good job
where has this been all year ?
We actually haven't been that bad. If we hadn't made those two awful declarations against Tassie and Qld (especially QLD) we could be on 18 points now at least and possibly 22.
That declaration in Brisbane was just criminal with Smith and Khawaja both on unbeaten tons. We should have gone for 550 + like this game and played them out of it, but instead we give em a sniff, lose by 17 on first innings and then collapse to give em all six points. 12 point turn around just there. The worst thing about it is the toads are on 20 points thanks to that win, when they should be back on 14.
The Tassie declaration wasn't as bad, but we were 8 down for 400 odd with Smith still in. Another 50 or so and we could have made it a lot harder and secured the 2 points.
There have been a few nasty collapses, but that's going to happen with such a young side. Even so the other teams will fear us. With Hughes back in the zone and our young quicks getting better each time they play we aren't far away from being a serious threat. Katich and Jaques aren't far away from a big score and if Khawaja is fit then our batting looks frightening. Copeland has taken to it like a duck to water, Hazelwood is getting better and better, and O'Keefe got wickets.
You can bet the Victorians are hoping Qld can keep us out of the final.