The game against Queensland ended in a Victorian victory.
It was not a momentum building win, but Hussey, White and McKay all had good games.
Crosthwaite is back, which now means Victoria ticks my entire Sheffield shield winning boxes.
I have missed X, Wade never really made an impression on me, I felt we
Dirty Dirk came through well, and with Siddle and Harwood to come back we have a wide variety to choose from.
Pattinson will probably be the one to miss out. And then its out of McKay, Siddle and Harwood for the two remaining spots.
Dirty Dirk is the only obvious selection, which says a lot in his first full year in the team.
The Big Bear did make some odd decisions, such as opening the batting with a night watchman.
My thoughts on night watchman are well known but opening with one is njust a new breed of stupidity.
Now we go to Sydney and take on the Australian A eleven.
The good news is the most on form bowler will not be playing, the bad news is Lee, Clark and Bracken are replacing him.
If Hussey makes a double tonne on the first day, or Dirty Dirk takes 8 for, we can probably win.
That seems quite likely.
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Victoria takes on the IPL
According to economists the market is the true indicator of life itself.
I think most economists are massive wankers, but since this theory suits my theory I am willing to use it.
According to the IPL auction David Hussey and Cameron White are worth more than Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting.
Don’t give me any of that that’s because they might not be available for the whole tournament, cause neither will Brett Lee, and he still got a big bag of cash.
So the Market forces have spoken, Future PM comes in for his Brother King Probot, and Cam comes in as skipper ahead of Michael Clarke.
Simon Katich should continue to be ignored.
Ok perhaps this is a bit extreme, except the Krab Katrich bit.
But it does show the Victoria do have cricketers (and coaches) who are in demand, not in Australia, but internationally.
Even the ICL gave Ian Harvey a new mansion.
Offcourse not all Victorians were given cash, Brad Hodge was overlooked altogether.
Bradley will be picked up soon, because Loots Bosman and Ramesh Powar are playing but what about other Victorians.
Dirty Dirk Nannes – best 2020 domestic bowler, plus would be a great bollywood villain, starting price 800,00. But will need time off for snow boarding.
Andrew McDonald – Capable with either instrument, one of the most talented all rounders in the world. Also great marketing opportunity for McDonalds in India. 650,000.
Aiden Blizzard – ADD afflicted opening batsmen that has hit balls out of the Waca and radelaide oval. Headlines are easy to write. 575,000.
Bryce McGain – Blue Rinse leg spinner of unmeasurable talent. Probably the greatest leg spinner of all time, wait I’ll check, yup, best I can remember. IT specialist as well, they will come in handy in India. 525,000.
Adam Crosthwaite – improvising batsmen, and talented keeper. If not selected for his playing ability should get the nod for his commentary. 450,000.
Shane Harwood - if the IPL turns into the wrestling showcase it wants to be, who better than Harwood as the fast bowler who hates everyone, assuming he stays fit. 425,000.
Ken Piesse – with this many Victorians over there, they will need a proper cricket journalist, and who else but Ken. 150,000.
Jrod – I have already applied as chief blogger of the IPL. 900,001.
I think most economists are massive wankers, but since this theory suits my theory I am willing to use it.
According to the IPL auction David Hussey and Cameron White are worth more than Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting.
Don’t give me any of that that’s because they might not be available for the whole tournament, cause neither will Brett Lee, and he still got a big bag of cash.
So the Market forces have spoken, Future PM comes in for his Brother King Probot, and Cam comes in as skipper ahead of Michael Clarke.
Simon Katich should continue to be ignored.
Ok perhaps this is a bit extreme, except the Krab Katrich bit.
But it does show the Victoria do have cricketers (and coaches) who are in demand, not in Australia, but internationally.
Even the ICL gave Ian Harvey a new mansion.
Offcourse not all Victorians were given cash, Brad Hodge was overlooked altogether.
Bradley will be picked up soon, because Loots Bosman and Ramesh Powar are playing but what about other Victorians.
Dirty Dirk Nannes – best 2020 domestic bowler, plus would be a great bollywood villain, starting price 800,00. But will need time off for snow boarding.
Andrew McDonald – Capable with either instrument, one of the most talented all rounders in the world. Also great marketing opportunity for McDonalds in India. 650,000.
Aiden Blizzard – ADD afflicted opening batsmen that has hit balls out of the Waca and radelaide oval. Headlines are easy to write. 575,000.
