BBL Game 4 Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers 1845hrs @ Kardinia Park

[LukeParkerno1]

Mrs watches it which means I watch it

My heart goes to you lol

 

[Around the Wicket]

At least 7 put on something interesting, this boat accident has me interested

 

[western royboy]

Pitches in Grade cricket get minimal love or care not sure how it's surprising they often suck Some grounds 60 all outs a good score.

My home decks used to be Coogee, Kensington Oval and Dave Phillips

 

[nobbyiscool]

It's a bit surprising and disappointing to see how many people want to see someone seriously hurt before the game was called off. Were you blokes even watching the game? This was the most obvious unsafe pitch call you could possibly imagine.

 

[cats_09]

Cricket Australia = Clueless ********

Should have transferred it to Marvel and made the announcement early in the week so people could get refunds or make tickets available when they knew that rain was coming Friday and Saturday

Is Marvel ready yet or are they relying on no game until Dec 21 to be ready for the first match?

 

[Milang_Panthers]

Great start to the BBL season

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

hmmm they didn't deem it unsafe until they'd played enough to avoid a refund lol

 

[Around the Wicket]

hmmm they didn't deem it unsafe until they'd played enough to avoid a refund lol

common sense needs to prevail here or I'd riot if I paid

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

De Kock flew in just for this match and has to fly out again

At least he gets a tour of Geelong.

 

[NYRB]

The thing with Sutherlands deliveries were pitching of a similar length:



It was the 5th ball which was the straw that broke the camels back.

 

[Balls In]

Took the crowds money I see

 

[Gavin Excell]

It's a bit surprising and disappointing to see how many people want to see someone seriously hurt before the game was called off. Were you blokes even watching the game? This was the most obvious unsafe pitch call you could possibly imagine.

It wasn't unsafe
It was just very difficult for the batsman to score runs
Abandoning a game is commonplace in cricket but it really should be the last resort rather than the default position

 

[eth-dog]

It wasn't unsafe
It was just very difficult for the batsman to score runs
Abandoning a game is commonplace in cricket but it really should be the last resort rather than the default position

It was unsafe. Right call was made.

 

[Around the Wicket]

The thing with Sutherlands deliveries were pitching of a similar length:



It was the 5th ball which was the straw that broke the camels back.

You'd only get 6 or 7 across the whole game that would spit like that, it just gets dicey if one of those 6 or 7 are at the batsmen

 

[NYRB]

It was unsafe. Right call was made.

The thing about this game is there is more people talking about this abandonment than the game itself- which cant be good for Cricket Australia.

 

[Around the Wicket]

Old mate is right in that tweet, pre 90s there were some dicey pitches and it was always play on.

Since Hughes death it's a different game

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Took the crowds money I see

It's been announced general public ticket holders get a refund.

Club Statement - Geelong | Melbourne Renegades

Melbourne Renegades statement after tonight’s match against Scorchers was abandoned:

www.melbournerenegades.com.au

 

[010203]

The issues seemed to be when bowling from one end of the ground. Shame they couldn't just bowl from one end of the ground.

 

[010203]

I didn't see any really dangerous balls.

It was seaming around and bouncing a bit higher off a good length than normal but it wasn't like batsmen were getting hit in the head

The umpires could have just told the fast bowlers to not bowl any bouncers if they thought it was really that dangerous.

The last ball of the match would have been dangerous if it was straight.

 

[KBLT]

The thing about this game is there is more people talking about this abandonment than the game itself- which cant be good for Cricket Australia.

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Some people will never miss a chance to scream that 'wokeness' is ruining cricket, or that the current generation is 'soft'.

 

[Around the Wicket]

 

[Tugga27]

It wasn't unsafe
It was just very difficult for the batsman to score runs
Abandoning a game is commonplace in cricket but it really should be the last resort rather than the default position

It's happened once in BBL history I think.
Hardly common.

 

[Around the Wicket]

Some people will never miss a chance to scream that 'wokeness' is ruining cricket, or that the current generation is 'soft'.

To be fair there wasn't any nasty deliveries where the batsmen was in danger of getting hurt.

 

[cats_09]

Melbourne Renegades statement after tonight’s match against Scorchers was abandoned:

On Sunday morning, the club was made aware that the GMHBA Stadium pitch sustained some water damage during Saturday’s heavy rain. Kardinia Park Stadium Trust undertook work throughout the day to improve the condition of the wicket and match officials deemed the surface safe to commence play.

Melbourne Renegades General Manager James Rosengarten said:

“Our first thoughts are with our fans - the loyal supporters we have across Geelong and Victoria. We are incredibly disappointed in tonight’s events. We had an important match against the Scorchers and our fans have a right to feel incredibly let down. It should have been a great night of cricket and we will discuss the outcomes of that in the days ahead.”

“The club will ensure that all general public ticket purchasers are refunded”

 

[eddiesmith]

The last ball of the match was dangerous if it was straight.

But it wasn’t, the worst spot on the pitch was just about outside the wide line. It’s not like there were damp patches on a good length that were dangerous.