***Official*** Australian Domestic Thread 2012/13

[adub]

P Siddy going nuts.

... couldn't handle the devil's number though.

 

[NUFAN]

My two favourite cricketers in the country out for 87 and 88 today.

 

[stephen]

Must have been plenty tough to bat in Brisbane today. Lights were on when I drove past at 1:30 PM and it was overcast all day. 88 is a marvelous knock in those circumstances. I hope Burns can kick on tomorrow. What a find he's been for QLD.

 

[NUFAN]

Yeah it was difficult. SA don't really have the cattle to exploit the conditions completely. Its amazing to think that Peter George has played Test Cricket and was left out of this attack. Burns is already out Stephen.

In the other game, SMarsh is the only WA batsman to reach double figures in both innings, good question in the prediction thread

Siddle living up to his all-rounder tag!

 

[Jnr.]

A pair for Marcus North... still inconsistent

 

[Prince EWS]

A pair for Marcus North... still inconsistent

Same score in both innings sounds pretty consistent to me,

 

[robelinda]

LOL @ North consistency.

 

[stephen]

Yeah it was difficult. SA don't really have the cattle to exploit the conditions completely. Its amazing to think that Peter George has played Test Cricket and was left out of this attack. Burns is already out Stephen.

In the other game, SMarsh is the only WA batsman to reach double figures in both innings, good question in the prediction thread

Siddle living up to his all-rounder tag!

Yeah, whoops, I was looking at a non-refreshed webpage page when I wrote that.

 

[Jayzamann]

LOL @ North consistency.

Credit where credits due.

 

[Mister Wright]

A pair for Marcus North... still inconsistent

No. That's consistent.

 

[Top_Cat]

QLD batting first just delaying the traditional SACA pre-Christmas Gabba rollover spectacular. Tipping < 150 in response to QLD's 390-odd.

 

[NUFAN]

This has been a crazily good innings by Cutting.

Looks far easier to bat today compared to yesterday so I can't see how SA will get under 150 TC, your 390 is looking good though.

 

[Top_Cat]

Jesus, 168 in the session.

On the highly inevitable SA collapse, we'll see. SA's top-order is good but there's a soft middle and and very long tail.

EDIT: This is why extended morning sessions suck as a player too.

 

[Prince EWS]

I was pretty surprised Miller got picked in the first place, but I'm even more surprised now that he's only bowled 3 out of 108 overs (so far) in the first innings. Picking him in the Shield as a specialist bat? Jeez.

 

[Prince EWS]

Looks like he'll have to bat in the middle order too. Good luck Sam.

 

[Top_Cat]

Just another bone-headed selection, tbh. SA did have Aaron O'Brien batting top-6 for a while and, well, Dan Christian batted top-6 too. Picking another bowling all-rounder to do the same thing, what could possibly go wrong?

 

[Prince EWS]

Just another bone-headed selection, tbh. SA did have Aaron O'Brien batting top-6 for a while.....

Haha at least he actually got a bowl though.

 

[Top_Cat]

Picking Dan Harris and getting him to roll the arm over would have been a better option, no ****.

 

[Top_Cat]

QLD 398ao.

DAMN I'M GOOD.

 

[Prince EWS]

To be fair Miller is a better batsman than he is a bowler by a little bit so I wouldn't call him a "bowling allrounder". I'm just really surprised that he's been selected if his bowling was thought of quite as lowly as it is, especially seeing he isn't going to open the batting. When I saw he'd been picked I assumed it was to be in a bits-and-pieces role so you guys could still have four seamers in the first innings at the Gabba without having an even longer tail than you do or dropping Lyon, but he's barely bowled at all. I'm flabbergasted that the selectors seem to be admitting he's one of the six best batsmen available.