Bryce McGain – Blue Rinse leg spinner of unmeasurable talent. Probably the greatest leg spinner of all time, wait I’ll check, yup, best I can remember. IT specialist as well, they will come in handy in India. 525,000.
Adam Crosthwaite – improvising batsmen, and talented keeper. If not selected for his playing ability should get the nod for his commentary. 450,000.
Shane Harwood - if the IPL turns into the wrestling showcase it wants to be, who better than Harwood as the fast bowler who hates everyone, assuming he stays fit. 425,000.
Ken Piesse – with this many Victorians over there, they will need a proper cricket journalist, and who else but Ken. 150,000.
Jrod – I have already applied as chief blogger of the IPL. 900,001.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Adam's helmet saves the day
I’m not going to go on and on about Victoria's very lucky win last night.
Mostly because the way they batted they would prefer me not too.
Wouldn’t want to offend anyone or bruise some egos.
I will say that they had the game completely in the grasp on a very tricky pitch but then that they batted themselves into a hole that only Crosthwaite’s helmet could get them out of.
Adam (x) charged down the wicket with 2 required with 3 balls and 2 wickets in hand and helmeted the ball away for a single to tie the scores, before Peter Siddle got the last run.
With X the Vics would have lost a game that should never have even been close.
X was booed at all times when he batted, but unlike Channel 9, Foxtel showed the boos and embraced them.
Future Pm David Hussey proved again that no matter what the surface is like, he can make runs. He batted so much better than any other batsmen in the game.
Cameron White was played back into form by a weird Marcus North decision to not bring on the quicks.
The commentators were going nuts about it, I have to agree, Tait and Malinga have gotten him with full quick straight ones recently and Edmondson is their side just for such an occasion.
One of White’s sixes has just entered Orbit.
Earlier in the day, the Vics bowled really well to restrict the very talented warriors batting line up to only 220 odd.
Cameron is finally bowling well again, in the words of my father, he was robbed of the plumbest LB’s and then got a shocker when he was batting.
Pattison did well again, which just proves that if you give a Victorian a blue top and tell him to bowl quick and he will do a good job.
The Vics were very very very lucky to win this, especially with Crosthwaite and McDonald making some very odd decisions at the end.
They have played some ordinary one day cricket this year and still look like making the finals.
That makes me happy.
Mostly because the way they batted they would prefer me not too.
Wouldn’t want to offend anyone or bruise some egos.
I will say that they had the game completely in the grasp on a very tricky pitch but then that they batted themselves into a hole that only Crosthwaite’s helmet could get them out of.
Adam (x) charged down the wicket with 2 required with 3 balls and 2 wickets in hand and helmeted the ball away for a single to tie the scores, before Peter Siddle got the last run.
With X the Vics would have lost a game that should never have even been close.
X was booed at all times when he batted, but unlike Channel 9, Foxtel showed the boos and embraced them.
Future Pm David Hussey proved again that no matter what the surface is like, he can make runs. He batted so much better than any other batsmen in the game.
Cameron White was played back into form by a weird Marcus North decision to not bring on the quicks.
The commentators were going nuts about it, I have to agree, Tait and Malinga have gotten him with full quick straight ones recently and Edmondson is their side just for such an occasion.
One of White’s sixes has just entered Orbit.
Earlier in the day, the Vics bowled really well to restrict the very talented warriors batting line up to only 220 odd.
Cameron is finally bowling well again, in the words of my father, he was robbed of the plumbest LB’s and then got a shocker when he was batting.
Pattison did well again, which just proves that if you give a Victorian a blue top and tell him to bowl quick and he will do a good job.
The Vics were very very very lucky to win this, especially with Crosthwaite and McDonald making some very odd decisions at the end.
They have played some ordinary one day cricket this year and still look like making the finals.
That makes me happy.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
two hands one bounce
Congratulations boys, 2020 may be a masturbatory form of cricket, but 3 on the trot is a great effort regardless, even in tiddlywinks, maybe especially so.
The game started with Adam Voges sending the Vics in, which seemed odd, cause the Vics love to suffocate in the field when they have runs on the board.
The runs went on the board at a frenetic pace as Blizzard hit balls into the stand and onto practice wickets in a powerful display.
Pocket rocket seems to be an apt description, but it still sounds kind of camp.
Hodge, while not as blunt as Blizzard, was seeing them pretty well and put a few away as well.
Was a pretty good start to a 2020 game.
Then the Vics did what they have done in all forms of cricket this season, they lost a wicket and that lead to three being lost.
Hodge, White and then Blizzard all went out, and Hussey and McDonald led the résistance.
