Queensland Bulls

[SirBloody Idiot]

Ryobi One Day Cup: Qld vs. NSW

Queensland
Ryan Broad
Wade Townsend
Lee Carseldine
Nathan Reardon
Craig Philipson
*James Hopes
+Chris Hartley
Chris Simpson
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Luke Feldman

IN: Broad
OUT: Boyce

The Simpson experiment at the top of the order is a gigantic failure so he drops down to eight as a specialist spinner. Boyce falls out for Broad who gets another chance.

New South Wales
Phil Jaques
*Simon Katich
Steve Smith
Michael Clarke
Phil Hughes
Shane Watson
*Brad Haddin
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Doug Bollinger
Trent Copeland

New South Wales 6-231 (50 ov)
Watson 67 (56)
Haddin 39* (38)
Katich 31 (64)

Feldman 3-61 (10)
Swan 1-29 (10)
Simpson 1-42 (10)

Queensland 180 all out (48.1 ov)
Hartley 48 (62)
Carseldine 29 (49)
Swan 24 (33)

Copeland 3-24 (10)
Clark 3-27 (10)
Watson 3-32 (10)

New South Wales won by 51 runs (NSW 5, Qld 0)

Seems to be one step forward and two steps back for the one day team. The bowling was really good and kept a very good batting lineup quiet. Swan and Simpson are pretty great atm, and Feldman looked good until he got crunched a bit late. Batting was a disaster, though. Hartley stood tall, but my top order is just awful at the moment.

[SirBloody Idiot]

Sheffield Shield: Queensland vs. New South Wales

Queensland
Ryan Broad
Wade Townsend
Lee Carseldine
Chris Lynn
+Chris Hartley
Ben Dunk
*James Hopes
Ryan Harris
Ben Cutting
Luke Feldman
Cameron Boyce

New South Wales
Phil Hughes
Phil Jaques
Michael Clarke
Steve Smith
*Simon Katich
Shane Watson
*Brad Haddin
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Doug Bollinger
Trent Copeland

Queensland 1st innings 154 all out
Harris 45 (53)
Lynn 25 (48)
Townsend 23 (53)

Watson 3-20 (10)
Bracken 3-26 (7)
Bollinger 2-40 (15)

New South Wales 1st innings 490 all out
Clarke 159 (278)
Jaques 115 (203)
Haddin 78 (116)

Feldman 4-109 (34.3)
Cutting 2-116 (28)
Boyce 2-117 (31)

Queensland 2nd innings 318 all out
Hartley 74 (137)
Carseldine 53 (64)
Lynn 48 (64)

Bollinger 4-93 (28)
Bracken 2-29 (10)
Watson 2-64 (20)

New South Wales won by an innings and 18 runs (NSW 6, Qld 0)

****ing hell. Broad is gone - 138 runs at 13.8 this year. We are winless after five Shield matches.

[SirBloody Idiot]

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: Queensland vs. Victoria

Queensland
*James Hopes
Nathan Reardon
Lee Carseldine
Suresh Raina
Andrew Symonds
+Chris Hartley
Jason Floros (T20 debut)
Chris Simpson
Chris Swan (T20 debut)
Ryan Harris
Nathan Rimmington

Victoria
Chris Rogers
Rob Quiney
*David Hussey
+Matthew Wade
Aaron Finch
Andrew McDonald
John Hastings
Michael Hill (T20 debut)
Damien Wright
Mark Cleary
Dirk Nannes

Victoria 6-175 (20 ov)
Hussey 77 (52)
Wade 40 (24)
Finch 15 (14)

Harris 3-25 (4)
Swan 1-28 (4)
Symonds 1-32 (4)

Queensland 144 all out (20 ov)
Hopes 48 (24)
Simpson 35 (32)
Carseldine 18 (11)
Raina 18 (16)
Symonds 0 (1)

Wright 5-14 (4)
Hastings 2-46 (4)
Cleary 1-25 (4)

Yuuuuck.

