SA v WA Sheffield Shield 25-28 Oct 2011

[Jim05]

We wont bat the day out.
WA will be batting tonight

[Coach Bombay]

blizzard is a hack. can't believe he was our highest run scorer last year

[Jim05]

If our batting is this bad on a road id hate to see us up at the GABBA

[schimma]

if ludeman does not make runs. crosswaite has to get the call up????

[mighty_tiger_79]

5/175

160 behind

[heater31]

if ludeman does not make runs. crosswaite has to get the call up????

Currently 4*, which is better than the doughnuts he has given us so far this year......

[locky801]

"Same Old same Old"

[Coach Bombay]

Coopdog has made 4 50's but only has high score of 63. Would be handy for him to get passed that

[westcoastpanther]

And here comes the flood of negative, unsupportive posts from so called supporters of this team. Give them a chance FFS...

[catchisthecry]

if ludeman does not make runs. crosswaite has to get the call up????

Currently 4*, which is better than the doughnuts he has given us so far this year......

Crossthwaite 26 matches - 2 50s and an average of 20.
Give Ludeman a run i reckon.

[RustyCage]

And here comes the flood of negative, unsupportive posts from so called supporters of this team. Give them a chance FFS...

There is no more frustrating team to follow than our state cricket team. How many more poor batting performances do we need to endure over many years before we are allowed to say something negative. Or is this an acceptable performance?

[westcoastpanther]

And here comes the flood of negative, unsupportive posts from so called supporters of this team. Give them a chance FFS...

There is no more frustrating team to follow than our state cricket team. How many more poor batting performances do we need to endure over many years before we are allowed to say something negative. Or is this an acceptable performance?

The games not over yet.....

[Jim05]

Coopdog has made 4 50's but only has high score of 63. Would be handy for him to get passed that

Nup, out for 56. Would love to see him go on and get a ton one day

[mal]

Coopdog has made 4 50's but only has high score of 63. Would be handy for him to get passed that

Nup, out for 56. Would love to see him go on and get a ton one day

he did get a ton one day match

[stampy]

Coopdog has made 4 50's but only has high score of 63. Would be handy for him to get passed that

Nup, out for 56. Would love to see him go on and get a ton one day

he did get a ton one day match

didnt he smash 140 odd in a pm's11 match?


SA 8/223 3 overs shy of stumps, not a very good afternoon after looking in control at lunch

[Grahaml]

Lost 5/16 to go from looking good for first innings to 110 behind on first innings. Poor stuff at the end, but I think the damage was done earlier. I can wear failures, you're going to make an early mistake or get a good ball in the first few overs you're out there regularly enough at that level. But really once you get to spend 1/2 an hour and face 30 balls you should be starting to go well enough. Harris and Cooper made 50 and didn't go on with it, Ferguson made 26. Those guys are picked simply to bat. They had the starts, but didnt' go on with it. 8-11 aren't picked for their batting at all and even Christian/Ludeman are picked to bat a bit but also bowl/keep. We just cannot afford to have specialist batsmen making starts and not putting bigger scores up. Hopefully as the season progresses someone other than Klinger from that top 5 does just that regularly enough.

[mal]

Agree with GrahamL 173.25%
DAVIS 89
NORTH 119
V
HARRIS 65
COOPER 56

Reverse these innings and SA would be 100+ in front

ANSWERS
Can someone that has watched this game at the oval tell me IF
1 The ball is swinging due the atmospheric conditions ?
2 Or is the deck giving assistance ?
3 Bad batting ?
4 Good bowling ?
5 All of the above ?

[Jim05]

George run out for a diamond
Another poor batting display by the Redbacks, hopefully we bowl well tommorow and have a run chase of around 300.
The top order who got starts needed to go on with the job

[Jim05]

I know its not the tail enders jobs to make a heap of runs but they should be able to bat a little.
WA last 4 batters put on 83
SA last 4 batters put on 16

[Pat Malone]

Hard not to be negative, but was happy with Ludeman's effort today, was shaping up to be a really important partnership with Cooper. It is what you want from a keeper, the Ian Healy partnerships with a settled batsmen and then whack a few with the tail.

Harsh call on Cooper, batted really well and very patiently and just got one of those unlucky dismissals. The guy was extremely patient, 0 off 16 at one stage and then started finding the gaps and cash in on the bad balls.

Ferg can have a reprieve, wasnt necessarily a brain fade or lazy shot, but the Doc should have gone on. Didn't see Christians dismissal.