Hussey played himself in for about 12 balls then went Postal and started trying to smash a bunch of them to the fence.
After he got 38 runs worth to or over the fence he holed out on the boundary, and Victoria’s house collapsed again.
McDonald went out to such a soft shot he probably wished no one was watching, and then Quiney continued his bad form in this competition by going out to a screamer on the boundary.
That always happen when you’re desperate for the runs. Quiney may not have middle it, but if he hit it a good inch higher it would have been a 6. But if your mum had testicles you’d hit her with a shovel.
From there Crosthwaite, Harwood and Hastings slogged like champs and somehow the Vics ended up over 200.
I thought Hastings was particularly good. His nick name is the duke, and I hope that’s cause of John Wayne, conservitivism and racism aside, it’s a great nick name, and he did look like a gun slinger out there, perhaps more like Lee Van Cleef though.
Even with 200 on the board the warriors looked like they might be able to chase it down.
Dirty Dirk brushed Ronchi’s gloves with the first nut and Crosthwaite appeared to catch it, Ronchi took his word and left the field. According to the commentary on the replay (that were set up for widescreen tvs, there fore on Simes TV was of no fu©king use to me), AB and the whole Western Australian crowd were positive the ball had bounced.
Crosthwaite continued the long line of brutally dishonest Victorian keepers in claiming the catch two hands one bounce. Slug Jordan and Chuck Berry will go to sleep content men tonight.
The crowd booed X everytime he got the ball from there on in, and being that he is the keeper, their dedication was outstanding.
From that position the warriors collapse to 5 for 50odd, and the game looked beyond them.
But Theo Dopopoulouusssu, I could look it up I spose, Doropolous, came out and just started smashing the Vics and telling Crosthwaite just what he thought of him.
Which by the look of the conversation was not overly positive.
He put the vics on the back foot, and together with the one batsmen to survive the carnage Shaun Marsh they set about bringing the warriors back into the game.
They put on 90 odd and just when you thought that maybe the vics might lose, Hussey comes on and gets a caught and bowled and from there Dirty Dirk Nannes just cleaned up the tail like a cyclone.
Shaun Marsh and Aidan Blizzard both look like very good prospects, and it always looks good making runs on the big stage.
Future Pm David Hussey was the star of the show with 38 runs, 2 wickets and 1 run out. He also sold 12 pies, commentated better than Jamie Cox, saved a kitten from a tree and cured Cancer. Twas a big game indeed.
Was great to see the Vics win without Bryce McGain doing too well, but he still got the all important wicket of Luke Pomersbach.
Now if they can just win the one day comp and shield final i'll say they had a good season, that’s not too much to ask, is it?
The game started with Adam Voges sending the Vics in, which seemed odd, cause the Vics love to suffocate in the field when they have runs on the board.
The runs went on the board at a frenetic pace as Blizzard hit balls into the stand and onto practice wickets in a powerful display.
Pocket rocket seems to be an apt description, but it still sounds kind of camp.
Hodge, while not as blunt as Blizzard, was seeing them pretty well and put a few away as well.
Was a pretty good start to a 2020 game.
Then the Vics did what they have done in all forms of cricket this season, they lost a wicket and that lead to three being lost.
Hodge, White and then Blizzard all went out, and Hussey and McDonald led the résistance.
Hussey played himself in for about 12 balls then went Postal and started trying to smash a bunch of them to the fence.
After he got 38 runs worth to or over the fence he holed out on the boundary, and Victoria’s house collapsed again.
McDonald went out to such a soft shot he probably wished no one was watching, and then Quiney continued his bad form in this competition by going out to a screamer on the boundary.
That always happen when you’re desperate for the runs. Quiney may not have middle it, but if he hit it a good inch higher it would have been a 6. But if your mum had testicles you’d hit her with a shovel.
From there Crosthwaite, Harwood and Hastings slogged like champs and somehow the Vics ended up over 200.
I thought Hastings was particularly good. His nick name is the duke, and I hope that’s cause of John Wayne, conservitivism and racism aside, it’s a great nick name, and he did look like a gun slinger out there, perhaps more like Lee Van Cleef though.
Even with 200 on the board the warriors looked like they might be able to chase it down.
Dirty Dirk brushed Ronchi’s gloves with the first nut and Crosthwaite appeared to catch it, Ronchi took his word and left the field. According to the commentary on the replay (that were set up for widescreen tvs, there fore on Simes TV was of no fu©king use to me), AB and the whole Western Australian crowd were positive the ball had bounced.
