Summer of Cricket thread

[Decentric]

At the end of the second day's playing the Shield Tas v NSW.

Tas 1-85 in second innings. 230 in front for the loss of 1 wicket.

Webster took 5 wickets. He bowled as well as I've seen him bowl. All the Tasmanian pace bowlers, all Tas born, Meredith, Bell, Webster and O'Connor, bowled well as a unit.

Meredith at last hit top speed. I thought he was bowling within himself at 130-135 kph, plus the 5 kph not showing on the Tas speed gun. Then he bowled some of the quickest bouncers seen at Bellerive - 147 and 148 kph, plus the 5 kph. The second resulting in a wicket. H e took 3 poles.

18 yo old O'Connor has added 5 kph, up to 131 kph ( plus 5kph) - no t bad for an 18 yo old all rounder! They were naggingly accurate. Dwarshuis batting at 9, was best Blues batter, scoring 40.

Kuhnemann struggled a bit.

All Tas pace bowlers were very smooth - none grunted, compared to the NSW pacemen, who seemed to put a lot of physical effort into their balls.

Webster extracted seam and swing. He bowled first change and bowled long spells, which Mitch Marsh and Cam Green can't.

Weatherald hammered the Blues attack. Sadly, the speed gun wasn't working, because I have a theory that Abbott lacks stamina, and reduces his pace and efficacy as red ball games progress. He is a superb new ball bowler.

 

[Richie]

Tas v NSW at Bellerive in the Shield. Last game for the season.

Tas 7 - 307 at stumps. Watched every ball. Silk's best innings for some time in his 100th Shield game. He was about 90 NO at stumps.

Owen dropped.

Webster surprisingly struggled batting at dusk, for 15, batting with the lights on in a day/night Shield game.

Jewell hammed the Blues for 45 runs off 42 balls batting at 4. Doran scored quickly for a 39. O'Connor scored quickly too. The rest batted slowly and had slow SRates. Big total for Ward, who battled hard without ever getting on top of the NSW attack.

Abbott bowled superbly with the new ball for NSW. Lost about 6 kph of pace as the day progressed. His fastest ball was 136 kph, but I think the speed gun is reading about 5- 6kph too slow. I think he took 4 deserved wickets.

Left armer Dwarshuis bowled up to 137kph. Bowled some good balls.

Massive effort from the massively built Edwards, achieving little pace, but he generated great lift from the pitch. He is a huge man! Usually bowled in low 120kph, but one ball reached 130 kph.

Sanga, has a quick run up for a wristy, and is quick through the air.

Bird effective, naggingly accurate, bowling good balls with a bit of swing and seam at 119 -125 kph.

Other than Bird this is not a FG standard Blues attack. The loss of Chris Tremain for the season is a big blow. And what has Nesbitt done wrong. Surely there is also a better lefty in Seconds than Dwarshuis. Sangha may come into his own in the sec inn. Poor selections and in a vital must win game. This is the reason I have switched my alegience totally to the Tigers DC.

 

[Richie]

Owen dropped. A scapegoat. The batsmen are to blame for Tassie not being a chance for the title this year. Not this emerging all rounder.