Been an excellent debut for 17-year-old Josh Driscoll in the @vicpremcricket GF, taking 3-52 off 16 overs for Melbourne. St Kilda, sent in, is 9-236 close to stumps. Glenn Hannah has 3-44 off 22.
@PaulAmy375@vicpremcricket@codesportsau So what I’ve taken out of that is, if the “draw” wasn’t available, then Melbourne would have played more positively, as in their preferred brand of cricket.
It’s now time to remove the draw option in my opinion.
The home final and wet weather advantage for the higher team is ok
We're all behind you Browny ❤️❤️❤️
The Fox Footy team is sending their best wishes to our own star Jonathan Brown, who was made aware of a low-grade brain tumour that required surgery earlier this week.
Wednesday's operation gave a positive outcome, and he is now recovering.
@PaulAmy375 Former Essendon First X1 keeper starred for Coburg 30+ disposals Donovan Toohey. Son of the great Marshall Toohey former Elsternwick cricketer and Footballer and South Caulfield 1st X1 Bowling average winner. Well done DT
That's a damn good start for the Tassie Devils in the VFL. They've defeated Coburg 14.12 (96) to 11.13 (79) at a packed North Hobart. Four goals for Hugh Dixon, 18 touches for Zach Adams and 17 for Jack Callinan, the son of original Devil Ian. What a day for the Devils.
@PaulAmy375@vicpremcricket 24 year old gun. Is in career best form. He is not 34. Talk about negativity for one so young by plenty. He needs a Vic contract again ASAP as he is on the verge of something great. Well done AC.
Ashley Chandrasinghe has surged past 1000 runs for the @vicpremcricket season with his innings against Melbourne in the preliminary final. He's 99 not out at tea and on the verge of his fifth century for Casey South Melbourne this season. Swannies are 3-204 at the break.
The AFL is looking into Hawthorn small forward Nick Watson’s claims that full soft drink cans & bottles were thrown at players by Sydney fans last night.
Watson was on Nova this morning.
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What a innings by Mitch Jamieson. Won the game with that knock that took the 1st Innings into day 2 depriving PCC of 8 overs. And openers for PCC who got it awfully wrong.
Bentleigh's flag in Division 1 of Cricket Southern Bayside. Won despite an innings of 178 from McKinnon star Wade King, who cracked 178, a day after taking 3-75 off 35 overs.
A turf wicket had to be quickly re-marked before a local grand final today. A few old hands who looked at it before play thought it didn't look right. They were correct. The curator had measured it at 22 metres, not yards. No one had picked it up all season.
Enjoyed a chat with Test man Matthew Wade about his days as a Tassie Devil in the VFL. He could play a bit - he once kicked seven goals against the Geelong Falcons - and his Mariners coach, Hamish Ogilvie, reckons he was the toughest thing on two legs.
Swans coach Will Carr on Ash Chandrasinghe's latest @vicpremcricket century: 'An exquisite innings, one of poise, control, mental strength and immense concentration- spending all 187 overs of the game on the field. He's an absolute beauty.' Hit 124 off 205 balls against Saints.
Remarkable stat from Carlton CC: Jaga Koduru has now figured in three club-record wicket partnerships this season, with Tom Smyth, with Evan Gulbis and now Dominic Sullivan. Is up to 679 runs. Having a fine season, just as Gulbis predicted.
@cleary_mitch@7NewsMelbourne@7AFL What does challenging summer mean? Why so vague. Aren’t journos meant to report the news. Or is it because you protect the team you support.
Another blow to Geelong’s front half to start the season. Gryan Miers likely to miss Opening Round against Gold Coast with a thumb injury.
Would join Tyson Stengle on the sidelines after his challenging summer.
Cats hopeful Jeremy Cameron (quad) will be fit
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For the clubs asking: the great David King, preparing to play his last @vicpremcricket match for Ringwood, has made no decision about playing local cricket next season. He can expect his phone to light up like a Christmas tree in the next few weeks.
We've written these words a bit in the past few seasons: a century for Casey South Melbourne's Ashley Chandrasinghe. He's having a great run: 102 v Footscray, 130 for the Vics seconds and, today, 108no against Ringwood. Was his third Premier ton this season.