February 2010 - Queensland Cricket

XXXX GOLD QUEENSLAND BULLS — RUN TO THE FINALS 12 11MOST SHIELD RUNSEd Cowan (T) 737 @ 73.7Michael Klinger (SA) 655 @ 109.2Chris Rogers (V) 518 @ 57.6David Hussey (V) 490 @ 49.0Usman Khawaja (NSW) 485 @ 60.6QueenslandersChris Hartley 463 @ 57.9Lee Carseldine 441 @ 49.0Ryan Broad 364 @ 60.7WEET-BIX SHEFFIELD SHIELD TABLETeam P WO WI LO LI Pts QuotVictoria 6 3 2 - 3 22 1.151Qld Bulls 6 3 1 1 1 20 0.959West Aust 6 1 3 2 1 12 0.996Sth Aust 6 1 2 3 1 10 1.138Tasmania 6 1 2 2 2 9 0.774NSW 6 1 1 2 2 8 1.084MOST SHIELD WICKETSBen Cutting (Q) 25 @ 24.0Peter George (SA) 24 @ 28.8John Hastings (V) 21 @ 24.2Brett Geeves (T) 20 @ 26.7Scott Walter (Q) 20 @ 32.1Other QueenslandersLuke Feldman 10 @ 14.6Chris Swan 8 @ 32.3Chris Simpson 7 @ 65.9BULLS:THESTATEOFPLAYThe in-form XXXX GOLDQueensland Bulls are out tosmash a concerning hoodoo asthey begin a Round 7 Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield game inHobart today.The Bulls have been badlybeaten on each of their lastfour Shield matches at BelleriveOval. In fact, Queenslandhave won just once ontheir last six visits to the AppleIsle for first class fixtures.The Bulls have lost at Belleriveby six wickets, nine wickets,eight wickets and an inningsand 40 runs dating back to2005, suffering at least onehorror batting collapse oneach occasion. Last summerthey were routed for 93 in thesecond innings.This time around the Bulls arein top form, having notchedconsecutive outright wins overNew South Wales to stretch tofour the number of times theyhave beaten the Blues in succession.And Tasmania’s batting hasbeen brittle throughout thesummer, although George Bailey,Tim Paine and regularBulls tormentor Dan Marshhave the capacity to causeproblems.Bulls skipper Chris Simpsonwas delighted with the latest168-run win over the Blues."It was one to be very proudof,” Simpson said. “It's a fairlyformidable batting line-up intheir backyard and we're underpressure in a situation thatwe have to win the game to besitting well on the Shield table."It was a brilliant performancereally on our behalf."The Bulls just missed a chanceto cap an outstanding week inthe Harbour City when theylost the subsequent FordRanger Cup clash to the Bluesby six runs after Craig Philipson’smaiden one-ton ton.Still, with two rounds to playthey sit on top of a jampackedFRC Cup ladder and ontrack to earn a place in the finalon Sunday 28 February.Chris HartleyMOST FRC RUNSBrad Hodge (V) 467 @ 66.7George Bailey (T) 406 @ 58.0Michael Klinger (SA) 401 @ 57.3Wes Robinson (WA) 358 @ 44.8Lee Carseldine (Q) 337 @ 42.1Other QueenslandersCraig Philipson 324 @ 81.0Nathan Reardon 242 @ 30.3Chris Hartley 198 @ 28.3FORD RANGER CUP TABLETeam P W L BP Pts Net RRQld Bulls 8 5 3 1 21 +0.331Victoria 8 4 4 1 17 +0.139NSW 8 4 1 1 17 -0.165Sth Aust 8 4 4 1 17 -0.204Tasmania 8 4 4 - 16 +0.116West Aust 8 3 5 1 13 -0.227MOST FRC WICKETSJohn Hastings (V) 15 @ 26.4Ben Cutting (Q) 14 @ 23.7James Pattinson (V) 13 @ 17.5Nathan Rimmington (Q) 13 @ 24.6Jake Haberfield (SA) 12 @ 26.3Other QueenslandersAlister McDermott 9 @ 21.6Chris Simpson 8 @ 37.3Scott Walter 7 @ 21.6