Shield Game 2: South Australia vs Victoria, Karen Rolton Oval, Thursday 6th-Sunday 9th October, 11 am AEDT

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Not a great sign that a military medium toiler like O'Neill can knock over our best players

 

[Mkcaptain]

That's so soft from McSweeney. Nice pressure from Holland and nice catch from Perry though

 

[eth-dog]

Only way SA can do this is if Hunt faces 80% of the balls from here. A very long tail for SA here.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

How many overs left?

Hopefully we don't get asked to bat a 3rd time

We haven't batted the first two times.

 

[Aussie_boy]

Would love to see Hunt carry his bat as the loss is inevitable.

 

[11kgm]

36 overs and one campaigner to stop us from winning

It's going to be tight

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

36 overs and one campaigner to stop us from winning

It's going to be tight

It is the Redbacks

I predict a run out

 

[eth-dog]

36 overs and one campaigner to stop us from winning

It's going to be tight

Hunt will have to face 150 balls for them to be any chance of saving this at a minimum. Their tail is very brittle.

 

[11kgm]

It is the Redbacks

I predict a run out

23 to go

 

[eth-dog]

It is the Redbacks

I predict a run out

There's your run out

 

[ioppolo]

Hunt could very well unfortunately end up stranded in the 90s either way.

 

[eth-dog]

Hunt could very well unfortunately end up stranded in the 90s either way.

If they're 9 down I'd be telling him to try to get it.

 

[eth-dog]

Do these commentators realise that it's on overs, not time? There's 14 overs left.

I'd bring Sutherland and Boland on and just bowl them out. They're our most dangerous, just get them in there

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Holland is a decent first class spinner but Day 4 here and not turning it at all. Shows one of the problems with this pitch - it just doesn't deteriorate. Once the moisture (if there is any) disappears at the start of the game there's just nothing there for bowlers. Should be getting some turn by Day 4, some wear and tear on the pitch, inconsistent bounce. Instead it looks like you could bat all day out there.

Victoria may indeed still win so it would be a "result pitch" from that respect but that's more down to our ineptitude

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Do these commentators realise that it's on overs, not time? There's 14 overs left.

I'd bring Sutherland and Boland on and just bowl them out. They're our most dangerous, just get them in there

Is it a minimum of 14 overs?

 

[eth-dog]

Is it a minimum of 14 overs?

Yep.

 

[eth-dog]

Just bring everyone up anyway. Make him take a risk. He's not taking the single to the deep early in the over.

 

[11kgm]

probably didn't help we had Fergus probably needed some pace

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

It is the Redbacks

I predict a run out

Bingo. It's mind numbing, isn't it? Cannot win the game, the sole exercise is to survive .... and someone gets run out.

 

[eth-dog]

Bingo. It's mind numbing, isn't it? Cannot win the game, the sole exercise is to survive .... and someone gets run out.

Never happy, are you? Hunt has played brilliantly and you're probably going to get the draw but you're still whinging.

 

[eth-dog]

Must have hit that. Hitting middle halfway up

 

[eth-dog]

5 overs. Have to stop trying to get Hunt off strike and just get him out.

 

[hotchilli]

Lots of credit to Hunt, been a mammoth effort to try and salvage the draw.

 

[eth-dog]

Hattrick time Sutho.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Lots of credit to Hunt, been a mammoth effort to try and salvage the draw.

Something has to go wrong for him not to play Test cricket at some stage.