Fall and Fall of Big Bash

[Saints4ever]

Last round of the season coming up and every team can make the finals.

Really enjoying the evenness of the competition.

Whoever limps into 4th could easily win the competition.

 

[peternorth]

Not sure if I’m a fan of the shiny helmets

 

[Burtonsgottago]

But you bring in all the NZ players as well. Plus, I said more cash for a few more quality internationals.

8 weak teams with little star power + 2 Kiwi teams with their best players absent playing in the ILT20… I like your optimism but it just won’t work

 

[cats_09]

He's not the smartest cricketer going around is he

 

[Drunkcat]

There is no clear delineation between who is a Stars fan and who is a Renegades fan.

The mythical line up the middle doesn’t / hasn’t worked. Allegedly the West of the State is Renegades and the East Stars, but it’s never been pushed.

Playing games at Marvel is a waste -the pitches are usually ordinary and that impacts on the quality of the game

That's why it's Mickey Mouse, i was born a Vic and having 2 vic sides i cannot stick to one side, so i just don't care.

 

[corbies]

Read that strikers need Brisbane and Hobart to share the points to qualify. If heat lose their next 2 and the stars win doesn’t that put the strikers 4th?


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Strikers need to win, Heat to lose and Stars to lose. They also need to stay ahead of Renegades NRR.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Read that strikers need Brisbane and Hobart to share the points to qualify. If heat lose their next 2 and the stars win doesn’t that put the strikers 4th?


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No. That puts the Stars in 4th with 10 points.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

He's not the smartest cricketer going around is he

I would say "to be fair I had to go back and see the video of Curran for the suspension..." Except Davey doubled down on his dumb take even after everyone had posted the videos.

 

[western royboy]

Not sure if I’m a fan of the shiny helmets

Look shite

 

[troybe]

Look shite

They should be matte like some of the NFL teams have like Washington

 

[eddiesmith]

Last round of the season coming up and every team can make the finals.

Really enjoying the evenness of the competition.

Whoever limps into 4th could easily win the competition.

Well 4th is guaranteed a preliminary final appearance so anything can happen from there, but without Duckett the Stars have no hope.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

I'm trying to work out how they fit all of Stoinis, Maxwell & David into the same batting line-up as all have the ability to play the same role - so who is it that moves up the order?

And where would it leave Cartwright as a lower order batsmen?

I wonder if Cartwright would go back to WA in that scenario?

What the stars need is a class opener (which none of those guys are) a decent keeper and some better quicks with siddle retiring.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Well 4th is guaranteed a preliminary final appearance so anything can happen from there, but without Duckett the Stars have no hope.

They can still make it but Maxwell has to go big.

 

[fargothegreat]

Good news on Meredith. Might as well have shut the team down if they couldn't retain the good local player.

Stars paying through the nose for David, you can definitely see them neglecting the rest of their team and doing that as it is their MO.

Great to hold Meredith, but if we lose Owen and David our batting is going to be looking a bit weak. Bringing in Webster helps, but if he's playing tests he'll hardly be available.

 

[Hamingja]

Great to hold Meredith, but if we lose Owen and David our batting is going to be looking a bit weak. Bringing in Webster helps, but if he's playing tests he'll hardly be available.

Should be able to keep Owen by leveraging the state contract with the big bash contract. David is a bit of a worry to me, he has no real attachment to Hobart.

 

[Cleavy]

it's the last 3 games before finals today (2) and tomorrow (1). Ch7 should have negotiated harder to show today's games.

 

[Cleavy]

Foxtel-Kayo are big on making Saturday their thing in Australian sport

fully aware of that, my point still stands.

 

[peternorth]

They should be matte like some of the NFL teams have like Washington

 

[troybe]

Mr Cricket has a cloth helmet. I prefer the cloth helmet over anything else but the ice cream bucket is the most prevalent now and into the future. Look at Ellyse Perry’s lid it’s hanging on by a thread and doesn’t look professional at all.

 

[peternorth]

Mr Cricket has a cloth helmet. I prefer the cloth helmet over anything else but the ice cream bucket is the most prevalent now and into the future. Look at Ellyse Perry’s lid it’s hanging on by a thread and doesn’t look professional at all.

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[Duckimus Prime]

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Compare it that helmet to how green anyone else's is.

Compare it to Beth Mooney's helmet in the video

 

[cats_09]

Compare it that helmet to how green anyone else's is.

Compare it to Beth Mooney's helmet in the video

Pez talking about her helmet

 

[big_e]

We gotta shrink this league.

The numbers for the extra 2 teams were supposed to be filled by internationals. Problem is we don't take this competition seriously enough or invest enough money into it to keep players for the whole season, and we're getting to the end of the season with teams replacing their international part timers with grade cricketers. We've had the Strikers and Renegades doing it today, we had the Hurricanes and Thunder doing it too (although the latter 2 might be defensible because of injuries as well as internationals departing)

Providing more opportunities for players was mentioned by Mike McKenna from CA as being one of the major reasons for having eight teams when the BBL was first announced.

So far this weekend alone we've seen Weibgen, Dixon, Peake and Beardman, aged 18-20, play professional cricket in front of big crowds in important games. They don't get that opportunity if there are fewer teams.

It's not a problem with the BBL, it's one of its best features.

 

[JackOutback]

Yesterday’s games were both thrilling with all the possible permutations.

 

[Hamingja]

Providing more opportunities for players was mentioned by Mike McKenna from CA as being one of the major reasons for having eight teams when the BBL was first announced.

So far this weekend alone we've seen Weibgen, Dixon, Peake and Beardman, aged 18-20, play professional cricket in front of big crowds in important games. They don't get that opportunity if there are fewer teams.

It's not a problem with the BBL, it's one of its best features.

The standard of the cricket in the big bash is absolutely an issue.

The Aus u-19 players would find their way in on talent regardless.

Going back to 6 teams gets rid of Harris, Wakim, Doran, Dan Christian playing at 40 years old, the entire pie throwing Strikers bowling line up, the shit internationals that can't hit the ball off the square etc.

Mitch Owen has been an improver for Hobart but realistically the Hobart team isn't much better than last year, the rest of the competition has just fallen away.