Shield Round 9 - Only one more to go
Tassie handed NSW their second defeat of the season, and the second in the last three games. Tassie have now won 2 in a row. Qld looked to be all over the Sandgropers but were unable to bowl out the WA tail in enough time to chase down the runs. Vics with another well timed declaration, were able to defeat the Croweaters and have now won 3 on the trot.
NSW well clear on top, the Vics have jumped into second, just 1.6 points ahead of the Bananabenders with Tas,WA amd SA filling the rst of the ladder.
Next round Vics play Tassie at home, the 2 form teams at the moment. Qld take on SA in Adelaide. WA and NSW play each other. A win to Vics will see them in the final but bonus points will be decisive if Qld can get a win.
Star of the round was Ellis who took 6 wickets in the first innings and 9 for the game to set up the Apple eaters win, Wakim with a 78 and Silk 67no got them home. Centuries to Street 115, while Whiteman 110 and Hardie an even 100 in the second innings denied Qld the win. For the Vics a 92 for Dean and a pair of 60's to Maddinson and a 6 wicket bag to young Sutherland,
Runs
Vic Maddinson 780, Harris 442
SA Cooper 765, Weatherald 660
WA SMarsh 724, Green 699
NSW Hughes 665, Henriques 512,
Tas Doolan 575, Webster 459
Qld Burns 515, Street 489
Maddinson now leading runscorer, been Vic best batsman by a long way this season, having only played 7 games.
Cooper second, Weatherald now 6th overall
SMarsh had a better game this time, still in third
Burns now up 8th, Street is 11th.
Hughes still 5th overall.
Doolan 7th overall
With 1 games to go it looks unlikely anyone will crack the 1000 runs this year,
Bowling
Qld Gannon 38, Neser 33
SA WAgar 33, Sayers 31.
Vic Siddle 33, Tremain 19
Tas Bird 28,Meredith 20, Bell 20
NSW Conway 25,Copeland 25
WA Kelly 27, Moody 22
Bird, Meredith and Tremain didnt play this round,
Gannon still on top
WAgar, Siddle and Neser tied for second
Conway and Copeland equal for the Bluebaggers
Kelly now 8th overall.
It is unlikely any one will take 50 wickets this year.
Stumpers (ct/st - runs@ave)
Qld Pierson 40/- 357@29.8
NSW Neville 28/3 411@37.4
Tas Paine 27/2, 313@39.1
WA Inglis 28/- 323@24.8
SA Carey 15/- 386@55.1 (4 games)
Vic Harper 16/1 245@30.6
Paine now up to third, having only played 6 games
Neilsen from SA is still behind Carey
Twirley men
O'Keefe 16@22.5, Lyon 15@37.9, Swepson 14@31.5, Holland 8@59, Labuschagne 4@26, T.Andrews 4@110, Maxwell
3@75.7,A.Zampa 3@88, A.Agar 3@136
O'Keefe, now 21st on the overall list and Lyon 23rd,
Once again not much success for the spinners this round,
The second final spot will be decided !
Next round starts Tuesday 17/3
