two hands one bounce

Posted by jrod on January 13, 2008 under VIC, WA | 4 Comments to Read

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?