Shield Round 8: Queensland v Western Australia, GABBA, February 18-21 2025

[corbies]

QLD
Angus Lovell, Matthew Renshaw, Hugo Burdon, Ben McDermott, Lachlan Hearne, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Michael Neser, Xavier Bartlett, Mark Steketee, Mitch Swepson (c), Tom Whitney

WA
Sam Fanning, Sam Whiteman (c), Jayden Goodwin, Hilton Cartwright, Ashton Turner, Joel Curtis (wk), Keaton Critchell, Joel Paris, Corey Rocchiccioli, Cameron Gannon, Lance Morris

 

[Tugga27]

Good start by WA with 4 early wickets.

Rocco has 3 to his name already.

 

[Cam Payne]

A green bouncy GABBA pitch can be a treat for spinners.

 

[Beutbrute]

nice 5 7 fa Rocco

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Rocchiccioli 7/52. Seems to clock up better numbers than other spinners rated ahead of him.

 

[Aussie_boy]

Rocchiccioli with a FC average under 30 is a pretty good effort for an off-spinner.

 

[Aussie_boy]

WA 0-25 with 3 6's... Wouldn't have picked that with Whiteman and Fanning in.

Stats aren't great but I like the look of Fanning

 

[RightWingRoo]

Pitch turning square?
Or Rocchiccioli just bowled a good line and length and the Bulls fell apart themselves?

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Haven't seen a ball of this, I've been watching my Tigers.

How does your spinner take 8 on a 1st day Gabba?!

Gabba has always been great for Aussie spinners.

Shane Warne's best ground. Most wickets, best average and strike rate there.

 

[ioppolo]

Nice to have some stability up top again

 

[Beutbrute]

Rocchiccioli 7/52. Seems to clock up better numbers than other spinners rated ahead of him.

He's been the leading wicket taker for spinners the last 2 shield seasons, and is on top again this season.

I rate him highly but think his problem is he bowls similar to Lyon, which goes agains him when Australia is looking at a second spinner.

 

[Aussie_boy]

Ripper catch by Gannon to get rid of Renshaw

 

[largebus]

First time WA have played well for 2 days in a row in about 4 months

 

[Beutbrute]

I'd be filthy if I was Peirson - don't think he edged that.

 

[largebus]

Gonna be over pretty quickly it seems. All it took was 1 or 2 to actually stand up with the bat.