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Interestingly and we are only the first week of November but last season's finalists have now completed all games against each other and won't play again until either the final or next season - that's one strange fixture for sure

mikeh wrote:

What an outstanding performance by the Warriors to beat Tasmania by an innings on their home ground. This coming a week after the embarrassment of being bowled out for 53 by the same team.
As well as this it was virtually a 2nd XI team that did the job. Here is a list of those that were missing for various reasons
Bancroft
Whiteman
Hardie
Marsh
Green
Inglis
Connolly
Stobo
Richardson
Roccocholli
Morris
As well as those 11 players there are guys like Haskett, Beardman, Jackson, Mckenzie Berendorff, Tye and Short who have also been involved in varying degrees.
The depth in WA cricket at the moment is quite staggering

Mike Brody Couch (a discard from the self proclaimed Sporting Capital of the Universe) took a hattrick in that TAS second innings capitulation of 98.
I believe that is WA's first hattrick in the Shield?
Quite a shock when you consider we have had many Test bowlers the quality of McKenzie, Lock, Lillee, Alderman, Clark, Malone, Yardley, Mann, Massie, Reid, Matthews, Angel, Julian, Hogan etc etc.
Also we were a bowler down with Kelly injured again in the first innings, so even more remarkable.