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BBL|11 - Derp's Megathread + General Discussions
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Ye forgot to update that. Haris is the same fit we're already used to with the Stars - he's been with them for the last couple seasons, which I assume you're aware of - and he wouldn't have turned up last night as he's replacing Dre Russ in their squad. As for Shadab, he's a like-for-like swap with offie Ben Manenti, who's out of the season with a thigh injury. I assume he'll split spin duties with Lloyd Pope until SOK returns, and then with him.
Thunder playing XI: Matthew Gilkes, Alex Hales, Jason Sangha, Sam Billings (wk), Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green (c), Saqib Mahmood, Tanveer Sangha.
X-factor subs: Gurinder Sandhu, Oliver Davies.
Scorchers playing XI: Josh Inglis (wk), Kurtis Patterson, Mitch Marsh, Colin Munro, Ashton Turner (c), Laurie Evans, Ashton Agar, Andrew Tye, Matthew Kelly, Jason Behrendorff, Peter Hatzoglou.
X-factor subs: Nick Hobson, Lance Morris.
Thunder unchanged (but Ollie Davies must be fit in good news for them, he's on the bench). Scorchers welcome back Patterson from his respective injury, while resting Tymal Mills for Matt Kelly.
I've also finished my dinner, so I'll be able to livecom all 40 overs!
X-factor subs: Gurinder Sandhu, Oliver Davies.
Scorchers playing XI: Josh Inglis (wk), Kurtis Patterson, Mitch Marsh, Colin Munro, Ashton Turner (c), Laurie Evans, Ashton Agar, Andrew Tye, Matthew Kelly, Jason Behrendorff, Peter Hatzoglou.
X-factor subs: Nick Hobson, Lance Morris.
Thunder unchanged (but Ollie Davies must be fit in good news for them, he's on the bench). Scorchers welcome back Patterson from his respective injury, while resting Tymal Mills for Matt Kelly.
I've also finished my dinner, so I'll be able to livecom all 40 overs!
WICKET! Gilkes plays the first aggressive shot of the match straight to deep mid wicket. Kelly, back in the lineup and back in the wickets 1/5
Took a while, but the Thunder are finally going. A gloved four by Hales from the fourth ball of the third over is followed by a properly well hit six from the last one.
WICKET! Matt Kelly is on fire! He induces an ugly chop-on from Hales with the offcutter. Thunder in trouble, and not for the first time, Kelly's wrecking an innings. 2/23
2/42 from the six over mark.
Took a while, but the Thunder are finally going. A gloved four by Hales from the fourth ball of the third over is followed by a properly well hit six from the last one.
WICKET! Matt Kelly is on fire! He induces an ugly chop-on from Hales with the offcutter. Thunder in trouble, and not for the first time, Kelly's wrecking an innings. 2/23
2/42 from the six over mark.
Risky behaviour from Jason Sangha! He flicks one high into the deep, but Colin Munro can't make the necessary ground to make it a chance. He gets the next one better, pulling it off his head for a four. Then replicates the shot! Great batting now.
Peter Hatzoglou's bowling well. Ties Billings down for two dot balls, then gets Sangha to charge at a yorker that he can only block. Just three from the eighth over.
Billings dispatches a loosener from Marsh. That was a wide full toss and it deserved to go to the cover boundary. Billings sent it there. Then sweeps the next one between (a square) fine leg and square leg! That's bold against the medium-fast of Mitch Marsh.
Awful misfield from Kurtis Patterson. Cuts off a Billings boundary, but then the ball bobbles out of his hand and rolls back onto the rope. 2/83 from the ten overs, and the Scorchers need to break up Sangha and Billings soon. Ideally Billings, who's striking over 150 (Sangha, by contrast, is just 104 despite those two shots in the 7th). On a wicket favouring pace, Lance Morris is subbed in for Hatzoglou.
Peter Hatzoglou's bowling well. Ties Billings down for two dot balls, then gets Sangha to charge at a yorker that he can only block. Just three from the eighth over.
Billings dispatches a loosener from Marsh. That was a wide full toss and it deserved to go to the cover boundary. Billings sent it there. Then sweeps the next one between (a square) fine leg and square leg! That's bold against the medium-fast of Mitch Marsh.
Awful misfield from Kurtis Patterson. Cuts off a Billings boundary, but then the ball bobbles out of his hand and rolls back onto the rope. 2/83 from the ten overs, and the Scorchers need to break up Sangha and Billings soon. Ideally Billings, who's striking over 150 (Sangha, by contrast, is just 104 despite those two shots in the 7th). On a wicket favouring pace, Lance Morris is subbed in for Hatzoglou.
Morris into the attack for the 12th, and he gets greeted by a third ball boundary from Billings! Just picked it up off his pads and flicked it nearly over the rope.
