Queensland Bulls
 

Just documenting my game with the Bulls in ICC2010.

2010-11 Squad
James Hopes (c)
Chris Hartley (vc)
Ryan Broad
Chris Lynn
Craig Philipson
Nathan Reardon
Wade Townsend
Ben Dunk
Lee Carseldine
Jason Floros
Chris Simpson
Cameron Boyce
Ben Cutting
Luke Feldman
Ben Laughlin
Nathan Rimmington
Chris Swan
Scott Walter
Ryan Harris

T20 Only
Suresh Raina
Andrew Symonds

Ryobi One Day Cup: WA vs. Qld

Western Australia XI
Shaun Marsh
Wes Robinson
Michael Hussey
Adam Voges
Luke Pomersbach
Luke Ronchi
David Bandy
Mitchell Johnson
Ashley Noffke
Steve Magoffin
Brad Knowles

Queensland XI
Chris Simpson
Ryan Broad
Lee Carseldine
Jason Floros
Chris Lynn
James Hopes
Craig Philipson
Chris Hartley
Nathan Rimmington
Chris Swan
Luke Feldman

Queensland 175 all out (41.1 ov)
Carseldine 59
Floros 33
Swan 23

Noffke 3-33
Johnson 3-34
Magoffin 2-36

Western Australia 4-178 (42.1 ov)
Pomersbach 54*
Hussey 46
Ronchi 44*

Hopes 2-30
Simpson 1-49

Western Australia won by 6 wickets

Disappointing start to the season. Johnson's first game for WA and he ripped through my top order to snare Broad, Simpson and Hopes for not much. Carseldine and Floros showed some good touch and Swan was handy at the end, but we were never going to post enough. Succeeded in keeping WA quiet, but Ronchi got them over the line with a run a ball 44* to seal the win.

Sheffield Shield: Western Australia vs. Queensland

Western Australia XI
Shaun Marsh
Wes Robinson
Michael Hussey
Adam Voges
Marcus North
Luke Pomersbach
Luke Ronchi
David Bandy
Mitchell Johnson
Steve Magoffin
Brad Knowles

Queensland XI
Ryan Broad
Wade Townsend
Lee Carseldine
Chris Lynn
Craig Philipson
Chris Hartley
James Hopes
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Nathan Rimmington
Cameron Boyce

Western Australia 1st innings 280 all out
Pomersbach 60
Johnson 56*
Bandy 39
Hussey 7
North 0 (1)

Hopes 3-74
Harris 3-75
Rimmington 2-48

Queensland 1st innings 310 all out
Townsend 82
Hopes 66
Lynn 48

Bandy 4-44
Knowles 3-62
Johnson 2-110

Western Australia 2nd innings 8-360 dec.
North 71
Ronchi 64
Voges 57
Pomersbach 52
Hussey 17

Boyce 2-46
Harris 2-53
Hopes 2-66

Queensland 2nd innings 9-203
Carseldine 54
Lynn 42
Hopes 31
Swan 13*
Boyce 11*

North 2-15
Bandy 2-38
Johnson 2-52

Match drawn (Qld 2, WA 0)

Very nearly an absolute disaster as WA gave us around eighty overs to survive and too much of a target. We were all over them in the first innings after reducing them to 6-190 (effectively 7-fa with Robinson injured), but Bandy, Johnson and Magoffin all made runs. Townsend was the best of the batsmen for us with an 82 off 238, but the top-middle order struggled with Bandy who had 4-44 off 21 overs. We bowled poorly in the second innings and were in all sorts of trouble to bat out the day, but Boyce and Swan lasted forty minutes to avoid an outright loss.

Tour Match: Qld vs. Sri Lankans

Queensland
Chris Simpson
Ryan Broad
Lee Carseldine
Jason Floros
Craig Philipson
*James Hopes
+Chris Hartley
Nathan Rimmington
Chris Swan
Ben Laughlin
Cameron Boyce

Sri Lankans
Lahiru Thirimanne
*+Kumar Sangakkara
Angelo Mathews
Thilan Samaraweera
Mahela Jayawardene
Upul Tharanga
TM Dilshan
Dammika Kariyawasam
Ajantha Mendis
Muttiah Muralitharan
Dilhara Fernando

Queensland 263 all out (49.5 ov)
Philipson 57 (69)
Simpson 38 (21)
Floros 33 (61)

