Tasmanian Tigers News

The Marsh Sheffield Shield game between Queensland and Tasmania has been postponed until a later date in the season following cases of COVID-19 in Brisbane. The match between Queensland and Tasmania was due to begin on Tuesday but Queensland Cricket announced the postponement just before the toss.

Tasmania’s Riley Meredith, who made his international debut last month, asserted that his ultimate goal is to earn a Baggy Green cap, but admitted that getting there will be an arduous task. Meredith revealed that he recently sought the advice of fellow quick Mitch Starc to crack red-ball cricket.

In the Sheffield Shield match against NSW, Tim Paine pulled off a brilliant runout by using his presence of mind after Nick Larkin got beaten by a delivery from Gabe Bell. Paine caught and hit the stumps to catch the batsman outside the crease, getting a crucial breakthrough for his team.

Calls have grown for Steve Smith to take over the reins from Tim Paine after his Ashes heroics and Paine has said that he will be fully supportive of it if it happens. Smith returned to Test cricket after a year-long absence with a bang, scoring a whopping 774 runs in seven innings in the series.