BILLINGS IS HERE TONIGHT! Mitchell Marsh would have surely been the man everyone was tipping to hit one onto the stadium roof. He's the bowler who's suffered that indignity, however, as Billings creams him 98 metres to bring up his fifty.
Another great shot! Billings backs away to Agar and lofts him up and over cover for another six! This one brings up the ton partnership. Shoutout to Sangha for his 42 from 36 so far, he's played an outstanding support role. Of course, the next ball after I praise him, he tries to replicate and nearly gets out...
Power Surge to begin the 15th, and a pair of edged fours to begin! AJ Tye is smarting, Sam Billings is 67.
WICKET! Edge number three by Sam Billings goes to the hands of keeper Inglis. A deserved wicket, but a great innings by Billings too. 3/136
Tye follows three good balls with a moonball! Free hit for Ross - that will help him get in. Free hit is a wide. So onto free hit number two.
OH NO! A second moonball, this time towards Ross' shoulder. This one goes for four, and the Scorchers are surrounding the umpire to plead AJ Tye's case to remain in the game. And it looks like his night at the bowling crease is over. Morris is given the ball with a free hit to bowl. No pressure young man. He does bowl it well though, chalking it into the ground. This young man suddenly probably has two death overs to bowl. 3/147 from 15
BILLINGS IS HERE TONIGHT! Mitchell Marsh would have surely been the man everyone was tipping to hit one onto the stadium roof. He's the bowler who's suffered that indignity, however, as Billings creams him 98 metres to bring up his fifty.
Another great shot! Billings backs away to Agar and lofts him up and over cover for another six! This one brings up the ton partnership. Shoutout to Sangha for his 42 from 36 so far, he's played an outstanding support role. Of course, the next ball after I praise him, he tries to replicate and nearly gets out...
Power Surge to begin the 15th, and a pair of edged fours to begin! AJ Tye is smarting, Sam Billings is 67.
WICKET! Edge number three by Sam Billings goes to the hands of keeper Inglis. A deserved wicket, but a great innings by Billings too. 3/136
Tye follows three good balls with a moonball! Free hit for Ross - that will help him get in. Free hit is a wide. So onto free hit number two.
OH NO! A second moonball, this time towards Ross' shoulder. This one goes for four, and the Scorchers are surrounding the umpire to plead AJ Tye's case to remain in the game. And it looks like his night at the bowling crease is over. Morris is given the ball with a free hit to bowl. No pressure young man. He does bowl it well though, chalking it into the ground. This young man suddenly probably has two death overs to bowl. 3/147 from 15
WICKET! Mitch Marsh is drafted in for the second Surge over, likely to save Matt Kelly to fill AJ Tye's role, and he goes directly through Alex Ross. 4/147. Fun fact: Alex Ross faced six deliveries, more than the amount of legal deliveries between the wicket of Billings and his own dismissal.
WICKET! Marginal LBW for Sams. I missed a six the ball before because I was using some... facilities, but he's been and gone 5/158
Behrendorff is back to bowl his final over which I suspect would not have happened if Tye was still available. Sangha greets him by flicking him to the rope, bringing up his fifty.
WICKET! Cutting holes out. Just a bit of a stutter here from the Thunder, 200 is still on but Sangha needs to up his strike rate for that 6/177
WICKET! Kelly has been outstanding again tonight. Here, he yorks McAndrew. 7/185
Big final over brings them to 200! And it's not courtesy of Sangha, but of Chris Green! Two boundaries and two twos bring an expensive night for Mitch Marsh to 2/50 and the score to 7/200 from 20. Amusingly, this may be below par, as Munro reckoned 215 was a good score. Let's see if they can win.
WICKET! Marginal LBW for Sams. I missed a six the ball before because I was using some... facilities, but he's been and gone 5/158
Behrendorff is back to bowl his final over which I suspect would not have happened if Tye was still available. Sangha greets him by flicking him to the rope, bringing up his fifty.
WICKET! Cutting holes out. Just a bit of a stutter here from the Thunder, 200 is still on but Sangha needs to up his strike rate for that 6/177
WICKET! Kelly has been outstanding again tonight. Here, he yorks McAndrew. 7/185
Big final over brings them to 200! And it's not courtesy of Sangha, but of Chris Green! Two boundaries and two twos bring an expensive night for Mitch Marsh to 2/50 and the score to 7/200 from 20. Amusingly, this may be below par, as Munro reckoned 215 was a good score. Let's see if they can win.
Here we go on the chase.
WICKET! Inglis goes straight away! Saqib Mahmood's been on fire in this BBL and he produces straight away. Swings one back through the gate and gets rid of Inglis' bails. 1/1
PETTERSON CANES IT! Mahmood bounces the leftie who pulls him 85 metres into the crowd. Nice shot.
