day two

Due to bad captaincy, good bowling, a sick wife and general ©rap Victoria found themselves 6 for about a 100.

Luckily Hodge and McDonald found them selves together at that odd position and they both flailed the Redbacks around for a session and a half to get Victoria back to level pegging.

First innings points are nice, but I was more concerned they would end up 100 runs shy and therefore outright points would have been a long way away.

The last few times I had seen McDonald bat I had been a bit worried about his form.

One of those times was in the nets before a 2020 game, but he still looked ugly.

This game he has really proved his allroundedness, with 4 wickets yesterday and 139 today.

It was a great rear guard knock, one that really got us back in the game, but he must have p1ssed at going out and leaving Cricket With Balls Own Bryce McGain to try and scamper for first innings points.

It’s a tough game cricket, some times 139 is still not enough.

The Brad Hodge wife thing is interesting, all day I was trying to work out how he could have been fit enough to bat last night, but too injured to bat this morning. When he did get to the ground he had a bit of a scrappy start before really taking charge with McDonald.

As usual the Vics lost multiple wickets, and as usual they played their best cricket when they were in all sorts of Barney Rubble.

It’s an important two days for the Vics, cause you can’t really afford to lose to the Redbacks.