Crosthwaite continued the long line of brutally dishonest Victorian keepers in claiming the catch two hands one bounce. Slug Jordan and Chuck Berry will go to sleep content men tonight.
The crowd booed X everytime he got the ball from there on in, and being that he is the keeper, their dedication was outstanding.
From that position the warriors collapse to 5 for 50odd, and the game looked beyond them.
But Theo Dopopoulouusssu, I could look it up I spose, Doropolous, came out and just started smashing the Vics and telling Crosthwaite just what he thought of him.
Which by the look of the conversation was not overly positive.
He put the vics on the back foot, and together with the one batsmen to survive the carnage Shaun Marsh they set about bringing the warriors back into the game.
They put on 90 odd and just when you thought that maybe the vics might lose, Hussey comes on and gets a caught and bowled and from there Dirty Dirk Nannes just cleaned up the tail like a cyclone.
Shaun Marsh and Aidan Blizzard both look like very good prospects, and it always looks good making runs on the big stage.
Future Pm David Hussey was the star of the show with 38 runs, 2 wickets and 1 run out. He also sold 12 pies, commentated better than Jamie Cox, saved a kitten from a tree and cured Cancer. Twas a big game indeed.
Was great to see the Vics win without Bryce McGain doing too well, but he still got the all important wicket of Luke Pomersbach.
Now if they can just win the one day comp and shield final i'll say they had a good season, that’s not too much to ask, is it?
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Adam Benaud
Is Adam Crosthwaite a better commentator than 70 percent of the channel 9 team?
Not only did he commentate, he also sledged whilst doing so.
Somehow this did not win him man of the match as the Vics just held up the Tassies in the last over.
Crosthwaite has always been one of my favourites, so he was always doomed never to make it.
There is still time for him though, I may start to not like him.
Future Pm Hussey held up our batting again (and stole the MOM from X), although in 2020 you really only need one big score and a bunch of 20 odds.
Good to see Cameron White back, looked like he hadn’t held a bat for a while, then he put one a dozen rows back.
Cricket With Balls Own Nice Bryce McGoo was all but unplayable.
If Hogg gets suspended, misses through his finger injury or gets dropped, McGain must be a huge chance for Adelaide.
They better pick him soon, he just turned 50.
If the Vics can beat South Australia they may have just booked themselves a ticket to India.
They can catch up with Ian Harvey while they are there.
I didn’t get to the game tonight, had the choice, but due to no show friends and the fact I wanted to see Will Smith kill pseudo zombies I didn’t make it to the ground, but I did see it on the telly.
But there were 2 funny moments from the sunday night game i forgot to mention.
We got there a little early and saw the Vics in the nets. I flashed my boobies at McGain, but he wasn't impressed. But we saw Andrew McDonald try and hit Quiney out of the nets, then when he missed it, he asked Quiney where it had gone. Quite funny.
The biggest cheer of the night was for Australia's victory. All the players in the middle turned to the crowd wondering what the hell was going on. Blizzard looked particularly confused at the yell between overs.
Not only did he commentate, he also sledged whilst doing so.
Somehow this did not win him man of the match as the Vics just held up the Tassies in the last over.
Crosthwaite has always been one of my favourites, so he was always doomed never to make it.
There is still time for him though, I may start to not like him.
Future Pm Hussey held up our batting again (and stole the MOM from X), although in 2020 you really only need one big score and a bunch of 20 odds.
Good to see Cameron White back, looked like he hadn’t held a bat for a while, then he put one a dozen rows back.
Cricket With Balls Own Nice Bryce McGoo was all but unplayable.
If Hogg gets suspended, misses through his finger injury or gets dropped, McGain must be a huge chance for Adelaide.
They better pick him soon, he just turned 50.
If the Vics can beat South Australia they may have just booked themselves a ticket to India.
They can catch up with Ian Harvey while they are there.
I didn’t get to the game tonight, had the choice, but due to no show friends and the fact I wanted to see Will Smith kill pseudo zombies I didn’t make it to the ground, but I did see it on the telly.
But there were 2 funny moments from the sunday night game i forgot to mention.
We got there a little early and saw the Vics in the nets. I flashed my boobies at McGain, but he wasn't impressed. But we saw Andrew McDonald try and hit Quiney out of the nets, then when he missed it, he asked Quiney where it had gone. Quite funny.
The biggest cheer of the night was for Australia's victory. All the players in the middle turned to the crowd wondering what the hell was going on. Blizzard looked particularly confused at the yell between overs.
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