WICKET! The Thunder have put the pressure on the Scorchers, and it draws the huge wicket of Marsh! He holes out directly to Gilkes at deep square leg, and despite being a wicketkeeper and on the boundary, he doesn't drop it. McAndrew, who I once thought was Australia's luckiest cricketer, has the big prize 2/16
WICKET! Patterson whacks it straight to mid off. Big test for Perth's middle order, and Nathan McAndrew somehow has 2/2 from his first over. 3/17
Chance! Looks like Turner's been stumped. He runs down, misses, and... just gets his foot back! Turns out Sam Billings was a bit over excited.
3/22 from five. Not a good start
WICKET! Inglis goes straight away! Saqib Mahmood's been on fire in this BBL and he produces straight away. Swings one back through the gate and gets rid of Inglis' bails. 1/1
PETTERSON CANES IT! Mahmood bounces the leftie who pulls him 85 metres into the crowd. Nice shot.
WICKET! The Thunder have put the pressure on the Scorchers, and it draws the huge wicket of Marsh! He holes out directly to Gilkes at deep square leg, and despite being a wicketkeeper and on the boundary, he doesn't drop it. McAndrew, who I once thought was Australia's luckiest cricketer, has the big prize 2/16
WICKET! Patterson whacks it straight to mid off. Big test for Perth's middle order, and Nathan McAndrew somehow has 2/2 from his first over. 3/17
Chance! Looks like Turner's been stumped. He runs down, misses, and... just gets his foot back! Turns out Sam Billings was a bit over excited.
3/22 from five. Not a good start
Sangha produces a half volley that is removed with some aplomb by Turner! Six runs over mid wicket.
WICKET! McAndrew finds something in the pitch with a slower ball! This one stays much lower than reasonable and cleans up Turner. Unlucky for Perth's captain - he can't be reasonably expected to see that coming - but Perth in a tricky spot at 4/44
As if it couldn't get worse, Laurie Evans ramps a ball into his face. Luckily it was Chris Green bowling and not Saqib Mahmood.
Evans flicks Sams into the crowd! Thunder win the Boost regardless, but a much needed six for Perth's chances at the overall points. 4/77 at the halfway
WICKET! McAndrew finds something in the pitch with a slower ball! This one stays much lower than reasonable and cleans up Turner. Unlucky for Perth's captain - he can't be reasonably expected to see that coming - but Perth in a tricky spot at 4/44
As if it couldn't get worse, Laurie Evans ramps a ball into his face. Luckily it was Chris Green bowling and not Saqib Mahmood.
I think the plan was for Inglis to hit himself into form with only two men out. This has not happened.
Evans flicks Sams into the crowd! Thunder win the Boost regardless, but a much needed six for Perth's chances at the overall points. 4/77 at the halfway
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How long will i have to wait to see a Pakistani player feature 
WICKET! The Surge produces for the Thunder! Evans tries to go big against Saqib straight away and picks the man at Cow Corner. It's McAndrew, of course. 5/87
WICKET! Another spectacular chop on. This one from Ash Agar was a relatively normal one in terms of method, but the style was turned on by it being a wide and short one from Sams. Not seen too many chopons from the wide line, 6/97
Interesting shot from Munro. He set up for the reverse, wasn't prepared for Sangha to follow him and bowl it outside leg, and just bunts it into leg... or should that be off? Big appeal from the next ball for Tye being caught behind is turned down. He definitely hit it. Billings thinks so, Ross on the mic thinks so, and so do the commentators.
Billings is actually a COVID contact. Luckily it was only a casual exposure, if it was deemed close contact we'd be seeing Ollie Davies at four instead and this match might be quite different.
6/120 from 15. Miracle needed from here for Perth
Don't expect a wait for much longer. Shadab and Haris are both all but certain to start their next games.How long will i have to wait to see a Pakistani player feature
WICKET! Another spectacular chop on. This one from Ash Agar was a relatively normal one in terms of method, but the style was turned on by it being a wide and short one from Sams. Not seen too many chopons from the wide line, 6/97
Interesting shot from Munro. He set up for the reverse, wasn't prepared for Sangha to follow him and bowl it outside leg, and just bunts it into leg... or should that be off? Big appeal from the next ball for Tye being caught behind is turned down. He definitely hit it. Billings thinks so, Ross on the mic thinks so, and so do the commentators.
Billings is actually a COVID contact. Luckily it was only a casual exposure, if it was deemed close contact we'd be seeing Ollie Davies at four instead and this match might be quite different.
6/120 from 15. Miracle needed from here for Perth
Sixer for Tye! He's come back from the fracas earlier with a bit of vigor and, after three straight batted boundaries, just clears the midwicket fence!
He gets another one the next legal ball! This one is straighter and longer, into the crowd!
