Monday, March 3, 2008

not on our game

I haven’t been covering this game with my standard aplomb.

I’ve fallen behind.

I have made mistakes.

I think it’s the fact I already know Victoria are in the final.

Luckily for me Victoria have made just as many mistakes.

Selections based on caution.

Winning the toss and having a brain fade.

Bad batting.

Luckily for the Vics the NSWelsh are struggling against Tasmania, not the redbacks as I previously alluded to.

The fact of the matter is Victoria look tired and flat, so do NSWales.

Perhaps it’s a bit like how Ali and Frazier fared after the thriller in Manilla.

But NSWales are ahead of us on percentage, so we are the team that needs to climb out of the funk.

This needs to happen today.

I know we are 430 odd runs behind, but boys you need to swing away like drunken wife beaters,

You need piss into the wind.

You need to just attack tis chase like your oprah on a bucket of caviar.

We need momentum, we need a spark, we don’t need a draw and the score at 5 for 232.

Come on fellas, lets do this shit.

5 comments:

Moses @ OxenShizer said...

I reckon your best bet is to bat for a draw and hope we capitulate. at 2/48 and with luck like:

Over 10.1;Hilfenhaus to Forrest;OUT! plays forward and hits the ball into the ground but it bounces up over the batsman's shoulders and onto the stumps!

I reckon Tassie can still win this one. I'm really hoping the VIC's lose and we get a draw, but it could go either way.

Moses @ OxenShizer said...

Hussey gone albeit going out in style

Over 29.4: Edmondson to Hussey, OUT!, Hussey tried to pull the ball for six again but hits it straight to Voges at deep square leg. What an over so far, 4 6 4 OUT!

Jrod said...

Points wise it doesn't really matter if you draw or lose does it.

Vics are 2 wickets away from being all out i reckon.

Moses @ OxenShizer said...

Two wickets you say? how about 2 balls?

2008-03-03 15:42
Over 42.3: Dorey to McDonald, OUT!, Dorey finds the edge of McDonalds bat and Luke Ronchi takes the straight forward catch. Dorey on a hat-trick
2008-03-03 15:39
Over 42.2: Dorey to Hodge, OUT!, Hodge attempts to pull a shortish ball but hits it straight to Steve Magoffin who makes amends for his previous effort last over

Moses @ OxenShizer said...

Crap, I just looked up the points system... can't believe that a draw is worth the same as a loss!

Honestly thought (and still think) that a draw with a first innings loss should be 1 point.. as opposed to an outright loss which would be 0.

No wonder our teams are no good at playing for a draw, when the only incentive is denying the opposition outright points.


Guess it's same bat-time, same bat-channel for some minnow flogging next week to see who gets the home final