February 2010 - Queensland Cricket

KONICA MINOLTA QUEENSLAND FIRE— 2009-10 SEASON IN REVIEW18From page 17One option is to recruitfrom interstate.“NSW and Victoria havebig player pools, but theACT, WA and SA all beenknown to get outsiders in,and we never have,” saidBroadbent. “It might betime to look outside ourlittle square at people whohave the skills we lack.”Ironically, while the Firefinished a better-placedfourth from seven in theTwenty20 competition,their form there was notas good as in the WNCL.They suffered a number ofheavy defeats, beingbowled out for 54 by Victoriaand managing 8-82against NSW.“We found it hard to goand score quickly straightaway,” Broadbent said.“We are playing more T20games at club and PremierLeague, but it is evidentwe need a bit more workin that area.”Australian and Queenslandcaptain Jodie Fields faces along, arduous rehabilitationto be ready by nextseason.The 25-year-old tore thehamstring from the bone while battingagainst WA in the final WNCL Twenty20match of the season at the Gabba in mid-January.LONG WAITFOR JODIEFields was assisted from the field in substantialpain and has undergone significantsurgery to re-attach the muscle.Her recovery is expected to take up to ninemonths, ruling her out of captaining hercountry on home soil against New Zealandthis month and a return seriesagainst the Kiwis.Such was the extent of theinjury that Fields was unableto work for a month, butKonica Minolta Fire coachJoanne Broadbent expects the gutsy Fieldsto attack her rehabilitation full of determination.Fast bowler Jo-Ann Verrall also faces along recovery after more shoulder surgery.“The message to both those girls has beento take one day at a time, don’t get aheadof yourselves, do what the doctor and rehabpeople say, and we’ll support you allthe way,” Broadbent said.KONICA MINOLTA QUEENSLAND FIRE STATISTICS — 2009-10BATTING BOWLING FIELDINGPlayer M I NO Runs HS Ave S/R 100’s 50’s Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave E/R Ct StpdLou Broadfoot 3 3 0 6 3 2.00 15.33 - - 20.0 0 98 1 1-22 98.00 4.65 - -Melissa Bulow 9 9 1 481 130 60.13 71.83 2 2 - - - - - - - 2 1Jude Coleman 7 6 0 95 29 15.83 78.50 - - 60.0 6 230 11 3-15 20.91 3.83 2 -Lyndall Daley 9 9 0 293 89 32.56 61.50 - 2 - - - - - - - 2 -Jodie Fields 7 5 1 152 49* 38.00 66.17 - - - - - - - - - 5 3Courtney Hill 9 2 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 - - 13.2 1 85 2 1-11 42.50 6.38 6 -Rebecca Hollindale 9 7 1 110 61 5.00 83.33 - 1 - - - - - - - - -Danielle Hollis 7 6 0 79 37 13.17 46.17 - - - - - - - - - - -Kathryn Jenkin 6 2 2 9 8* - 75.00 - - 33.0 - 160 4 1-14 40.00 4.85 1 -Jess Jonassen 8 6 0 73 26 12.17 105.83 - - 72.0 2 299 14 3-19 21.36 4.15 7 -Delissa Kimmince 8 8 2 115 41 19.17 83.33 - - 57.5 7 234 9 3-25 26.00 4.05 3 -Beth Mooney 1 1 0 9 2 1.00 23.00 - - - - - - - - - 5 3Hayley Pattison 4 4 1 3 38* 29.00 131.81 - - 4.0 - 22 - 0-10 - 5.50 1 -Lyndal Petherick 2 0 - - - - - - - 2.0 1 8 0 0-8 - 4.00 - -Kirsten Pike 9 7 2 36 12 7.20 58.00 - - 87.0 16 267 19 4-15 14.05 3.07 5 -Kirby Short 3 3 2 37 28* 37.00 50.00 - - 1.0 - 7 0 0-7 - 7.00 2 -Selena Tainton 7 1 0 6 6 6.00 75.00 - - 41.3 1 182 13 4-42 14.00 4.39 4 -