BBL Match 22 Sydney Thunder v Hobart Hurricanes 1500hrs @ Lavington Sports Ground

[Gough]

Sydney from, Jason Sangha (c), Ben Cutting, Oliver Davies, Brendan Doggett, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Alex Hales (OS), Baxter Holt, Nathan McAndrew, Blake Nikitaras, Usman Qadir (OS replacement), Alex Ross, Rilee Rossouw (OS), Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner, Sam Whiteman.
Hobart from, Matthew Wade (c), Asif Ali (OS), Faheem Ashraf (OS), Iain Carlisle, Zak Crawley (OS replacement), Tim David, Paddy Dooley, Nathan Ellis, Caleb Jewell, Shadab Khan (OS), Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Jimmy Neesham (OS replacement), Mitch Owen, Tim Paine (replacement), Joel Paris, Wil Parker, D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Chris Tremain, Mac Wright.

 

[gtrxuone]

Good to see more BBL games in the regional areas.Geelong, Canberra,Cairns, Launceston
Have all gone well for the BBL.They have bought a curator down from Sydney to prepare the wicket.Thunder are not happy with the Showgrounds wicket.

 

[NYRB]

Sydney Thunder (Playing XI): Alex Hales, Matthew Gilkes(w), Rilee Rossouw, Oliver Davies, Daniel Sams, Alex Ross, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green(c), Brendan Doggett, Usman Qadir

Hobart Hurricanes (Playing XI): D Arcy Short, Caleb Jewell, Shadab Khan, Matthew Wade(w/c), Tim David, Asif Ali, James Neesham, Joel Paris, Nathan Ellis, Patrick Dooley, Riley Meredith

Hobart Hurricanes have won the toss and have opted to field

 

[juss]

Tipping Canes, sooner or later they have to play to their potential. Short is due.

 

[010203]

Even by his standards, Ian Smith has had a massive Christmas.

 

[NYRB]

Zimbabwe beat England in the 1992 ODI World Cup on this ground in Albury. Flashbacks

 

[Tugga27]

Canes comfortably for me.

Hope Sydney can get up though.

 

[NYRB]

Pretty small ground at Albury:

 

[Rob]

Actually looks like a nice little ground. Decent modern grandstand. Surprised we haven't seen the odd AFL game there outside of pre-season.

 

[Aussie_boy]

This can't be the same Gilkes as the first 4 games of the season.

 

[juss]

Far out Canes need the Gilkes Wicket soon.
maybe this is a monster innings waiting to happen.

 

[ep2018]

Why did the canes choose to bowl? I'd be setting a total with a stacked batting line up like theirs.

 

[juss]

Why did the canes choose to bowl? I'd be setting a total with a stacked batting line up like theirs.

Does seem odd. Seems like a ground you could post 180+ which puts immediate pressure on the chase and not likely to be run down.

 

[Some Idiot]

Tim David is a pretty average fielder

 

[Titch3Votes0MooreAA]

Tim David is a pretty average fielder

Agreed. He certainly doesn’t move in the field like his fellow tall West Australian in Cameron Green.

 

[juss]

Anything less than 200+ from here is a lost opportunity for the Thunder. Canes need to slow this down and get some wickets or they're chasing that and it's game over.

 

[Cleavy]

Actually looks like a nice little ground. Decent modern grandstand.

the ground where the Kiwi teams were playing the Super Smash earlier was nicer still

 

[Cleavy]

Why did the canes choose to bowl? I'd be setting a total with a stacked batting line up like theirs.

wanting to see how the wicket behaved first, rather than setting a target?

 

[Gift]

why bowl Short when he hasnt bowled all year. Course hes gonna get smashed on this tiny ground lol

 

[nobbyiscool]

I played a game on this ground a million yers ago. Looks much nicer now.

Starting to look like at least 200+, so I hope it's a fun chase.

 

[Aussie_boy]

Looked good, probably too high to be overturned though

 

[Plugger35]

the ground where the Kiwi teams were playing the Super Smash earlier was nicer still

New Plymouth, I watched a bit of that as well.

 

[eddiesmith]

Actually looks like a nice little ground. Decent modern grandstand. Surprised we haven't seen the odd AFL game there outside of pre-season.

Only just been finished in last 12 months to get it up to standard.

 

[nobbyiscool]

New Plymouth, I watched a bit of that as well.

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I think you've mistaken this tennis court with a cricket ground?

 

[Aussie_boy]

Ollie Davies has a ton of talent