[SirBloody Idiot]

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: South Australia vs. Queensland

South Australia
Brett Pelzer (Int.)
Aiden Blizzard
Michael Klinger
Callum Ferguson
Jamie Smith
Paul Godwin
Tom Cooper
Dan Christian
Amit Mishra (Int.)
Shaun Tait
Peter George

Queensland
*James Hopes
Nathan Reardon
Lee Carseldine
Andrew Symonds
Craig Philipson
Ben Dunk
+Chris Hartley
Chris Simpson
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Nathan Rimmington

IN: Dunk, Philipson
OUT: Floros (omitted), Raina (India)

Queensland 5-181 (20 ov)
Reardon 91 (56)
Symonds 35 (27)
Hopes 19 (17)

Tait 2-40 (4)
George 2-42 (4)
Mishra 1-31 (4)

South Australia 96 all out (11.2 ov)
Blizzard 43* (25)
Godwin 18 (11)
Smith 9 (5)
Pelser 1 (2)

Harris 3-14 (3)
Symonds 3-18 (3)
Rimmington 2-24 (2)

Dominant victory to get back on track. Reardon went nuts and took like 19 off a Tait over and got some good support from Symonds. Great for the NRR, too.

Meanwhile, Australia come back from losing at the 'Gabba to beating England 3-2.

[Noble One]

What sort of bowling tactics do you use in the Sheffield Shield? It seems you cannot string two good innings together with the ball.

Can we perhaps have a stats update of how the Bulls players are travelling?

[SirBloody Idiot]

Originally Posted by Noble One

What sort of bowling tactics do you use in the Sheffield Shield? It seems you cannot string two good innings together with the ball.

Can we perhaps have a stats update of how the Bulls players are travelling?

I tend not to actually use many tactics in ICC games because I've always doubted how much impact they have. Maybe I shall have to try next game.

Mid-season review

Ryan Broad F
SS: 5 matches, 138 runs @ 13.80, 1x50
RC: 3 matches, 50 runs @ 16.67

Chris Lynn D
SS: 5 matches, 325 @ 32.50, 1x50
RC: 1 match, 3 @ 3

Craig Philipson C
SS: 3 matches, 83 @ 13.83
RC: 8 matches, 189 @ 27, 3x50
KFC: 1 match, 13 @ 13

Nathan Reardon C
RC: 6 matches, 134 @ 26.80, 1x50
KFC: 2 matches, 91 @ 45.59, 1x50

Wade Townsend C+
SS: 5 matches, 322 @ 32.20, 1x100, 1x50
RC: 5 matches, 169 @ 42.24, 2x50

Suresh Raina N/A
KFC: 1 match, 18 @ 18

Ben Dunk D
SS: 3 matches, 75 @ 15
KFC: 1 match, 5 @ n/a

Chris Hartley C+
SS: 5 matches, 191 @ 21.22, 1x50
RC: 8 matches, 276 @ 55.20, 2x50
KFC: 2 matches, 10 @ 10

Lee Carseldine A
SS: 5 matches, 493 @ 54.78, 2x100, 3x50
RC: 8 matches, 243 @ 36.14, 2x50
KFC: 2 matches, 29 @ 14.50

Jason Floros C
RC: 4 matches, 95 @ 23.75
KFC: 1 match, 0 @ 0

James Hopes C+
SS: 4 matches, 301 runs @ 37.62, 1x100, 1x50
RC: 7 matches, 153 runs @ 38.25, 1x50
KFC: 2 matches, 67 @ 33.50
ODI: 7 matches, 26 @ 8.67

SS: 6 wickets @ 57.17
RC: 4 wickets @ 50.25
KFC: 1 wicket @ 39
ODI: 8 wickets @ 32

Chris Simpson B-
RC: 8 matches, 88 @ 11
KFC: 2 matches, 37 @ 37

RC: 9 wickets @ 33.89
KFC: 1 wicket @ 29

Andrew Symonds N/A
KFC: 2 matches, 35 @ 17.5

KFC: 4 wickets @ 12.50

Cameron Boyce B
SS: 5 matches, 20 wickets @ 31.65
RC: 2 matches, 2 wickets @ 41

Ben Cutting C-
SS: 2 matches, 85 runs @ 28.33

SS: 6 wickets @ 43.33

Luke Feldman B+
SS: 4 matches, 12 wickets @ 31.83
RC: 6 matches, 12 wickets @ 19.67

