SA v QLD - Sheffield Shield @ Gabba - Commences Mon 1/10/12

[David Brent]

Mennie to show his true batting form and grind out a ton

How many Redbacks you know roll like this?
How many Redbacks you know flow like this?
Not Mennie, if any.

***Thank you and goodnight***

Gold!!!!!

[valleys07]

Mennie to show his true batting form and grind out a ton

How many Redbacks you know roll like this?
How many Redbacks you know flow like this?
Not Mennie, if any.

***Thank you and goodnight***

Well played

[DoublebluTiger]

Progress!! We've passed our first innings score!!!

Does that count as a positive?

[stampy]

at least mennie is going down swinging, 27 off 24

[Brodlach]

56* partnership to Mennie and Lyon so far

[valleys07]

56* partnership to Mennie and Lyon so far

aaaaannnndddd gone!!

Lyon LBW mcdermott....Sayers next in

[Brodlach]

56* partnership to Mennie and Lyon so far

Doh...Lyon out

8/223

[bulldogproud2]

Ferguson's recent first and second innings scores make for interesting reading

2nd half of last season

2 & 62 (lost outright)
7 & 126 (lost outright)
14 & 79 (lost outright)
2 & 71 (lost outright)

and now 11 & 44...

It shows he can bat, but not when it matters the most.

Brod, do you have his career 1st vs 2nd innings first class stats? (I had to manually click on games in cricket archive to find those)

At least he does make SOME runs, unlike any other native South Australian batsman!
Who else in the SA team has made four 50's in his last five matches?

[Brodlach]

Sayers gone

9/230

Mennie going to be robbed of his century

[Brodlach]

Mennie gets his 50 with a big 6

[whufc]

Ferguson's recent first and second innings scores make for interesting reading

2nd half of last season

2 & 62 (lost outright)
7 & 126 (lost outright)
14 & 79 (lost outright)
2 & 71 (lost outright)

and now 11 & 44...

It shows he can bat, but not when it matters the most.

Brod, do you have his career 1st vs 2nd innings first class stats? (I had to manually click on games in cricket archive to find those)

At least he does make SOME runs, unlike any other native South Australian batsman!
Who else in the SA team has made four 50's in his last five matches?

If others had been given the same golden ticket they might off as well

You can't deny his terrible first innings performances mean he shouldn't be in the side especially considering how the shield points system works

[OnSong]

[scoob]

Ferguson's recent first and second innings scores make for interesting reading

2nd half of last season

2 & 62 (lost outright)
7 & 126 (lost outright)
14 & 79 (lost outright)
2 & 71 (lost outright)

and now 11 & 44...

It shows he can bat, but not when it matters the most.

Brod, do you have his career 1st vs 2nd innings first class stats? (I had to manually click on games in cricket archive to find those)

At least he does make SOME runs, unlike any other native South Australian batsman!
Who else in the SA team has made four 50's in his last five matches?

If others had been given the same golden ticket they might off as well

You can't deny his terrible first innings performances mean he shouldn't be in the side especially considering how the shield points system works

Maybe they could use him as the sub and get him in after the first dig

[Brodlach]

SA 9/257

Only need another 205 to win.

Before today Mennie had scored 65 first class runs, currently is 65*

[Brodlach]

Mennie to show his true batting form and grind out a ton

Not far off 79*, made the call when on 0

All over 271

Loss by 191

[RustyCage]

all out for 271. Mennie 79*

Qld win by 191 runs

[Dogwatcher]

Ferguson's recent first and second innings scores make for interesting reading

2nd half of last season

2 & 62 (lost outright)
7 & 126 (lost outright)
14 & 79 (lost outright)
2 & 71 (lost outright)

and now 11 & 44...

It shows he can bat, but not when it matters the most.

Brod, do you have his career 1st vs 2nd innings first class stats? (I had to manually click on games in cricket archive to find those)

At least he does make SOME runs, unlike any other native South Australian batsman!
Who else in the SA team has made four 50's in his last five matches?

If others had been given the same golden ticket they might off as well

You can't deny his terrible first innings performances mean he shouldn't be in the side especially considering how the shield points system works

He probably shouldn't be in the side. But it's probable he'd be replaced by someone who won't even make runs in the second innings.

[scoob]

If nothing else Chuck's reign has been consistent

[Dirk Tazelaar]

Redbacks get second innings points. Sweet.

[Ecky]

So that means 10 matches in a row without any points. I presume this is an all time record for SA?

Of those 10 matches
- 7 were lost outright
- 9 had a deficit of over 100 runs on the first innings
- 5 had a deficit of over 200 runs on the first innings

It is also 17 matches since our last outright win (Nov 2010 in Hobart). Our last outright win at Adelaide Oval was the first game of the 2009/10 season.