BBL 03 Final: Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes @ The Furnace, 7:30 AEDT

[eth-dog]

Who will win? Hopefully it's 3rd time lucky for the Scorchers, with Shaun Marsh named in the 13 man squad. Hobart have lost key death bowler Ben Laughlin and International allrounder Shoaib Malik which makes the bowling look a lot tighter for the visitors.

Perth Squad: Simon Katich (c), Michael Beer, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cumins, Brad Hogg, Mitch Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Craig Simmons, Alfonso Thomas, Ashton Turner, Adam Voges, Sam Whiteman (+)

Hobart Squad: George Bailey (c), Tim Paine (+), Travis Birt, Aiden Blizzard, Doug Bollinger, Cameron Boyce, Xavier Doherty, Ben Dunk, Evan Gulbis, Ben Hilfenhaus, Dimi Mascerenhas, Joe Mennie, Jon Wells

Expected Sides (IMO):

Katich Paine (+)
Simmons Dunk
S Marsh Wells
Whiteman (+) Bailey
M Marsh Birt
Voges Gulbis
Coulter-Nile Mascerenhas
Cummins Mennie
Thomas Hilfenhaus
Behrendorff Boyce
Hogg Bollinger

I'm going with the home side here, not by much though

 

[Aussie_boy]

Laughlin is a big loss, Malik not so much but they will miss that bowling option. I would go with Blizzard over Mennie though and rely on overs from Gulbis if not then play Blizzard over Gulbis. Perth will get up I think

 

[TassieEagle]

Laughlin is a huge out. This is the side I would be taking in. Relying on the top 4 to make the vast majority of the runs

Paine
Dunk
Birt
Bailey
Wells
Gulbis
Mascarenhas
Boyce
Hilfenhaus
Doherty
Bollinger

 

[eth-dog]

I was thinking of going the 2 spinners but I remembered that it was in Perth. Who's going to bowl at the death now? Doug and ???

 

[Kram]

On paper this should be a good game, 2 quality sides there.

 

[ioppolo]

Looks like a long tail for the Hurricanes, even by Scorchers standards.

 

[Belnakor]

Classic Shaun Marsh. Whats the bet he is 50% fit, gets out early and can't field. The guy has never heard of putting the team first.

 

[The_Reaper]

Classic Shaun Marsh. Whats the bet he is 50% fit, gets out early and can't field. The guy has never heard of putting the team first.

So Turner is out?

 

[LukasTheGreat]

Classic Shaun Marsh. Whats the bet he is 50% fit, gets out early and can't field. The guy has never heard of putting the team first.

He's still better than most of our team on 1 leg.

 

[Lensen]

women's t20 on one now. holly ferling

 

[Rustin Cohle]

women's t20 on one now. holly ferling

You'd think she was Glenn McGrath with the way these openers are playing her.

 

[Lensen]

You'd think she was Glenn McGrath with the way these openers are playing her.

just seeing off the new ball, if they can get to lunch 0/50 they can go hard in the afternoon session

 

[DardySingh360]

Boring middle overs of a T20

 

[RobbyRoy]

Laughlin out is big. Not only because he is a wicket-taker and a good death bowler, but it creates lineup problems for the Hurricanes. Will Doherty would come in for Malik and bowl some really tight overs, butleaving the batting order even shorter than it was? Then do they bring Gulbis or Mennie in for Laughlin? Gulbis allows them to at least bat to 7 (though a HS of 22 in his 8 T20 innings isn't confidence-inspiring) but his bowling has been poor and he can really leak runs. Mennie would provide a very solid bowling option, but Mascarenhas at 6 doesn't look great.

Personally, I'd probably go with the same as eth_dog. Boyce will be a much more dangerous spin option on the WACA than Doherty and Mennie needs to be in to provide threatening bowling.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Hurricanes for me.

 

[The Speaker]

The Scorchers have to win tonight. There are few better opportunities.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

It's 7.45 AEDT

 

[Doodlesweaver]

So Turner is out?

I hope not. He's useful.

 

[eth-dog]

It's 7.45 AEDT

I meant coverage starts at 7:30 AEDT

 

[Mezz]

Game starts soon and not a hint of rain. See Sydney? This is how you host a BBL03 final

 

[HBF]

Reckon the Scorchers are right up to there necks in this one, despite it being in Perth. If their top 4 can fire, the Scorchers might find it a bit beyond them. Should be a very good game though.

 

[Mezz]

Still to be confirmed, but it looks like SoS is playing for the Scorchers tonight

And congrats to Yassir, Katto and Hoggy for making the All-Star team.

But no Simmo

 

[eth-dog]

Still to be confirmed, but it looks like SoS is playing for the Scorchers tonight

And congrats to Yassir, Katto and Hoggy for making the All-Star team.

But no Simmo

He wasn't better than Dunk, Wright or White this season

 

[Mezz]

He wasn't better than Dunk, Wright or White this season

Was the only player to score a ton.

And he got two of them.

 

[ep2018]

The match will be won and lost on the batting performance of Paine and Bailey IMO

We're ****ed if Bailey plays like he did against England in the third 20/20