Ben Laughlin F
RC: 5 matches, 3 wickets @ 63.33

Nathan Rimmington D-
SS: 1 match, 4 wickets @ 36.25
RC: 3 matches, 0 wickets
KFC: 2 matches, 3 wickets @ 22.67

Chris Swan C+
SS: 3 matches, 129 @ 43, 1x50
RC: 8 matches, 148 @ 29.60
KFC: 2 matches, 4 @ 4

SS: 5 wickets @ 80
RC: 10 wickets @ 24.50, RpO: 3.77!
KFC: 1 wicket @ 46

Ryan Harris C+
SS: 5 matches, 16 wickets @ 37.81
RC: 6 matches, 7 wickets @ 32.57
KFC: 2 matches, 6 wickets @ 6.50
T20I: 7 matches, 9 wickets @ 18.89

So really, batting is a huge problem because no one can buy any runs in the Shield and I have nfi what to do.

[SirBloody Idiot]

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: Queensland vs. Tasmania

Queensland
*James Hopes
Nathan Reardon
Lee Carseldine
Andrew Symonds
Craig Philipson
Chris Simpson
Ben Dunk
+Chris Hartley
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Nathan Rimmington

NO CHANGE

Tasmania
Anaru Kitchen (Int.)
Ed Cowan
*George Bailey
+Tim Paine
Alex Doolan
Michael Dighton
Luke Butterworth
Brett Geeves
Gerard Denton
Ben Hilfenhaus
Tim Macdonald

Queensland 5 for 179 (20 ov)
Carseldine 50* (38)
Philipson 42 (25)
Hopes 29 (27)
Simpson 24* (9)
Symonds 12 (9)

Geeves 2-30 (4)
Macdonald 2-34 (4)
Butterworth 1-28 (4)

Tasmania 85 all out (13.4 ov)
Kitchen 20 (19)
Cowan 17 (13)
Paine 11 (8)

Swan 5-19 (4)
Hopes 2-4 (1.4)
Harris 1-16 (2)

Queensland won by 94 runs

Absolute rout. It is such a shame Swan is having a Barry Crocker in the Shield, because he's dynamite in the limited overs stuff. Good contributions from all the batsmen but Carseldine and Philipson set up a good score. Swan then ripped through their middle and lower orders and would have had a hat trick had I given him a slip to Geeves. As it was he snared three in four balls.

We sit second after three games, but our NRR is massive so if we can get level with Victoria we'll be on top.

Bad news, though. Andrew Symonds is out for four weeks to effectively end his T20 campaign and compound my frustration at picking both him and Raina!

[SirBloody Idiot]

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: New South Wales vs. Queensland

Queensland
*James Hopes
Nathan Reardon
Lee Carseldine
Craig Philipson
Ben Dunk
Chris Simpson
+Chris Hartley
Jason Floros
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Nathan Rimmington

NO CHANGE

New South Wales
Phil Jaques
*Simon Katich
Rahul Dewan (Int.)
Ben Rohrer
David Warner
Moises Henriques
+Peter Nevill
Nathan Hauritz
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Trent Copeland

New South Wales 5 for 163 (20 ov)
Rohrer 72* (43)
Katich 51 (37)
Warner 20 (19)
Dewan 11 (12)

Rimmington 2-22 (4)
Swan 1-31 (4)
Simpson 1-34 (3)

Queensland 9 for 157 (20 ov)
Reardon 52 (42)
Carseldine 50 (31)
Dunk 17 (8)

Copeland 5-25 (4)
Clark 2-27 (4)
Henriques 1-26 (4)

Ugh. We needed 24 off the last three, but Copeland is absurdly good (too good really) and just tore through me. Not a bad effort, though.

One game left and we sit second. If WA win they'll jump above us, so it'll be on SA to beat NSW to save our blushes.

