BBL The Challenger Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers @ the SCG Weds Jan 26 1855 ACDT

[BACCS]

The great irony is Weatherald would have given the Strikers more than Head in this finals series and Carey was absolute balls in their most important game. Nielsen makes that stumping every single time.

Carey was also crucial in winning us the first final, which was also elimination. Not sure Weathers was capable of that innings based on his season to date. Very short memories on here.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Thornton's angled in thigh pad hit me ball to the short boundary was costly

Why wasn't he bowling tram line yorkers?

He bowled a full toss down leg earlier in the over that luckily didn't go for six too

Better question is why Siddle bowled himself out the over earlier when they needed a bucketload. Should have bowled the 19th

 

[magpiemaniac44]

One of the all time great innings from Kerr

 

[Hamez]

Sounds like Henriques will play on Friday but will need to be replaced in the Australian t20 squad

 

[Coasters7]

A batsman can retire any time they want. They really used the rules there. Wides were close things, could have gone either way.

The moral of the story, take your chances and you win comfortably.

If any side was going to do it you’d pick the Sixers. Pull that sort of gamesmanship and then complain about travel. Classic

 

[k31th]

Better question is why Siddle bowled himself out the over earlier when they needed a bucketload. Should have bowled the 19th

Renshaw on the commentary said something like he bowled the 18th because he had the shorter boundary on the batters leg side for the 18th, if he'd bowled the 19th the shorter boundary would be on the off-side, so he bowled the 18th.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Sounds like Henriques will play on Friday but will need to be replaced in the Australian t20 squad

What a shame. Should never have been picked anyway. Almost a good thing. Short or Sangha surely come in

 

[RandB]

He was lucky every ball wasn’t

They were swinging at everything, he did enough not to put it in the slot. That slower ball was out of character with the over.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Inexperience, Thornton and Conway put in a mighty effort to get us this far, but I feel Worrall and Agar would have been better under the circumstances tonight

Worrall is not a white ball bowler and Agar struggled this year

Thought those two have been great, just some execution errors tonight

 

[BACCS]

Too early to pull the plug on Carey as Test keeper, but there's a real sense of inevitability surrounding his ability (or lack thereof) behind the stumps heading into subcontinent tours.

He’s usually quite good to spinners, I thought that was a strength. Not willing to write him off based off one miss.

 

[11kgm]

This is going to be the worst final in histroy

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Renshaw on the commentary said something like he bowled the 18th because he had the shorter boundary on the batters leg side for the 18th, if he'd bowled the 19th the shorter boundary would be on the off-side, so he bowled the 18th.

Surely as the best bowler and bare in mind he’s bowling yorker after yorker, he trusts his skills.

 

[k31th]

I honestly hope more batsmen in T20's will retire themselves when they know their innings is a detriment on the team's efforts.

 

[BACCS]

Worrall is not a white ball bowler and Agar struggled this year

Thought those two have been great, just some execution errors tonight

Worrall was our best bowler last season

 

[Rob]

you should not be able to retire hurt if you go out onto the field to bat with an injury.

ah well, pretty good run to get 3rd overall, and not be belted by perth on friday

Didn't he retire out, not retire hurt?

 

[LukeParkerno1]

This is going to be the worst final in histroy

It’s t20 cricket. Sixers still have a good bowling attack.

Like the Strikers making it would be any better

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Didn't he retire out, not retire hurt?

Correct. Some people are getting the two confused.

 

[BACCS]

Sounds like Henriques will play on Friday but will need to be replaced in the Australian t20 squad

I thought that series was another week or so away?

 

[LukeParkerno1]

They were swinging at everything, he did enough not to put it in the slot. That slower ball was out of character with the over.

If he’s bowling at the death it’s never ending well

 

[SSwans2011]

He’s usually quite good to spinners, I thought that was a strength. Not willing to write him off based off one miss.

I personally thought he'd struggled to spinners from what I've seen of him in international matches, but you've probably seen more of him in FC cricket, so I'll take your word for it.

 

[magpiemaniac44]

What a shame. Should never have been picked anyway. Almost a good thing. Short or Sangha surely come in

Or Cartwright or Sams as a smoky that can bat down the order and clear the boundary from the outset

 

[juss]

I honestly hope more batsmen in T20's will retire themselves when they know their innings is a detriment on the team's efforts.

The Tom Cooper rule.

 

[Hamez]

Didn't he retire out, not retire hurt?

 

[Aussie_boy]

And easy to say now but I would've tried to push a couple of overs out of Travis Head. Siddle ideally bowls over 18 and 20, best death bowler in the team by a fair margin.

 

[The hands of stone]

Strikers bowling and fielding was in general pretty average , that lost them the game.

Clever thinking by the Sixers , probably not the best look for the game but clever non the less .