Posted by jrod on March 24, 2009 under SA, TAS | 
The big sexy man of Australian domestic cricket has finally given up the ghost. Whether he chose to retire or was pushed by strong wristed men we will not know.
Dan has been a fantastic servant of Australian domestic cricket. He was old school all the way. As a batsman he was barely talented enough to play first class cricket. His tweakers were change bowling partnership breakers of someone with a clever cricket mind. His captaining was his one real skill. He was world class as a captain.
However when looking at Dan’s career you have to look at him as a whole, not the sum of his parts. He was Australian as any cricketer who ever wore the baggy green. He was a mongrel, attacking, uncompromising, a cricket genius, a knock about bloke, tough to beat, cricket fit, he did things his way and he played the game hard.
He was the 70/80s streetfighting Australian cricketer. A hard bastard to get out, a tough fucker to get away, and a sonofabitch of a captain. While he was well respected in shield cricket, there were more than a few who hated him as well. The sign of a top cricketer.
He was the last of the sonofabitch state captains, Berry, Emery and Maher having already left before him. Now we have college graduate captains who look like they wouldn’t walk into any bar that Marsh would be a regular in him.
Marsh was the grumpy old smart ass captain who probably only made it through by the force of his personality and his desire to win. State cricket will be slightly lesser for him leaving it.
You don’t have to be an international cricketer to help Australian cricket. He made his team mates better, and made his opposition try harder, without people like Daniel Marsh, Australia would not have dominated for as long as it did.
He might not have played for his Country, but he did the Marsh name proud. I am sure Rod would agree with me.
Posted by jrod on March 8, 2009 under SA, TAS |
Tasmania were left with a pretty simple objective, win match, play final.
With the Vics killing New Texas, Tassie had fate in their hands.
They dropped it.
After the first innings was complete, Tasmania found themselves about 50 in front, not a massive lead, but handy in the situation.
They had bowled South Australia out for 253, so when they went on to make 289 and set the redbacks 338, that should have been enough for them to win.
It wasn’t, South Australia made it look pretty easy, only losing 5 wickets and having 15 overs in the bank.
Mark Cosgrove was the difference, his comeback has been the happiest time in his life since he played for Australia and got free KFC.
2 hundreds in 3 matches, and he has now proves that fatty boom bah or not, the man I s first class batsman of some skill.
The redbacks finish the season 3rd, and considering how bad they have been, it is a great result. This is also the firs time they have won 3 games on the trot in 15 years, which tells you how shit they have been.
Tasmania finish it 4th, and should be spanked by hairy men for the next 6 months.
How a team with this much talent has finished 4th is beyond me, although to be fair, Western Australia has finished 6th, so talent had less to do with this years results than desire and team harmony.
Tim Paine has not come along, which must burn Tasmania with Matthew Wade the most inform batsman of all keepers in the country.
Luke Butterworth is finally back in the side, but is not the allrounder everyone thought he would be.
George Bailey has still never had a huge season, and you have to ask if he ever will.
From the 06/07 side only Geeves and Hilfenhaus have gone onto higher honours.
They just have that air of underperformance about them, and with Dan Marsh 83 years old, they would want some of these people to stand up next year, or they will really struggle.
Posted by jrod on November 17, 2008 under TAS, VIC |
Our boys are looking sharp.
I asked for them to bat on for 80 runs or so, and they got confused.
With 10 points Quiney getting an 80odd, and then Gerard Wright making another one.
Giving themselves a lead of well over 200.
A bitter cynical Vic fan may say that the tail often folds up like a tray table when we need them, but when the runs are already on the board they do this.
Either way, it means the result is in no doubt.
Especially after Crazy Clint, perhaps pissed I referred to him as a stock bowler, went macho and had them 3/18 at one stage.
By the close they had recovered to 5/145 with Dan Marsh and Ponting’s pet Butterworth at the crease.
It is hard to go through Dan, so Victoria have decided to go around him, and this takes time, but with a whole day to go, and half the team already out this should be a win.
So let me take this moment to mention Gerard Denton’s figures this year as a counter point to Klinger’s “Bradmanesque” out put.
Last year when Denton was fit he was the best quick in the land not wearing the baggy green.
This year he is averaging over 50.
See some players we do get the best out of.
Good to know.
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