[SirBloody Idiot]

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: Queensland vs. Western Australia

Queensland
*James Hopes
Nathan Reardon
Lee Carseldine
Craig Philipson
Ben Dunk
Chris Simpson
+Chris Hartley
Jason Floros
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Nathan Rimmington

NO CHANGE

Western Australia
Chirag Pathak (Int.)
Shaun Marsh
Yaseen Vallie (Int.)
Luke Pomersbach
*Marcus North
+Luke Ronchi
David Bandy
Ashley Noffke
Steve Magoffin
Brett Dorey
Michael Hogan

Not quite Gayle...

Western Australia 3 for 168 (20 ov)
Pomersbach 65* (44)
Pathak 54 (42)
North 32 (20)
Vallie 4 (7)

Floros 1-19 (3)
Swan 1-26 (4)
Harris 0-27 (4)

Queensland 5 for 166 (20 ov)
Hopes 80* (61)
Dunk 28 (23)
Carseldine 17 (18)

Dorey 2-28 (4)
Hogan 1-30 (4)
Bandy 0-27 (4)

Western Australia won by 2 runs
Man of the Match: Luke Pomersbach

Devastating. Needed just nine off the last over but fell just short. Hopes was awesome as wickets tumbled and after Simpson fell for 15 Hartley needed four off the last ball. ****ing Brett Dorey.

Meanwhile...

New South Wales def. South Australia by 49 runs

Mother****ers!

[SirBloody Idiot]

WA went on to beat NSW and then Victoria to win the final. The Vics posted 4-182 off their 20 overs thanks to Hodge's 69 and McDonald's 48*. WA chased it down with eight wickets in hand and 16 balls to spare as Marsh cracked 93* off 55.

A McDonald 3.2-0-43-0

Nice Ronny.

Sheffield Shield: New South Wales vs. Queensland

New South Wales
Phil Jaques
*Simon Katich
Ben Rohrer
Dominic Thornely
Peter Forrest
David Warner
+Brad Haddin
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Doug Bollinger
Burt Cockley

Queensland
Nathan Reardon
Wade Townsend
Lee Carseldine
Chris Lynn
+Chris Hartley
*James Hopes
Jason Floros (FC debut)
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Cameron Boyce
Scott Walter

IN: Floros, Reardon, Swan, Walter
OUT: Broad (omitted), Cutting (omitted), Dunk (omitted), Feldman (injured)

Wholesale changes here. Broad has had too many chances and is in danger of being cut next year, while Reardon opens up on the back of some good T20 performances and a dearth of options. Floros also gets his chance after a 78 for the 2nd XI.

New South Wales 1st innings 9 for 490 dec.
Forrest 183* (421)
Jaques 90 (156)
Katich 77 (186)

Swan 5-104 (43)
Hopes 2-71 (34)
Floros 1-5 (3)

Queensland 1st innings 233 all out
Reardon 71 (143)
Hartley 47 (109)
Carseldine 32 (65)

Bollinger 5-87 (31)
Cockley 3-51 (18.2)
Clark 1-39 (20)
Bracken 1-40 (24)

Queensland 2nd innings (following on) 183 all out
Carseldine 40 (91)
Hartley 39 (89)
Townsend 29 (79)

Clark 3-30 (15)
Cockley 3-31 (13)
Bracken 3-43 (18)

New South Wales won by an innings and 74 runs (NSW 6, Qld 0)

So NSW do the innings double. Very few positives to come out of this one. Swan bowled OK...

Worse still, Reardon made a decent to start to his Shield season and is not out for three weeks. Ryan Broad a lucky fella it seems.

[SirBloody Idiot]

Ryobi One Day Cup: NSW vs. Qld

New South Wales
Phil Jaques
*Simon Katich
Usman Khawaja
Ben Rohrer
David Warner
+Peter Nevill
Nathan Hauritz
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Doug Bollinger
Trent Copeland

Queensland
+Chris Hartley
Wade Townsend
Lee Carseldine
Chris Lynn
Craig Philipson
*James Hopes
Chris Simpson
Jason Floros
Chris Swan
Ben Cutting
Luke Feldman

IN: Cutting, Floros, Lynn
OUT: Broad (omitted), Harris (omitted), Reardon (injured)

Harris rested to try to find a little bit of form.

