WBBL semi-final 1: Adelaide vs Perth on Sat 7th Dec at 10.10am at Allan Border field

[Toe Poke]

Scorecard:

https://www dot espncricinfo.com/series/18042/game/1188438/adelaide-strikers-women-vs-perth-scorchers-women-1st-semi-final-womens-big-bash-league-2019-20

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...1st-semi-final-womens-big-bash-league-2019-20

Possible teams:

Adelaide possible team:

Devine
Bates (captain)
McGrath
Patterson
Mack
Stafanie Taylor
Wellington
McPharlin (+)
Coyte
O'Neil
Schutt

9 Adelaide players have played all 14 matches.
I am guessing that Englishwoman Winfield will be unavailable, so that opens up a spot for Taylor who played two matches this season.
Price played 13 matches, has not batted, and bowled only 7 overs, taking 0 for 62. She was replaced by O'Neil for the most recent Adelaide Strikers match against Sydney Sixers on 1 December.

In addition to Schutt, Coyte and Wellington, Adelaide also has all-rounders Devine, McGrath and Bates.

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Perth

Perth will lose both Jones and Sciver to English duties. Which makes their batting lineup look even more reliant on Lanning, Bolton and Graham.

Possible team:

Lanning
Bolton
Graham
Redmayne (+)
Piparo
Carmichael
Garth
Barsby
Peschel
Betts
Hempenstall

Apart from Sciver and Jones, 8 players have played 12 or more games for Perth this season.
Betts has played 8 and has been more successful than Cleary who has played 5 and is injured.
In the last match against Hobart, Carmichael and Hempenstall replaced Jones and Sciver.

Bolton and Graham are two of Perth's top six who will provide bowling options in addition to Peschel, Garth, Barsby and Betts.

 

[eth-dog]

Do we really need semi final threads?

 

[Toe Poke]

Do we really need semi final threads?

So long as the Prime Minister has not declared a thread restriction directive, then the answer is yes.

 

[eth-dog]

So long as the Prime Minister has not declared a thread restriction directive, then the answer is yes.

Eh. How many people do you expect to be in here? Why can't it just be part of the wbbl thread?

 

[Toe Poke]

Eh. How many people do you expect to be in here?

3, comprised of the following:

(1) you
(2) me
(3) The woman in the apartment directly above mine who cyberstalks me

 

[k31th]

Scorchers are looking shaky with Meg Lanning out early and without their two star stabilising internationals in Amy Jones and Nat Sciver. You'd expect with the Strikers being able to keep their NZ international players that they'll easily win this match... at 3/23 off 5 overs with Lanning, Piparo and Bolton out, they're leaving this innings to some under-utilized for this season players...

 

[k31th]

The woman in the apartment directly above mine who cyberstalks me

what's her bigfooty username? that'd be hilarious if you know the details? or have I missed some sort of in-joke here...

 

[k31th]

I was expecting Heather Graham to come in before Georgia Redmayne considering how well she played in the previous WBBL... at 3/45 at the halfway point, they're going to have to get a wriggle-on to get a defendable score...

 

[k31th]

Barsby is struggling at 9 off 16... she needs to hit out or get out at that batting pace

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Ugh, losing two of your best players as the finals start?

 

[k31th]

Ugh, losing two of your best players as the finals start?

yeah, same for the Renegades, except it's worse with one of their locals out injured/ill (Molineux). Losing all English international players is fairly detrimental to team balance and performance.

 

[k31th]

Barsby did reasonably well to get to 31 off 37 in the end... Redmayne has hit a purple patch a bit (at 48* off 39) and they've got to 4/111 off 17.4... Heather Graham comes to the crease...

 

[k31th]

well done to Redmayne on getting to 50* off 41.

 

[k31th]

2/14 off her 4 overs for Megan Schutt... An epic performance with the ball.

 

[k31th]

7/126 is the final score... I would expect the Strikers to easily chase this. Redmayne (run out for 51 off 42 shortly after getting her fifty) and Barsby was the only decent partnership.

Sophie Devine was also good with the ball with 2/23 off her 4. Tahlia McGrath was quite economical with 0/19 off her 4.

 

[k31th]

Kim Garth started very well with only 3 off the first over and Teneale Peschel has also started extremely well with 5 dot balls and a run-out on the last ball.... 1/3 off 2 is exactly the sort of start that the Scorchers wanted.

 

[k31th]

Bolton... not the best time to drop a simple catch at long-on... McGrath should have been out on 24 at 1/49 off 9.2 overs.

 

[CakeEater]

Scorchers are done

How do you do you drop that catch

It seems to be an epidemic

 

[k31th]

1/76 after 12 overs and the Strikers need 51 off 48 balls ... McGrath on 34* off 35 and Devine on 37* off 28... just beating the Scorchers into submission.

 

[k31th]

finally the Scorchers get the 2nd wicket with a catch on the boundary by Barsby... McGrath out for 36 off 41.

 

[Moonwatcher]

What was McGrath on when she was dropped.

 

[k31th]

What was McGrath on when she was dropped.

24

 

[Moonwatcher]

Game just evened up a bit.

 

[k31th]

and of course Bolton drops another one... admittedly much harder, but still should have been taken as it was Devine who is really the linchpin for the Strikers.

 

[k31th]

congratulations to Sophie Devine on continuing your brilliant form this season and getting to 50* off 39.