@happy tiger said:
@Jazza said:
@happy tiger said:
Should I …... Should I ........Should I
Ahh what the hell
Qld beat NSW by 6 wickets in the Shield game
With two born and bred Blues players top scoring for them :wink:
And Shane Watson comes from ?????????????????????
QLD….. And he failed :wink:
Btw were you at Allan Border Field today Happy? :stuck_out_tongue:
TO rub more salt into the wounds on a disastrous day for Australian cricket, Michael Clarke was wrongly given out and relentlessly heckled by rowdy Queensland fans.
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Clarke, who last night admitted he had no answers about why boom teenage quick Patrick Cummins (back stress fracture) has broken down for another summer, heads the long line of Test batsmen who have failed in Sheffield Shield cricket over the last two days.
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The Test skipper, playing for NSW at Brisbane's Allan Border Field, was caught behind for eight but claimed he did not edge a delivery from young Queensland quick Cameron Gannon.
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Top-order Test henchmen Dave Warner (2) and Shane Watson (33) also didn't make an impact as NSW was bowled out for 184 -- and then the Brisbane crowd turned on the Australian stars.
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**A group of fans sitting behind the pickets sledged Clarke and Watson in the field, just to make matters worse on a day that Australian cricket would love to forget.\
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"First he (a fan) was abusing me about the fact we lost the last two Ashes series -- I said I understand, but I am not playing the Ashes today," Clarke said.\
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"I am not getting into what he was having a crack at Watto about.\
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"I offered the guy a lift home, I said he was more than welcome to come and sit on the team bus. It is amazing what a few too many XXXX Golds can do."**
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Literally nothing went right for Australian cricket yesterday, but Clarke insisted all the Test batsmen who failed in state cricket would be better in next week's Gabba Test against South Africa.
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Ed Cowan (6), Ricky Ponting (5), Mike Hussey (3) all failed in state cricket and Australia has more worries with Cummins ruled out for the summer and Ponting suffering hamstring soreness in the lead-up to next week's Test.
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Clarke didn't appear too concerned last night -- and certainly felt his own innings yesterday was wrongly terminated.
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"I didn't hit it but that is the game...I hit my pad so I can see why it was given out because it made a noise at the right time," Clarke said.
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Queensland was 3-66 at stumps last night with former Test batsman Usman Khawaja (36no) looking a class above what all other batsmen produced.
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Adding to preparation worries leading into next week's Test is that yesterday's Shield clash was the first red-ball game for Warner and Watson in more than six months.
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Clarke, who conducted a one-on-one batting tutorial with Warner on the top oval yesterday, would love his Test batsmen to be spending more time in the middle.
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"Batting in the middle is worth 20 net sessions, so as much time as we can spend in the middle it is going to be better preparation for us," he said.
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Test hopeful Mitchell Starc (0-11) did not do anything to enhance his Gabba Test chances and it appears unlikely he would play, unless it is a very wet week in Brisbane and Australia deploys four frontline quicks.
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Clarke is scratching his head about why teenage quick Cummins has broken down again.
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"I spoke a while ago to Brett Lee about a similar thing and Brett made it clear that he had a lot of injuries at a young age as well." Clarke said.
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"I think when you are bowling at that sort of pace, with that amount of work and force going through your body at a young age when your bones are still growing, it is always going to be tough."
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In all the other drama for Australian cricket, the magnificent effort from the Bulls bowlers should not be overlooked, with Luke Feldman taking 4-47 and Alister McDermott claiming 3-54.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/test-skipper-michael-clarke-cops-it-from-unruly-fans-in-queensland/story-e6frey50-1226509464273
