the final - stumps day one

If Brad Hodge has fielded worse than this I’d like to see it.

The plans for getting the wickets is bowl short to Thornley and bowl wide of off stump to Haddin. The Thronley plan could work, the Haddin one is working for Haddin.

NSWales are really trying to cut loose and regain their authority, but right at the moment they look like they are about to lose a wicket and capitulaion may follow.

And then the mad Ballaratarian continued to work Thornley over until he didn’t get an edge through to the keeper but was given out anyway.

So he should be.

Peter Siddle looks like he is about to give birth to a beautiful baby girl. The man is going through seriously painful breathing at the moment, and he’s off the ground.

Beau Casson just doesn’t look like a cricketer, and I’m not just saying that because he doesn’t have a fat @ss.

Casson just played a bouncer from Harwood like a disabled blind boy who is ducking a pumpkin.

Mark Waugh and Greg Blewett bagged Ashwell Prince going for 180,000 in the IPL.

Casson played for stumps from the first ball he faced. He made 99 in his last dig, if he were to do that in this match Victoria will never get a bat.

Haddin is seeing them very well, but Casson is doing his best to make sure he doesn’t face too many balls.

Casson eyes light up when White bowled a half tracker, and found a way to edge between slip and keeper for 4.

Even though McGain is keeping the NSWelsh, especially Haddin, honest. White is really bowling well, he is creating a chance per over.

The new ball has been ignored.

As I say that they take it and Peter Siddle puts Casson out of everyone elses misery and he walks.

He may well have been given out anyway, but, I couldn’t imagine a real NSWelshman walking against the Vics in a final.

Siddle backs his batting skills by bouncing Lee and all but decapitating him.

Lee is given a real work over by Siddle, who must have bought a new chest guard and arm guard dfor this game. He just ripped one into Lee’s gloves.

The momentum has just swung back to NSWales, Haddin and Lee are using and abusing the new ball and the Vics looked very flat.

Dirty Dirk bowled and absolute ripper on the second last ball of his day and made Brett Lee look a little silly.

Now the Vics are up and firing and Bracken lets a very fast ball hit his hip.

Next nut Siddle, who looks like he has gone 26 rounds with Jack Johnson in Cuba, shot one into Haddin’s pads and the Vic’s celebrate a great day.

8 for 260 odd, well hello, those odds of 3.30 I got are looking pretty damn hot right now.