And we have another AJ Tye six! This time, though, the victim isn't the relatively pedestrian McAndrew, but the threatening Saqib Mahmood! Nice shot.
WICKET! Tye's strength is not hitting sixes over cover. Picks the man out there. Green ends a very fun innings at 44. 7/152
WICKET! The Keeper In The Outfield has another negative twist. Gilkes fails to correctly call for a catch, and collides with Sangha's ankles. The infielder still manages to take the catch, and kelly is gone 8/155
And Perth's winning streak is over. 8/164 means they fall short by 36 runs. The Thunder win this off the back of one big partnership and some late hitting from a spinner taking the total over 200... geez, I saw this last night too! But not good enough tonight from the Scorchers' top order. No time to panic yet, as everyone does fail (Marnus this test
but they won't want it to be a habit. Thunder will be very pleased with this win against a top of the table team.
Two games tomorrow, but Heat-Sixers is untelevised, so I'll see you for the Renegades vs Hurricanes clash!
He gets another one the next legal ball! This one is straighter and longer, into the crowd!
And we have another AJ Tye six! This time, though, the victim isn't the relatively pedestrian McAndrew, but the threatening Saqib Mahmood! Nice shot.
WICKET! Tye's strength is not hitting sixes over cover. Picks the man out there. Green ends a very fun innings at 44. 7/152
WICKET! The Keeper In The Outfield has another negative twist. Gilkes fails to correctly call for a catch, and collides with Sangha's ankles. The infielder still manages to take the catch, and kelly is gone 8/155
And Perth's winning streak is over. 8/164 means they fall short by 36 runs. The Thunder win this off the back of one big partnership and some late hitting from a spinner taking the total over 200... geez, I saw this last night too! But not good enough tonight from the Scorchers' top order. No time to panic yet, as everyone does fail (Marnus this test
but they won't want it to be a habit. Thunder will be very pleased with this win against a top of the table team.Two games tomorrow, but Heat-Sixers is untelevised, so I'll see you for the Renegades vs Hurricanes clash!
The Heat are actually going to cause me to have a mental breakdown. Anywayyyyyyy......
Melbourne Renegades: 1 Sam Harper 2 Aaron Finch 3 Nic Maddinson (capt) 4 Mackenzie Harvey 5 Jake Fraser Mcgurk 6 Mohammad Nabi 7 Jack Prestwidge 8 James Pattinson 9 Kane Richardson 10 Reece Topley 11 Zahir Khan
X Factors: Jono Merlo, Will Sutherland
Hobart Hurricanes: 1 Matthew Wade (capt) 2 Ben McDermott 3 D'Arcy Short 4 Harry Brook 5 Pete Handsomb 6 Tim David 7 Jordan Thompson 8 Nathan Ellis 9 Tom Rogers 10 Riley Meredith 11 Sandeep Lamichhane
X Factors: Caleb Jewell, Josh Kann
So Prestwidge in for Sutherland for Melbourne, and an unchanged team for Hobart. Actually wait- Peter Handsomb is new...
Melbourne Renegades: 1 Sam Harper 2 Aaron Finch 3 Nic Maddinson (capt) 4 Mackenzie Harvey 5 Jake Fraser Mcgurk 6 Mohammad Nabi 7 Jack Prestwidge 8 James Pattinson 9 Kane Richardson 10 Reece Topley 11 Zahir Khan
X Factors: Jono Merlo, Will Sutherland
Hobart Hurricanes: 1 Matthew Wade (capt) 2 Ben McDermott 3 D'Arcy Short 4 Harry Brook 5 Pete Handsomb 6 Tim David 7 Jordan Thompson 8 Nathan Ellis 9 Tom Rogers 10 Riley Meredith 11 Sandeep Lamichhane
X Factors: Caleb Jewell, Josh Kann
So Prestwidge in for Sutherland for Melbourne, and an unchanged team for Hobart. Actually wait- Peter Handsomb is new...
WICKET! The Renegades are up and about immediately! Wade pulls Topley's third ball directly to Fraser-McGurk at square leg. Takes a great catch, not as good as that one but still great. Big wicket 1/0
My TV has bifurcated Nabi, McDermott and Harper. Oh dear.
The commentators just talked about there being too many balls just pushed around. McDermott is clearly listening. He drives Richardson back over his head for a one-bounc four.
WICKET! Topley's on fire, but Short isn't. Hits one straight up and easily caught by Harper. Topley has two for one from eight balls, 2/17
2/25 from five.
My TV has bifurcated Nabi, McDermott and Harper. Oh dear.
The commentators just talked about there being too many balls just pushed around. McDermott is clearly listening. He drives Richardson back over his head for a one-bounc four.
WICKET! Topley's on fire, but Short isn't. Hits one straight up and easily caught by Harper. Topley has two for one from eight balls, 2/17
2/25 from five.
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