Shield Sheffield Shield Round 7: South Australia v Western Australia @ Adelaide Oval

[Carbine Chaos]

If you choose to bat like a treacle tart then expect to be judged on the outcome. If you carry your bat and help your side to a big total, well done; if you shoulder arms to a straight ball and put pressure on the rest of the order then you come off as a utensil.

For a supposedly mentally tough character he’s revealed himself as anything but through his unwillingness to say no to a senior teammate, a leg side trap and failing to assume responsibility in the BBL.

 

[jackess]

Plus his negative mindset contributed to his dismissal

 

[Aussie_boy]

What exactly are WA doing? Don't think they even got any batting bonus points.

 

[jackess]

Redbacks will have to bat for a while to give the bowlers a spell.

They'd probably want to set a decent total with Marsh, Stoinis and Phillipe capable of scoring quickly and Bancroft capable of getting out without facing 150 deliveries for very few runs.

 

[Torz]

Bosisto was getting some decent turn. Again brings up the question why we didn't select a frontline spinner.

 

[Moonwatcher]

WA's whole plan from the first innings was to force SA to declare late day3 / early day 4, quite strange.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Welcome back, WA.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Welcome back, WA.

It's just SA going Super Saiyan now that they're all but out of contention.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

What exactly are WA doing? Don't think they even got any batting bonus points.

All they're doing is destroying any interest people may have had left in the Sheffield Shield. If the Redbacks set them any gettable target, I will spew. They don't deserve it.

 

[wolmeister]

It's just SA going Super Saiyan now that they're all but out of contention.

Partly true, but WA haven't tried to take the initiative at any point. That started when they had SA by the throat at 5-143 and 6-223 and took the pressure off. Then Bancroft batting like a total dick set the tone for the WA first innings. Voges won't do a thing though; complete waste of space. Aaron Hardie had a great debut last season (4-29 / 11.4 and 4-33 / 13) but hasn't got a look in since while Moody continually gets selected. Other states will eventually asking, if that hasn't happened already.

 

[Aussie_boy]

When's the last time Ferg made a score for the Redbacks.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

When's the last time Ferg made a score for the Redbacks.

When’s the last time he didn’t make a score against WA?

 

[scotty13]

Are SA collapsing here to give WA a good chance at a win?

 

[jackess]

Are SA collapsing here to give WA a good chance at a win?

It'll take WA 3 days to chase 300. I don't think the Redbacks can lose

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Hold up. Did we win the toss? Did we choose to bowl first in Adelaide?

 

[Moonwatcher]

When's the last time Ferg made a score for the Redbacks.

Can't believe he's a better T20 batsman these days :O

 

[Carbine Chaos]

It would be incredibly WA to allow Bosisto to make runs here.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

And now SA hands WA a getable target to win the game. I give up.

 

[Crashy]

And now SA hands WA a getable target to win the game. I give up.

I don't get it
WA didn't move the game along, why the * give them a sniff

 

[eth-dog]

I don't get it
WA didn't move the game along, why the fu** give them a sniff

Because SA can still finish second if they win this and they're more likely to win if WA have something they can get when batting aggressively.

 

[kane249]

Bancroft out, 1-44

 

[kane249]

Marsh out first ball, Agar on a hat trick

 

[kane249]

Misses out on the hat trick

 

[Perty4]

All over, what a disaster

 

[wolmeister]

I don't get it
WA didn't move the game along, why the fu** give them a sniff

WA have one reasonably consistent bat (Sean Marsh). The rest are youngsters (Carder, Green, Phillipe) who are very inconsistent, horribly out-of-form (Bancroft) or just plain s**t (Stoinis). They're not going to chase down a score of over 300.