New South Wales 9 for 199 (50 ov)
Katich 68 (129)
Jaques 40 (73)
Rohrer 32 (18)

Swan 4-45 (10)
Feldman 2-37 (10)
Cutting 1-31 (10)

Queensland 9 for 199 (50 ov)
Philipson 65 (68)
Hopes 26 (43)
Swan 25 (34)
Townsend 25 (57)

Hauritz 3-35 (10)
Bracken 3-40 (10)
Copeland 1-22 (10)

Match tied (NSW 2, Qld 2)
Man of the Match: Chris Swan

Gutted. Need one of the last ball and Swanny got trapped lbw.

We now sit four points out of a spot in the final with everyone having two games to play. We have to win both and hope for a miracle because the NRR is non-existent.

[SirBloody Idiot]

Sheffield Shield: Tasmania vs. Queensland

Tasmania
Mark Cosgrove
Ed Cowan
Ricky Ponting
*George Bailey
Travis Birt
+Tim Paine
Alex Doolan
Luke Butterworth
Brett Geeves
Gerard Denton
Ben Hilfenhaus

Queensland
+Chris Hartley
Wade Townsend
Lee Carseldine
Chris Lynn
Craig Philipson
*James Hopes
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Cameron Boyce
Luke Feldman
Scott Walter

IN: Feldman, Philipson
OUT: Floros (omitted), Reardon

Massive risk because that is a huuuge tail.

Queensland 1st innings 268 all out
Townsend 71 (201)
Lynn 53 (109)
Hopes 48 (80)

Butterworth 4-60 (21)
Denton 3-74 (21)
Hilfenhaus 2-53 (24.3)

Tasmania 1st innings 384 all out
Ponting 109 (173)
Paine 80 (147)
Cosgrove 45 (93)

Swan 6-73 (28)
Boyce 2-52 (18)
Feldman 2-73 (25)

Queensland 2nd innings 314 all out
Townsend 85 (296)
Hopes 62 (106)
Harris 39 (86)

Hilfenhaus 7-75 (32.2)
Geeves 2-71 (31)
Butterworth 1-74 (31)

Tasmania 2nd innings (Target: 199) 2 for 92
Cosgrove 41* (116)
Bailey 34* (49)
Cowan 15 (30)
Ponting 0 (9)

Swan 1-12 (11)
Feldman 1-15 (7)

Match drawn (Tas 2, Qld 0)
Man of the Match: Wade Townsend

Another uninspired bowling display and batting display. Basically Swan, Feldman and Boyce are all contributing, but Harris and Walter aren't taking wickets. I might bring Rimmington back into the fold because he's taking wickets elsewhere.

Townsend and Hopes held the batting together which is good because considering Carseldine failed we made a couple of good scores. I'll go back to just four bowlers next game so Dunk will probably come back in. Hartley failed at the top, but he'll have to stay there until Reardon is fit.

[SirBloody Idiot]

Ryobi One-Day Cup: Tasmania vs. Queensland

Tasmania
Mark Cosgrove
Ed Cowan
Ricky Ponting
*George Bailey
Travis Birt
+Tim Paine
Luke Butterworth
Brett Geeves
Gerard Denton
Ben Hilfenhaus
Tim Macdonald

Queensland
+Chris Hartley
Wade Townsend
Lee Carseldine
Chris Lynn
Craig Philipson
*James Hopes
Chris Simpson
Jason Floros
Chris Swan
Ben Cutting
Luke Feldman

NO CHANGE

Queensland 9 for 235 (50 ov)
Philipson 68 (71)
Townsend 54 (75)
Hopes 51 (50)

Denton 5-45 (10)
Macdonald 2-38 (10)
Geeves 1-49 (10)

Tasmania 207 all out (44.5 ov)
Cosgrove 43 (54)
Butterworth 35 (47)
Bailey 26 (38)
Ponting 0 (2)

Hopes 3-43 (10)
Floros 2-21 (6)
Simpson 2-30 (6)

Queensland won by 28 runs
Man of the Match: James Hopes

Hopes WAG. He and Philipson were great for 103 for the fifth wicket and set up a competitive total, though fairly low. They dug us out of the 4-103 hole at the thirty over mark, though.

