Gold Coast Dolphins to use lessons from failed run chases in latest pursuit against Redlands

GOLD Coast will be armed with the lessons from previous Queensland Premier Cricket defeats as they set about a potentially season-defining run chase against Redlands next Saturday.

GOLD Coast will be armed with the lessons from previous Queensland Premier Cricket defeats as they set about a potentially season-defining run chase against Redlands next Saturday.

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Perched on the periphery of the two-day competition’s top four, the Dolphins fought back from a strong Tigers start yesterday to dismiss the hosts for 224 at Peter Burge Oval.

They then raced out of the blocks with the bat thanks largely to Max Bryant’s quickfire 23, before fellow opener Jack Hargreaves (13 not out) and captain Matt Kuhnemann (3 not out) guided their side to 1-41 at stumps.

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It is the fifth time in as many two-day games the Dolphins have been set a first-innings run chase, with an opening loss to Ipswich-Logan followed by victory over University of Queensland, defeat at the hands of Sunshine Coast and a last-start win against Norths.

Gold Coast Dolphins captain Matt Kuhnemann. Picture: Steve Holland

Kuhnemann said his side’s defeats, in which they failed to chase down 321 and 255 respectively, had given them the blueprint for success in their latest assignment.

“We’ll have a plan and we’ve learn from our losses. How I see it, if we bat for three-quarters of the day we should chase that down,” the 23-year-old said.

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“Everyone knows their role in the team and the longer we bat the easier it will get. (Redlands) have a good bowling attack so it will be tough but if we stick at it I’m confident we’ll be ok.

“I think it’s a pretty good batting wicket so 220 I was quite happy with, especially with the start they got.”

That start, underpinned by opener Sam Heazlett (53) and Liam Smith (41), took the Tigers to 0-79 and 1-114 before Josh Kann (3-44), Liam Hope-Shackley (3-47), Hugo Burdon (2-16) and Kuhnemann (2-59) combined to take the last six wickets for 33 runs.

“I was proud of the boys how we stuck at it. We had a few drops and a couple of decisions that didn’t go our way in the first session but the way we came back was excellent,” Kuhnemann said.

“We still bowled well up front. The past is the past, we’re moving forward and taking each game as it comes.”

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Kuhnemann, Bryant and fellow Dolphin Xavier Bartlett will now prepare for Queensland’s shot at the Marsh One-Day Cup crown in Tuesday’s final against Western Australian at Allan Border Field.