• 26. Marcus NORTH
• 11. Nathan RIMMINGTON
• 17. Ashton TURNER
• 9. Sam WHITEMAN (+)

In: Rimmington
Out:

Paceman Rimmington joins the squad at the expense of unlucky spinner Michael Beer.

 

[grimlock]

XXXX v Alcohol. Think Again

A battle for the ages.

 

[Natho]

Mouth watering contest to come!

 

[samFFC]

F--king huge - come on Warriors!

 

[grimlock]

Some late changes, Michael back in for Pomersbach

XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls: Joe Burns, Dom Michael, Usman Khawaja, Chris Lynn, Peter Forrest, James Hopes (c), Chris Hartley (wk), Michael Neser, Cameron Boyce, Alister McDermott, Luke Feldman, Cameron Gannon (12th)

Alcohol. Think Again Warriors: Cameron Bancroft, Marcus North, Marcus Harris, Adam Voges (c), Mitch Marsh, Ashton Turner, Sam Whiteman (wk), Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Rimmington, Michael Hogan, Ryan Duffield (12th)

 

[samFFC]

Some late changes, Michael back in for Pomersbach

XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls: Joe Burns, Dom Michael, Usman Khawaja, Chris Lynn, Peter Forrest, James Hopes (c), Chris Hartley (wk), Michael Neser, Cameron Boyce, Alister McDermott, Luke Feldman, Cameron Gannon (12th)

Alcohol. Think Again Warriors: Cameron Bancroft, Marcus North, Marcus Harris, Adam Voges (c), Mitch Marsh, Ashton Turner, Sam Whiteman (wk), Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Rimmington, Michael Hogan, Ryan Duffield (12th)

Nice consistent team for Warriors.

As always, Sport FM radio coverage: http://www.sportfm.com.au/listen-live-913/
CA TV coverage: http://www.cricket.com.au/video/Mar...ohol-Think-Again-Warriors-Live-from-the-Gabba

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Duffield dropped for Rimmington? Boo!

 

[samFFC]

The Dorff gets Burns bowled after leaving it! 1/28!

 

[samFFC]

1/33 in 17th over - off for rain.

 

[samFFC]

2/52. Rain delay was only short, thankfully.

 

[samFFC]

The Dorff 2/16 off 9 overs. Just tremendous. QLD 3/74.

 

[idel one]

From CA live scoring:
A small delay here with Mitch Marsh getting some attention on what looks like a possible side injury. He is coming off, and Ashton Turner will finish the over.

Bugger - was heading down shortly to the Gabba to watch the evening session and was keen to see Marsh bowl with the older pink ball. Shame for him, but might help Queensland from here.

 

[samFFC]

From CA live scoring:
A small delay here with Mitch Marsh getting some attention on what looks like a possible side injury. He is coming off, and Ashton Turner will finish the over.

Bugger - was heading down shortly to the Gabba to watch the evening session and was keen to see Marsh bowl with the older pink ball. Shame for him, but might help Queensland from here.

Yeah the SportFM guys thought it looked fairly bad - but were hopeful that it wouldn't keep him out for the rest of the match (maybe that is just WA wishful thinking). Happened quite quickly, looked like he pulled up badly after a delivery.

3/121, Lynn 55* batting very well.

 

[The_Reaper]

Cricinfo has us playing Alun Thomas instead of Turner

 

[samFFC]

Cricinfo has us playing Alun Thomas instead of Turner

Well done Cricinfo haha.

Rimmo gets a C&B off Lynn. Huge wicket. Great catch.

Well batted Lynn.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Massive wicket that one, a few more here and I'll be happy.

 

[Natho]

Any updates on Marsh? Will he be able to bat?

 

[samFFC]

Massive wicket that one, a few more here and I'll be happy.

Still toiling! Cmon Warriors. This partnership has brought the RR almost back to 3. Must take more poles now.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Between Marsh and the scoreboard now (really let them off the hook by easing into the new ball with spin from both ends...) I'm pretty annoyed with today's efforts.

 

[CakeEater]

Need another wicket Stat.

 

[samFFC]

Between Marsh and the scoreboard now (really let them off the hook by easing into the new ball with spin from both ends...) I'm pretty annoyed with today's efforts.

But add 2 more wickets to the score and I'd say we are just ahead.

 

[samFFC]

Also, glad to see SACA didn't completely collapse. Greater likelihood of a draw now.

 

[samFFC]

Any updates on Marsh? Will he be able to bat?

SportFM guys just talked about him, and said they hadn't seen him until then.

But now just re-appearing with a black Warriors polo shirt, on the sidelines. Thinking it unlikely he will bowl, potentially to bat (but left side will make it hard because he is a RHB).

 

[samFFC]

Need another wicket Stat.

Hopes snicks up.

Sorry for the multiple posts all...

 

[Carbine Chaos]

But add 2 more wickets to the score and I'd say we are just ahead.

Surely with the rain about today you'd have backed it in to be a bowlers' day. 5/262 is a pretty poor effort, even adding on a few I'd be disappointed.