Tassie started off well with fifty for the first wicket between Cossie and Cowan before Feldman removed Cowan and then Ponting in three balls. Feldman nailed Ponting for a duck second innings of the Shield game and again here, so that's pretty sweet.

The win is all for nought, though, as with a game to play we sit seven points away from WA and NSW who are 1 and 2 respectively. The final game vs. Victoria is to deny them a spot in the final and to finish outright third. We cannot finish lower than fourth regardless of the result.

Also, Luke Feldman has been picked for Australia for the World Cup! A very worthy inclusion, I must say. He's been a standout this year with 16 wickets at a touch under twenty and will be a solid backup option.

[SirBloody Idiot]

Ryobi One-Day Cup: Queensland vs. Victoria

Queensland
+Chris Hartley
Wade Townsend
Lee Carseldine
Chris Lynn
Craig Philipson
*James Hopes
Chris Simpson
Jason Floros
Chris Swan
Ben Cutting
Ben Laughlin

IN: Laughlin
OUT: Feldman (Australia)

Victoria
Chris Rogers
Nick Jewell
*David Hussey
+Mathew Wade
Aaron Finch
Andrew McDonald
Rob Quiney
Damien Wright
James Pattinson
Mark Cleary
Dirk Nannes

Victoria 240 all out (48.3 ov)
Quiney 52 (64)
McDonald 38 (48)
Wright 36 (21)

Swan 4-30 (8.3)
Simpson 3-50 (10)
Hopes 2-61 (10)

Queensland 7 for 241 (46.4 ov)
Philipson 94 (115)
Townsend 80 (101)
Hartley 17 (13)

McDonald 3-52 (10)
Wright 2-33 (10)
Nannes 2-56 (10)

Queensland won by three wickets (Qld 4, Vic 0)
Man of the Match: Chris Swan

Pretty much a two man show in our chase as Townsend and Philipson put on 147 for the fourth wicket. Townsend has been a revalation at the top of the order in the Ryobi Cup this year. His strike rate has been a bit low, but he's made four fifties from eight innings and been a rock. Philipson came back from an awful start to average over 40 with six fifties from 10 innings. Just needed to convert a few more to make this a massive couple of years for the vet.

Swan completes another great limited overs year and I hope he can grab a few wickets in the Shield to end the season. We end up in third with 5 wins, 4 losses and a tie - same as 2009-10 - and I'd say it has been pretty successful after an awful start.

[SirBloody Idiot]

Ryobi One-Day Cup: Queensland vs. Victoria

Queensland
+Chris Hartley
Wade Townsend
Lee Carseldine
Chris Lynn
Craig Philipson
*James Hopes
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Cameron Boyce
Luke Feldman
Scott Walter

IN: Cutting, Floros
OUT: Feldman (Australia), Harris (omitted)

Harris has been a joke this season and had to go!

Victoria
Nick Jewell
Rob Quiney
*David Hussey
+Mathew Wade
Aaron Finch
Andrew McDonald
Michael Hill
Robin Kitson
Damien Wright
Mark Cleary
Bryce McGain

Victoria 1st innings 542 all out
Hussey 241 (446)
Jewell 65 (219)
Wade 59 (126)

Swan 4-107 (40.5)
Walter 2-85 (26)
Boyce 2-114 (33)

Queensland 1st innings 286 all out
Floros 150* (219)
Cutting 35 (88)
Hopes 27 (65)

McGain 4-88 (28)
Wright 4-98 (29)
Jewell 1-11 (1)

Queensland 2nd innings (following on) 321 all out
Townsend 145* (371)
Hartley 61 (78)
Carseldine 32 (117)

Cleary 4-72 (26.1)
Wright 3-74 (32)
McDonald 2-62 (23)

Match drawn (Vic 2, Qld 0)

Man very few positives here. The big one was obviously Jason Floros who, in just his third FC innings, cracked 150* from seven having come to the crease at 5-39. An utterly amazing knock from the young man who also picked up his first FC wicket (Jewell). Townsend also played a fantastic rearguard, but watched as we collapsed from 3-264 to 321 all out. Didn't matter, as we were all out last over of the day.

After 8 matches we sit far behind in last with 0 wins, 4 losses and 4 draws. Awful Shield season.