30 SPORT MONDAY NOVEMBER 23 2015 Green show not enough to deliver BOB’s breakthrough win

JORDAN GERRANS taken in the first in- Greens, DMH went on to post balls to go in the innings. Lowe was the best with the bat format of the game on a bow- nings of their Round 3 match 9-137 through their overs, with DMH are the only undefeated for The Duds as he made 31 at ler-friendly pitch at Jim IT was the Green show on Sat- against Devils Marbles Hotel. opener Marcus Maher making team in the TCCC, while BOB the top of the order. McConville Oval. urday evening in the Tennant The youngest of the three, 26, Gerry Shadforth 37 and are yet to win. In Alice Springs As- In the other game on Satur- Creek Cricket Competition but 11-year-old Andrew, finished Matthew Hicks 18. In the other fixture, Warr- sociation action, West began day, Gap View Works showed it could not deliver BOB their with figures of 2-24, while 15- In pursuit of 138 to win their ego Heat chased down The their tilt for back-to-back one- they will be a force, dispatch- first win of the season. year-old Matthew took 3-19. first game of the season, the Duds’ total of 97 with two day premierships with a con- ing Federal ASBuild by 104 One of the five teams in the The trio of Greens bowled Greens could not manage the overs to spare. vincing eight- victory runs. newly formed TCCC, BOB is 13 of the 20 overs in the T20 same influence with bat as The Heat got a number of over a much-improved PRO- first, Gapview set a led by the Green family, con- match. The oldest of the three, Matthew (0), Wayne (0) and contributions from their top Build Rovers on Saturday competitive total of 155 on an- sisting of dad Wayne and sons Wayne, took 3-29 while Mat- Andrew (8) could not fire. order, with Jay Singh (34), Nir- afternoon. The in-form side other tough batting wicket at Matthew and Andrew. thew took the catch in the BOB were led by James mal Senapari (15) and Umesh heading into the competition, Traeger Park. In response, In an extraordinary per- other wicket to fall. Winwood (24) and Andrew Patel (14), as they made 7-104 West had not lost a match so Federal never looked likely to formance, the three Greens Despite the standout per- Sua (16) before they were after bowling out The Duds for far this season and continued challenge as they were bowled were involved in all of the nine formance from the three bowled out for 93 with four 94 through 18.5 overs. Darrell their good form in the shorter out for a dismal 51. Whiteman In-form NSW and Australian pace bowler Mitchell Starc has a wonderful record in says pink day-night Sheffield Shield matches and poses a big hard to see threat to New Zealand in the third Test which starts at Adelaide Oval on Friday ROB FORSAITH Picture: RICHARD WAINWRIGHT THE pink ball continues to earn mixed reviews with cen- turion Sam Whiteman sug- gesting it became hard to pick up during a tour match against New Zealand. Western Australia’s White- man scored 117 and stroked 16 boundaries against NZ at the WACA on Saturday. Despite a productive stint at the crease, Whiteman admit- ted he struggled to see the ball clearly after the colour started to chip off. “The ball deteriorates pretty quickly. Towards the end it was almost not really pink – and the square is in pretty good nick,” Whiteman said. “Towards the end it got quite dark and hard to pick up.” Whiteman added fuller deliveries were “tougher to see”. “But once you get set it’s like batting with a red ball,” he said. NZ bowling coach Dimitri Mascarenhas was diplomatic when asked about the state of the ball as the innings ap- proached the 80-over mark. “Pretty good from what I hear. The boys haven’t said anything bad about it at all,” Mascarenhas said. “From my point of view, I saw it beautifully the whole day.” Mascarenhas suggested the only major difference to the red ball was that “in the middle session it won’t swing as much as the red ball usually can”. Starc set to step up Dusk is meant to be the most difficult time to face the pink ball due to the combin- ation of natural and artificial BEN HORNE Adelaide, the pink ball looms June – he may reserve full “It definitely reacts very, the bank. Starc was named light. as his superman cape. judgement until after the very differently to the red man of the World Cup with a Whiteman felt NZ did his MITCHELL Starc is the However, unless his match. ball. I can understand why it’s stunning record of 22 wickets side a favour after the dinner great paradox of this historic stance has changed markedly “I’m yet to be convinced,” happening — but I guess at an average of 10.18 – that break by using tweakers Mark pink ball Test. from when the historic Test Starc said in an interview time will tell to see whether it ranks as arguably the most Craig and Mitchell Santner in The concept’s most savage was announced in June, Starc back in June. “It’s definitely works or not. dominant performance ever tandem. critic, yet also likely its most remains the most staunchly not a red ball. It doesn’t react “Ask me again after it’s by a fast bowler at the game’s “It could’ve been tougher. dominant force. opposed of a sceptical Aus- anything like the red ball, in been played and we’ll see showpiece event. They bowled two spinners for a Starc has taken a stagger- tralian dressing room. terms of swing and the hard- what the reaction is then.” In the recent Matador lot of the time so it made that a ing 15 wickets from just two Asked in Brisbane wheth- ness of it. It goes soft pretty The irony of course is that Cup, Starc claimed 26 wick- little easier,” he said. day-night Sheffield Shield er his seven wickets for NSW quickly. I didn’t see a huge Starc shapes as the man who ets at 8.11 in just six matches – “If they’d bowled a few matches and fresh from his against South Australia had amount of reverse swing (in will benefit most from the with 20 of his dismissals ei- seamers I think it would’ve 160km/h thunderbolt in made him come around to last year’s Shield game) and I unique conditions of this ther bowled or lbw. been tough, with the shadow.” Perth, Australia’s new No.1 the idea of the pink ball, Starc don’t think it swung from match. The theory that Starc is NZ inflicted a late collapse should not be short on confi- said with a wry grin that he memory too much until the If the pink ball is indeed unplayable with the white of 5-21 with the second new dence heading into the piv- preferred to talk about the artificial light took over. more like the white ODI ball ball continued on to the pink ball, which swung considerably otal match of the trans- red ball that would be used “Personally, I couldn’t see than the traditional red – ball Shield game where he more than the first. Tasman series. for the first two Tests. the thing at night on the which has been the feedback decimated South Australia’s Darren Lehmann is confi- As Starc looks to step out Starc isn’t due to speak boundary. I couldn’t see the from many bowlers including batsmen under lights at Adel- dent that Australian fans and from Mitchell Johnson’s publicly this week, so as the ball so I’m not sure how the – then Starc aide Oval with first innings players will make the inaug- shadow for the first time in 25-year-old indicated back in crowd are going to see it. will be laughing all the way to figures of 5-28. ural day-night Test, which starts on Friday at Adelaide Oval, a success.

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