Mendis 3-38 (9.5)
Fernando 3-61 (10)
Kariyawasam 2-61 (10)

Sri Lankans 2-267 (45.4 ov)
Thirimanne 115 (116)
Mathews 82* (80)
Sangakkara 55 (79)

Laughlin 1-47 (10)
Boyce 1-49 (5.4)

Sri Lankans won by 8 wickets

My bowling is absolutely rat**** at the moment. Boyce managed to snare Sangakkara with his first ball in List A cricket caught behind, but then went the journey off his next 33 balls to end with 1-49. Rimmington and Simpson also copped some stick. I didn't think the total we posted was too bad. Philipson made a vital half century but threw it away against Fernando, while Swan was handy again with 22 off 14.

Ryobi One Day Cup: Qld vs. WA

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

IN: Harris, Laughlin, Reardon
OUT: Broad, Feldman, Lynn (all omitted)

Changing things up a bit here. Feldman wasn't too bad in the first game against WA, but makes way for Harris while Laughlin comes in to give us another bowling option. Broad has failed in his first two games, so Reardon comes in on the back of some decent grade form.

Western Australia
Shaun Marsh
Liam Davis
Michael Hussey
Adam Voges
Luke Pomersbach
Luke Ronchi
David Bandy
Mitchell Johnson
Ashley Noffke
Steve Magoffin
Brad Knowles

Queensland 8-167 (50 ov)
Hartley 56* (111)
Swan 32 (50)
Carseldine 28 (47)

Bandy 3-25 (10)
Knowles 2-35 (10)
Johnson 2-36 (10)

Western Australia 1-170 (27.1 ov)
Marsh 85* (76)
Hussey 77* (87)
Davis 4 (3)

Swan 1-25 (5)

Western Australia win by 9 wickets

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Ryobi One Day Cup: Qld vs. SA

Queensland
Chris Simpson
Wade Townsend (ODD debut)
Lee Carseldine
Nathan Reardon
Craig Philipson
*James Hopes
+Chris Hartley
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Luke Feldman
Ben Laughlin

IN: Feldman, Townsend
OUT: Floros, Rimmington (both omitted)

Bit tough on Floros who has made a couple of good starts, but he fell at a bad time last game and Townsend has been strong in grade cricket. I worry that he's a bit slow, though. Rimmington hasn't taken a wicket yet and has gone for piles, so Feldman gets another chance. I'm suffering from picking two T20 specialists which is suicidal with such a small squad.

South Australia
Aiden Blizzard
Daniel Harris
*Michael Klinger
Jamie Smith
Aaron O'Brien
Dan Christian
+Tim Ludemand
Tim Lang (ODD debut)
Shaun Tait
Peter George
Ben Edmondson

South Australia 171 all out (41 ov)
Smith 67 (75)
Klinger 22 (15)
Harris 22 (43)

Swan 4-27 (9)
Feldman 4-22 (5)
Laughlin 1-31 (5)

Queensland 1-175 (29.5 ov)
Carseldine 84* (87)
Townsend 77* (95)
Simpson 0 (4)

Tait 1-34 (7)

Queensland won by 9 wickets (Qld 5, SA 0)

Finally! Really disciplined bowling display with Swan all over their middle order. Their batsmen made starts but no one except for Smith went on with it. Feldman was 0-13 off two before tearing through the tail with 4-9 off his next three overs. Inspired selection!

Simpson is still very hit-or-miss at the top of the order, but Townsend and Carseldine were great to get the bonus point.

Ryobi One Day Cup: Qld vs. Tas

Queensland
Chris Simpson
Wade Townsend
Lee Carseldine
Nathan Reardon
Craig Philipson
Jason Floros
*+Chris Hartley
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Luke Feldman
Ben Laughlin

IN: Floros
OUT: Hopes (Australia)

The loss of Hopes hurts a bit because it means I need ten overs from Floros and Simpson. Unchanged otherwise, though.

