BBL|05 Match 31 - Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars (6:15 local; The Furnace)

[Torz]

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Perth Scorchers 13-man Squad:

Adam Voges (c), Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Travis Birt, Michael Carberry, Matt Dixon, Marcus Harris, Brad Hogg, Michael Klinger, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, David Willey.

In: Travis Birt
Out: Jason Behrendorff

Melbourne Stars 13-man Squad:

David Hussey (c), Michael Beer, Jackson Coleman, Seb Gotch, Evan Gulbis, Peter Handscomb, Ben Hilfenhaus, Kevin Pietersen, Rob Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Dan Worrall, Luke Wright, Adam Zampa

Unchanged

 

[rippersnipper]

Scorchers should win easily

 

[ioppolo]

Stars need to win by 38 runs or inside 15 overs.

 

[ep2018]

Scorchers should win easily

Maybe if we had the dorff

 

[rippersnipper]

Maybe if we had the dorff

We are without 4 mainstays, you should still do it comfortably

 

[The_Reaper]

We are without 4 mainstays, you should still do it comfortably

We're without 5- Marsh bros, Coulter-Nile, Whiteman and the Dorff

 

[ioppolo]

We're without 5- Marsh bros, Coulter-Nile, Whiteman and the Dorff

We haven't had Coults, Mitch or Whiteman all comp

 

[The_Reaper]

We haven't had Coults, Mitch or Whiteman all comp

Still major absences.

 

[2006_Eagles]

Carbs to top score

 

[bombersfan4000]

Old Travis birt is still going around, haven't heard his name in a while

 

[King_Steele]

Huge game.

Go Stars!

 

[JC Hawks]

We're without 5- Marsh bros, Coulter-Nile, Whiteman and the Dorff

Clutching at straws with Whiteman. Average of 18 in T20's with only 2 fifties, Bancroft has done far better than he would have.

Anyway both teams are missing players. Hastings, Boland, Maxwell and Faulkner for the Stars and SMarsh, MMarsh, NCN and Dorff. Probably evenly matched with the missing players, maybe Scorchers missing more so it'll come down to the depth in the squads.

 

[The_Reaper]

Clutching at straws with Whiteman. Average of 18 in T20's with only 2 fifties, Bancroft has done far better than he would have.

Anyway both teams are missing players. Hastings, Boland, Maxwell and Faulkner for the Stars and SMarsh, MMarsh, NCN and Dorff. Probably evenly matched with the missing players, maybe Scorchers missing more so it'll come down to the depth in the squads.

Keeping isn't important?

 

[JC Hawks]

Keeping isn't important?

Not really in T/20's no. The ones Bancroft has needed to catch he's caught. The ball rarely actually goes to the keeper in T/20's, hence why Handscomb can get away with keeping in T/20's without being noticed all that much. Whiteman isn't even that good a keeper, remember him fluffing it up numerous times last season.

 

[JC Hawks]

Melbourne Stars Predicted XI
1. Luke Wright
2. Bob Quiney
3. Kevin Pietersen
4. Peter Handscomb
5. David Hussey
6. Marcus Stoinis
7. Evan Gulbis
8. Adam Zampa
9. Ben Hilfenhaus
10. Daniel Worrall
11. Michael Beer

12. Seb Gotch
13. Jackson Coleman

I think I'd rather playing Gotch as opposed to Worrall and get the 5th bowling option out of Stoinis and Wright. Stoinis gets underbowled in T/20's.

Putting Stoinis down the order as he's gotten far too predictable up there. He gets bogged down and then attempts a big shot over the infield only to be caught on the edge of the circle.

 

[JC Hawks]

Perth Scorchers Predicted XI
1. Michael Klinger
2. Marcus Harris
3. Adam Voges
4. Michael Carberry
5. Cameron Bancroft
6. Ashton Agar
7. David Willey
8. Ashton Turner
9. Andrew Tye
10. Matt Dixon
11. Brad Hogg

12. Jhye Richardson
13. Travis Birt

 

[The_Reaper]

Birt should play ahead of Harris but he won't

 

[HBF]

Cannot see how the Stars win this, although no SMarsh will help.
Just need an all round better effort after our terrible showing on Thursday night.

 

[JackOutback]

Both teams look stretched.

 

[toxic]

Cannot see how the Stars win this, although no SMarsh will help.
Just need an all round better effort after our terrible showing on Thursday night.

Bat 1st and make a 180+

 

[ioppolo]

Birt in plz

 

[eddiesmith]

Melbourne Stars Predicted XI
1. Luke Wright
2. Bob Quiney
3. Kevin Pietersen
4. Peter Handscomb
5. David Hussey
6. Marcus Stoinis
7. Evan Gulbis
8. Adam Zampa
9. Ben Hilfenhaus
10. Daniel Worrall
11. Michael Beer

12. Seb Gotch
13. Jackson Coleman

I think I'd rather playing Gotch as opposed to Worrall and get the 5th bowling option out of Stoinis and Wright. Stoinis gets underbowled in T/20's.

Putting Stoinis down the order as he's gotten far too predictable up there. He gets bogged down and then attempts a big shot over the infield only to be caught on the edge of the circle.

Pretty sure Wright is injured and cannot bowl

Stars season has been decimated by Australia, our entire first choice bowling attack on ODI duties, would be a miracle to win here but I'm sure the usual suspects will call it a choke to miss the final from 4th again...

 

[The_Reaper]

Pretty sure Wright is injured and cannot bowl

Stars season has been decimated by Australia, our entire first choice bowling attack on ODI duties, would be a miracle to win here but I'm sure the usual suspects will call it a choke to miss the final from 4th again...

Hastings, Boland, Faulkner and Maxwell v Behrendorff, Coulter-Nile, Paris and Marsh

Both first choice attacks are pretty depleted so neither side can use that excuse unless/when we run into Adelaide as one of us will.

 

[Torz]

@StarsBBL XI: Wright, Stoinis, Pietersen, Handscomb, Hussey, Gulbis, Quiney, Zampa, Worrall, Hilfenhaus, Beer

@ScorchersBBL XI: Klinger, Carberry, Voges, Bancroft, Agar, Turner, Willey, Richardson, Tye, Hogg, Dixon

 

[eddiesmith]

Scorchers have won the toss and are bowling