Wednesday 10 March 2010

Victoria have confirmed they will go out with all guns blazing as they attempt to shore up the Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield grand final at the MCG and deny Queensland when they clash with Tasmania today.

''Getting first-innings points in this game doesn't mean too much - we need to get six. That's the way we're looking at the game,'' in-form fast bowler Damien Wright told The Age.

''We're always going into games wanting to win them outright, so it's no different approach towards this one. We just know that the outcome at the end of it is even better for us.''

The Bushrangers don’t feel as though their heavy schedule brought about by an October appearance in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament will affect them.

Key all-rounder and Young Cricketer of the Year John Hastings has played 27 matches since returning from India at the start of November.

He has bowled 415.3 overs - 38 overs more than the next-busiest bowler, Queensland's Ben Cutting.

Victoria have again lost opening batsman Chris Rogers to a broken hand, with 21-year-old Michael Hill, who debuted against the XXXX GOLD Bulls last week to partner Nick Jewell at the top of the order.