2012-13 BigBash League Signing Thread

[jefffff34]

Roger Oldridge was just on Ch.10 in Melbourne....

* Hodge and Maxwell ==> Stars
* Tait ==> Adelaide
* Cooper, Harris and Aaron O'Brien ==> Renegades
* Muralitharan ==> Probably Renegades, maybe Thunder
* Bailey ==> Hurricanes
* Andy McDonald ==> somewhere interstate

 

[Perty4]

Renegades a sinking ship, good luck getting any members without Hodge and Maxwell as main attractions.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Stars are swapping Hodge and Maxwell for Voges and Bailey I would gather.

 

[jefffff34]

I'm under the assumption that if O'Brien is heading over the border, and we might be signing Muralitharan...then there is little chance of Aaron Heal staying.

 

[Selective Retention]

Shah (2 years), Dunk and Hogan to the Hurricanes.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Shah (2 years), Dunk and Hogan to the Hurricanes.

Didn't rate him all that long ago, but he played well in the Bash last year and played some awesome knocks in the IPL against some world class bowlers. Very good T20 player.

 

[idel one]

Dan Christian to the Brisbane Heat for three years - just out now on Twitter

 

[Carbine Chaos]

 

[Art Vandalay_]

nice

Mitch Marsh is a lot bigger than I thought

 

[Carbine Chaos]

nice

Mitch Marsh is a lot bigger than I thought

He's a monster, mate. It's where he gets so much power from smacking the ball down the ground.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

Inclined to agree with thorne, here. I'd rather we kept NCN for reasons of availability than went for the monster PR coup that is Cummins.

 

[Bucking Beads]

The Scorchers may still keep NCN though??? Cummins is a good signing but is injury prone and could be playing for Australia

 

[Majinbuu]

Mitch Marsh YES

 

[jefffff34]

Murali ==> Renegades

Confirmed by JB on TFS

 

[dajesmac]

From memory Marsh is 6'3 and Cummins 6'4.

However that photo suggests they're the same height, perhaps Pat is only 6'3.

 

[Selurs]

Would seem strange for Perth to let NCN go when he was so good for them last year and pay big dollars to get Cummins.

If it happens, you'd think there's be more "lost" than "let" about it. Cummins will play 2 games at most in the BBL this year, so not really a "gun" signing. I suspect that keeps his dollar value down somewhat.

 

[dajesmac]

Don't be so certain that Australia will just rush him back into the test side.

 

[jefffff34]

Paine ==> Hurricanes

 

[Selective Retention]

Paine and Krejza re-sign with Hobart.

Paine not named captain, that has to be another pointer towards Bailey moving down.

 

[jefffff34]

Cutting, Ryan Harris and Pomersbach ==> Heat

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Cutting, Ryan Harris and Pomersbach ==> Heat

Three class signings there.

I'm expecting Pomersbach to have a big impact in all forms this coming season; talent coming out of his proverbial.

 

[WC_Eagles]

Well done to the Renegades for signing the biggest blight on the game that it has ever seen. w***ers!!!!

 

[Phone]

they didn't sign brad hodge...?

 

[Bucking Beads]

I had to laugh at all the strikers fans who were over the moon about signing Tait. The bloke is s**t. No talent at all. He might bowl well in one game for the whole tournament.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Scorcher have signed Gibbs, Beer and S. Marsh