Tasmania
Ed Cowan
+Tim Paine
*George Bailey
Travis Birt
Alex Doolan (ODD debut)
Rhett Lockyear
Luke Butterworth
Brett Geeves
Gerard Denton
Ben Hilfenhaus
Tim Macdonald

Tasmania 5-261 (50 ov)
Cowan 91 (135)
Birt 71 (84)
Doolan 41* (27)

Harris 2-49 (10)
Feldman 2-65 (10)
Laughlin 1-61 (10)

Queensland 8-251 (50 ov)
Hartley 77 (68)
Swan 47* (48)
Floros 27 (40)

Butterworth 2-46 (10)
Hilfenhaus 2-50 (10)
Macdonald 2-53 (10)

Tasmania won by 10 runs (Tas 4, Qld 0)

Gahh, not sure how I conceded that many after having them tracking for around 200 at one point. They timed their run well and would have made near 100 off the last ten overs - Feldman and Laughlin going the journey in the batting powerplay. My top order failed again and we were 6-131 before Hartley and Swan added 90. Swan is one of the most handy lower order batsmen going around, but it wasn't enough. Still, we've improve since the start of the year.

Sheffield Shield: Queensland vs. Tasmania

Queensland
Ryan Broad
Wade Townsend
Lee Carseldine
Chris Lynn
Craig Philipson
*+Chris Hartley
Ben Dunk (FC debut)
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Luke Feldman
Cameron Boyce

Tasmania
Ed Cowan
+Tim Paine
*George Bailey
Travis Birt
Rhett Lockyear
Alex Doolan
Steve Cazzulino (FC debut)
Luke Butterworth
Brett Geeves
Gerard Denton
Ben Hilfenhaus

Tasmania 1st innings 438 all out
Birt 131 (221)
Cowan 126 (223)
Doolan 60 (100)

Boyce 4-107 (31)
Feldman 3-57 (27.5)
Harris 3-122 (33)

Queensland 1st innings 298 all out
Swan 77 (146)
Carseldine 63 (108)
Harris 44 (89)

Hilfenhaus 4-80 (24)
Geeves 3-62 (22)
Denton 2-45 (18)

Tasmania 2nd innings 6-237 dec.
Birt 68 (140)
Lockyear 57 (95)
Cazzulino 32* (66)

Feldman 2-43 (13)
Swan 2-68 (21)
Harris 1-52 (17)

Queensland 2nd innings 4-276 (Target: 378)
Carseldine 117* (239)
Philipson 41 (69)
Hartley 39* (130)

Geeves 3-61 (22)
Hilfenhaus 1-67 (22)

Match drawn (Tasmania 2, Queensland 0)

Another disappointing display. Swan just isn't taking wickets in FC cricket and is going for runs, but he's continually making contributions with the bat so he's hard to drop. He's the equivalent of Flem's Shane Bond. :p Could have been very bad had Swan and Harris not put on 97 as we were 7-137 when they came to the wicket. A much better batting display in the second innings thanks to Carseldine and some support for Philipson and Hartley.

Ryobi One Day Cup: SA vs. Qld

South Australia
Aiden Blizzard
Andy Leigh
*Michael Klinger
Jamie Smith
Aaron O'Brien
Paul Godwin (ODD debut)
Dan Christian
+Tim Ludeman
Shaun Tait
Cullen Bailey
Peter George

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

IN: Hopes
OUT: Floros (omitted)

Queensland 5-233 (50 ov)
Hopes 66* (71)
Philipson 51 (71)
Hartley 42* (35)

Christian 3-44 (10)
Tait 2-52 (10)
George 0-24 (10)

South Australia 170 all out (38.5 ov)
Godwin 51 (46)
O'Brien 44 (65)
Christian 18 (23)

Simpson 4-43 (10)
Swan 3-29 (10)
Hopes 1-5 (2)

Queensland won by 63 runs (Qld 5, SA 0)
Man of the Match: Chris Simpson

Complete the double against South Australia! With another bonus point, too. We were in awful strife with the bat before Hopes and Hartley put on an unbeaten 78 in no time (including 57 off the final five overs). While he isn't taking wickets in the four day game, Swan was all over them by nailing the first three and they were done at 4-23.

