BBL Match 53 Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat @ the MCG Sun 16 Jan 1845 ACDT

[NYRB]

The pecking order of catches this summer for me:

Fraser-McGurk > Abbott > Maxwell

 

[hutchy31]

Thank god for Maxwell to make something interesting happen.

This is brutally bad from Brisbane. Hit the ******* ball!!

If Lehmann is completely disinterested in this then he should let someone else coach the team.

 

[Cleavy]

Cashing in vs Daniyal

 

[Aussie_boy]

Thank god for Maxwell to make something interesting happen.

This is brutally bad from Brisbane. Hit the ******* ball!!

If Lehmann is completely disinterested in this then he should let someone else coach the team.

Lehmann isn't the coach, Seccombe is.

 

[Moonwatcher]

BOOM

 

[Moonwatcher]

The pecking order of catches this summer for me:

Fraser-McGurk > Abbott > Maxwell

For how bad the Strikers have been this year they would have secured finals already had it not been for that miracle catch by Fraser McGurk.

 

[Andronicus]

Good catch but commentators are getting carried away a tad

Absolutely.

They made a much bigger deal of it than it was worth. Bit of big show tax added.

 

[Aussie_boy]

Absolutely.

They made a much bigger deal of it than it was worth. Bit of big show tax added.

Brett Lee called it one of the best catches he's seen on a Cricket field... I could think of 10 better catches in the BBL alone

 

[NYRB]

The order of difficulty of catches

Abbott> Fraser-McGurk> Maxwell


Abbott had far less reaction time than all 3

 

[Aussie_boy]

Yeah I'd also go Abbott > JFM > Maxwell

Abbott required a combination of athleticism, reflexes and anticipation that the others didn't

 

[NYRB]

Zampa with 12/1 off 3.0 overs

economical and he also gets the last over of the innings.

 

[NYRB]

Brisbane about 20 runs under par for me on this wicket.

Whats the point of keeping wickets in hand, if you dont play your big shots near the end of the innings? I agree, Brissie too conservative.

 

[Aussie_boy]

Think that's about par, will depend on how quickly Maxwell throws away his wicket.

 

[NYRB]

Symonds reckons that Maxwell catch was the 'best catch in the BBL ever'

 

[Moonwatcher]

Stars with the bonus point and Heat with the win would be ideal for the Strikers I think. I actually worry about both of these sides displacing the Strikers as we shouldn't beat the 6ers.

 

[NYRB]

One thing Brisbane have shown is they have become better at defending scores in the BBL this summer

 

[Gift]

Neser gonna go for heaps

 

[hutchy31]

Just shows how embarrassingly pedestrian the Heat innings was. 150 was never going to be anywhere close to enough with this batting line up at home on the G.

 

[Gift]

Too easy for the Stars. U know they trying instead of trolling when they open with Maxwell/Clarke instead of their usual spuds

 

[Moonwatcher]

Stars are going to get a decent NRR boost.

 

[eddiesmith]

That is ridiculously unlucky

 

[Crashy]

Blame the Brisbane Heat tactics on Darren Lehmann - he is a totally coach.

EFA
Worse than James Hird imo

 

[Moonwatcher]

So Maxwell didn't even make the RRR

 

[NYRB]

EFA
Worse than James Hird imo

Wade Seccombe and Darren Lehmann have to go.

If you dont put the results in this industry you wont last long.

 

[NYRB]

Brenton Speed reckons Cartright might be in calculations for Australian selection again.