February 2010 - Queensland Cricket
February 2010 - Queensland Cricket February 2010 - Queensland Cricket
A marked improvement inthe Konica Minolta QueenslandFire’s batting performancesresulted in abetter showing in the2009-10 WNCL season, althoughcoach JoanneBroadbent is still searchingfor the knockout punch.That might come in theform of some interstateimport imports as the Firesearch for that elusivechampionship after 14fruitless seasons.The Fire finished equalthird on points on theWNCL ladder, althoughthey only accumulated halfas many points as runawayfinalists Victoria andeventual champions NSW.Yet the Queenslanderswere in winning positionsin both games againstKONICA MINOLTA QUEENSLAND FIRE — 2009-10 SEASON IN REVIEW 22 16IT’S ALL ABOUTIMPROVEMENTNSW in Sydney at the startof the season, and hadtheir opportunities againstVictoria as well.“In four games out of thelast five we scored 200 orwere on target to score200 – we haven’t donethat for a long time,” saidBroadbent *above). “Wehad some players who performedat their absolutebest, made 200 runs as ateam on a consistent basis,but still couldn’t winsome of those games.“It was heartbreakingreally, but it is a progressionwe have to gothrough. We have been astrong bowling team butour bowling couldn’t backour batting this time.”Inconsistency is the hallmarkof youth and theyoung Fire combination isstill gelling. “When Ilooked around the field inAdelaide, we had sevenplayers who had not beenin the program at the startof the season – that waspretty daunting consideringwe were already ayoung and inexperiencedside,” Broadbent said.The Fire lost the first gameagainst SA after scoring240, but won the next witha record team score.While Broadbent refused tooffer excuses, it is a factthat the Fire attack washampered by injuryagain.Promising fastbowler Jo-Ann Verrallplayed a solitarygame due toongoing shoulderproblems, the levelheadedLyndaPetherick missedthe second half ofthe year, Year 12commitments madefor a stop-startsummer for highlyratedspinner JessJonassen, and leadingwicket-takerfrom last yearSelena Tainton splitthe webbing in herhands three times.“Next season is going tobe very competitive amongour bowling attack,”Broadbent promised.Kirsten Pike led the Firewicket-takers with 19 at14.05 and an economyrate of 3.07 which rankedsecond in the WNCL behindVictoria’s Sarah Elliott(2.95).Continued page 17KirstenPike
From page 16She was No.3 on theWNCL’s regular seasonwicket-taking list behindNSW’s Ellyse Perry (21)and Victoria’s KristenBeams (20).Jonassen took 14 wicketsat 21.36 and Tainton 13 at14.00 to rank 7th andequal 8th respectivelyTwo of the big plusses forthe year were opening batLyndall Daley and teenagerBec Hollindale.Daley finished in the WNCLtop 10 with 293 runs at32.56 and produced aRebecca HollindaleKONICA MINOLTA WOMEN’S QUEENSLAND NATIONAL FIRE — CRICKET 2009-10 LEAGUE SEASON IN REVIEWLyndallDaleynumber of strong partnershipswith Melissa Bulow,including 192 against SA.“Lyndall came on in leapsand bounds, she was alwaysgoing to developlater on,” Broadbent said.“She didn’t play a lot ofState cricket in her youth.“Her first year here shemade a 40 and didn’treally do much, the nextyear she scored every secondgame but couldn’t putback-to-back results together.This year sheproved she’s gone up anotherrung.”Hollindale’s 61 in the firstgame of the doubleheaderagainst WA lastmonth was the promise ofmore good things to come.“Rebecca showed somegood signs and showedthem when she had herback up against the wall,”Broadbent said. “She wentin against NSW in the firstround, had a partnershipwith Kirby Short, andscored 32 as wickets fellaround her, including allour experienced players.“She hung in there andjust about got us over theline. Her 61 here was aftershe went in at 2-9. Weakpeople don’t do that, gutsyones do, and she’s got themental toughness.“On most other occasionsshe was going in with fiveovers to go, so when shehad an opportunity, shetook it two times out ofthree.MelissaBulow17 23“If the players are improving,our program is working,and we’ve just got topersist with it. The teamresults will turn around.”The seemingly ageless Bulow,who is still yet to turn30, plundered 481 runs forthe summer at 60.13, includingtwin centuriesagainst SA and is a hot favouriteto win her fourthKonica Minolta Fire Playerof the Year Award.She finished third on theWNCL regular season runlist behind SA’s Karen Rolton(498) and ShelleyNitschke (486) and secondbehind NSW’s Alex Blackwell(62.14) in averages ina career-best season forthe right-hander.“Mel was outstanding - shescored more runs than sheever has in a season.”The next step for the Fireis to transform from acompetitive outfit into onethat wins consistently.“You’d like to think you aregoing to compete everyyear, but it comes down tothe players’ will, howmuch they want to put in,and how much it burns notgetting what we want,”Broadbent said.“You can’t put a timeframe on that, just put thesystems in place.”Continued page 18
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From page 16She was No.3 on theWNCL’s regular seasonwicket-taking list behindNSW’s Ellyse Perry (21)and Victoria’s KristenBeams (20).Jonassen took 14 wicketsat 21.36 and Tainton 13 at14.00 to rank 7th andequal 8th respectivelyTwo of the big plusses forthe year were opening batLyndall Daley and teenagerBec Hollindale.Daley finished in the WNCLtop 10 with 293 runs at32.56 and produced aRebecca HollindaleKONICA MINOLTA WOMEN’S QUEENSLAND NATIONAL FIRE — CRICKET 2009-10 LEAGUE SEASON IN REVIEWLyndallDaleynumber of strong partnershipswith Melissa Bulow,including 192 against SA.“Lyndall came on in leapsand bounds, she was alwaysgoing to developlater on,” Broadbent said.“She didn’t play a lot ofState cricket in her youth.“Her first year here shemade a 40 and didn’treally do much, the nextyear she scored every secondgame but couldn’t putback-to-back results together.This year sheproved she’s gone up anotherrung.”Hollindale’s 61 in the firstgame of the doubleheaderagainst WA lastmonth was the promise ofmore good things to come.“Rebecca showed somegood signs and showedthem when she had herback up against the wall,”Broadbent said. “She wentin against NSW in the firstround, had a partnershipwith Kirby Short, andscored 32 as wickets fellaround her, including allour experienced players.“She hung in there andjust about got us over theline. Her 61 here was aftershe went in at 2-9. Weakpeople don’t do that, gutsyones do, and she’s got themental toughness.“On most other occasionsshe was going in with fiveovers to go, so when shehad an opportunity, shetook it two times out ofthree.MelissaBulow17 23“If the players are improving,our program is working,and we’ve just got topersist with it. The teamresults will turn around.”The seemingly ageless Bulow,who is still yet to turn30, plundered 481 runs forthe summer at 60.13, includingtwin centuriesagainst SA and is a hot favouriteto win her fourthKonica Minolta Fire Playerof the Year Award.She finished third on theWNCL regular season runlist behind SA’s Karen Rolton(498) and ShelleyNitschke (486) and secondbehind NSW’s Alex Blackwell(62.14) in averages ina career-best season forthe right-hander.“Mel was outstanding - shescored more runs than sheever has in a season.”The next step for the Fireis to transform from acompetitive outfit into onethat wins consistently.“You’d like to think you aregoing to compete everyyear, but it comes down tothe players’ will, howmuch they want to put in,and how much it burns notgetting what we want,”Broadbent said.“You can’t put a timeframe on that, just put thesystems in place.”Continued page 18
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