Table:
WA 3-1 (13)
NSW 2-0 (11)
Qld 2-3 (10)
Tas 2-2 (9)
Vic 1-2 (5)
SA 1-3 (4)

Sheffield Shield: South Australia vs. Tasmania

South Australia
Aiden Blizzard
Andy Leigh
*Michael Klinger
Jamie Smith
Aaron O'Brien
Tom Cooper
Dan Christian
+Tim Ludeman
Cullen Bailey
Peter George
Ben Edmondson

Queensland
Ryan Broad
Wade Townsend
Lee Carseldine
Chris Lynn
Craig Philipson
*+Chris Hartley
Ben Dunk (FC debut)
Chris Swan
Ryan Harris
Luke Feldman
Cameron Boyce

IN: Hopes
OUT: Dunk (omitted)

Queensland 1st innings 239 all out
Townsend 103
Carseldine 43
Philipson 24

Christian 3-44 (21)
George 3-55 (20)
Edmondson 2-79 (23)

South Australia 1st innings 347 all out
Leigh 82 (185)
Klinger 70 (141)
Christian 65 (120)

Harris 5-76 (27.1)
Boyce 3-59 (15)
Swan 2-71 (28)

Queensland 2nd innings 191 all out
Broad 53 (146)
Lynn 51 (70)
Townsend 33 (38)

George 4-51 (15.2)
Bailey 2-33 (12)
Christian 2-45 (13)

South Australia 2nd innings 0-84 (Target: 84)
Blizzard 51* (65)
Leigh 32 (51)

South Australia won by 10 wickets (SA 6, Qld 0)

Sheffield Shield: Victoria vs. Tasmania

Victoria
Chris Rogers
Nick Jewell
David Hussey
*Cameron White
+Matthew Wade
Aaron Finch
Andrew McDonald
John Hastings
Damien Wright
Mark Cleary
Bryce McGain

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

IN: Cutting, Dunk
OUT: Philipson, Swan

Philipson has been averaging around 13 this season and had to go. Broad has also been awful, but has bought himself another chance with a fifty in the last game. Cutting gets his first game of the year replacing Swan who needs to find some form. He has 5 wickets @ 80 this year.

Queensland 1st innings 268 all out
Hopes 136 (259)
Boyce 34* (79)
Cutting 30 (59)

Cleary 3-63 (15)
McGain 2-16 (6)
McDonald 2-25 (11.1)

Victoria 1st innings 326 all out
White 186* (375)
McDonald 28 (52)
Wade 24 (31)

Boyce 3-68 (24.2)
Cutting 3-77 (23)
Feldman 2-55 (23)

Queensland 2nd innings 9-346 dec.
Carseldine 134 (282)
Cutting 33* (55)
Townsend 31 (119)

White 5-97 (31)
Cleary 1-46 (9)
McGain 1-58 (19)

Victoria 2nd innings 8-290 (Target: 289)
Rogers 112 (142)
Hussey 41 (45)
McDonald 36 (57)

Boyce 5-99 (21.3)
Hopes 1-13 (7)
Feldman 1-36 (10)

Victoria won by 2 wickets (Vic 6, Qld 0)
Man of the Match: Cameron White

Gutting! :(

Hopes and Boyce were immense with the bat in the first innings as they added 107 for the tenth wicket - we were 7-76 at one point anyway. I thought we bowled well to everyone but White in Victoria's first innings, and then batted ourselves into a winning position.

In hindsight, perhaps I didn't set them enough in two sessions but Rogers went bezerk and they chased it down with an over to spare.

Nice work so far. Good to see Boyce getting a run, hope he does well.

Ryobi One Day Cup: Vic vs. Qld

Victoria
Chris Rogers
Rob Quiney
David Hussey
*Cameron White
Brad Hodge
+Matthew Wade
Aaron Finch
John Hastings
Damien Wright
Mark Cleary
Dirk Nannes

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

IN: Boyce
OUT: Laughlin

Queensland 9-275 (50 ov)
Reardon 77 (93)
Townsend 58 (105)
Philipson 57 (46)
Hartley 20 (6)

White 4-78 (10)
Nannes 2-46 (10)
Cleary 2-72 (10)

Victoria 209 all out (37.1 ov)
Quiney 47 (62)
White 39 (48)
Cleary 37* (26)

Harris 3-35 (8)
Feldman 2-27 (8)
Simpson 2-49 (6)

Queensland won by 66 runs (Queensland 5, Victoria 0)
Man of the Match: Nathan Reardon

Pretty complete performance. We got off to a real shaky start but were saved by the middle order. Was going to be a pretty ordinary total before Hartley exploded by hitting Cleary for twenty off his first five before getting out to White. The quicks did well with the ball, but Boyce and Simpson copped some real stick.

He's taking wickets in the four day game, but he's really expensive atm.

Still, the bowling attack is starting to sort itself out a little bit but I could use a more consistent third quick.

Good win in that last game, also good that the side's started to settle a bit :)