BBL|11 - Derp's Megathread + General Discussions

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I'm fairly sure CA butted heads with broadcasters initially at the start of the pandemic.

Sport, under circumstances that are less than deal, has continued because clubs, boards need their money and broadcasters are less inclined to pay up when there's no sport to show. I've loved watching endless cricket for the last couple of years but there have been times where continuing to play is completely ridiculous.

There was no Wimbledon in 2020 because they had, by some coincidence, taken out pandemic insurance the previous year. Practically no one else had that foresight so it's all trying to fill the coffers again.

Absolutely - CA have spent the last x years being incompetent in this way. Games should have been postponed for two weeks to allow a bubble to form already.
The one issue this brings, though, is overseas players - a squad of 15 is far too small in Covid days, and I doubt overseas players would stay the probable month it'd need to finish the comp. Maybe a signing window for local players or something?

As another (unrelated) note, the BBL actually got away with not having COVID until New Year's Day - the A-League had been devastated by COVID since mid-December, and the Cummins close contact incident showed how easy it was even that early.

 

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Yeah, this is the state of other Aussie sports. It's honestly a shock only two teams have massive outbreaks (and an even bigger shock that the Thunder appear to have contained theirs)

 

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Yeah, this is the state of other Aussie sports. It's honestly a shock only two teams have massive outbreaks (and an even bigger shock that the Thunder appear to have contained theirs)

There's been a lot of postponements in football in the UK over December but our government is comfortable with 220k daily positives.

 

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There's been a lot of postponements in football in the UK over December but our government is comfortable with 220k daily positives.

Given the weakness of Omicron, the restlessness of most of the public, and the fact that the modelling from the first countries to get overwhelmed by Omicron (that suggests infections decrease as fast as they increase after a few weeks), that is kind of understandable. Of course, precautions should be taken as they have been over here (the return of masks nationally and capacity limits in some states)

Anyway, enough with the politics, I have lineups!

Adelaide Strikers: 1 Matt Short 2 Jake Weatherald 3 Matt Renshaw 4 Jon Wells 5 Thomas Kelly 6 Henry Hunt 7 Rashid Khan 8 Harry Nielsen (wk) 9 Harry Conway 10 Wes Agar 11 Peter Siddle (capt)

Hobart Hurricanes: 1 Matthew Wade (capt&wk) 2 Ben McDermott 3 D'Arcy Short 4 Caleb Jewell 5 Peter Handscomb 6 Tim David 7 Mitchell Owen 8 Tom Rogers 9 Wil Parker 10 Riley Meredith 11 Sandeep Lamichhane

Ellis is missing for unknown reasons, as is Fawad for the Strikers (although conditions are ostensible as the reason). Bigger news is why Jordan THompson and Harry Brook are missing: they've spent time around a Covid-positive Hurricane (a replacement player) and are staying away in an abundance of caution. So that's everyone not called the Sixers or Strikers with a positive test. No xfactor tonight due to COVID

 

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I'd like to give a significant amount of props to the Heat fanbase on Instagram for not one of them being a piece of toast.

News about Ellis: he strained his side in training. Unfortunate for him.
WICKET! Wade's lean ruyn continues. Harry Conway induces, I think, the second chop on in three games for him. 1/6

It took 14 balls but there's a boundary. McDermott drills Agar back over his head and clears mid on for a four.

WICKET! The big player is gone! Siddle hits it up into the air and Kelly holds the catch, then goes wild! 2/13

2/33 from six

 

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Short drives Conway straight back down very well! He's beginning to get going a bit.

WICKET! Rubbish running costs Handscomb his wicket. Handscomb comes back for two, Short stays, and there was two there but respect the call of D'Arcy man. 3/48

WICKET! Jewell attempts to work Rashid into the leg side, gets a leading edge and Rashid takes an easy catch. Trouble for Hobart. 4/53
David's had enough of the crap! Takes a short one from Rashid and disposes it into the Adelaide courtyard.

4/65 at ten. Mac Wright is xfactored in for Wil Parker.

 

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David's hitting some cracking shots. Two cover drives to the fence in successive overs. Nice

WICKET! All I need to say: Short, b Short. 5/88

WICKET! A few slow overs, pressure, and the power surge is taken. David needed to fire. Siddle fired one into his pegs. 6/96
6/110 from 16

 

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WICKET! That was a failure of an xfactor. Wright shells it to cover, and thus ends an innings of six from 14. 7/106

Kitty litter is being discussed by the commentators. More interesting than the Canes' batting atm.

Mitch Owen is doing a job! He's minimised the dots and now smokes Agar through the covers for four.

WICKET! Owen drags the first ball of the 20th on. Great game from P-Siddy gets even better. 8/123
WICKET! Another outstanding yorker from Siddle, Rogers misses and leg stump is removed. 9/124
WICKET! Five for Siddle, four bowled! Slower ball this time that Sandeep can do nothing with. 126 all out.
Advantage definitely Strikers, but there's three factors to consider here: 1) it's raining, 2) the pitch is slower than usual for Adelaide, and 3) Adelaide's batting has sucked.

 

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Welllllll...... Henry Hunt is opening with Short! So Dizzy has run out of patience with Weatherald.
Great start there: Tim David falls over Short trying to field one off his own bowling. The commentators panned the choice, but he only conceded three...

Hunt shows why he's so rated! Lovely cut through to the point fence. Then a cover drive the next ball! Third boundary of the over goes to square leg. 15 from Rogers' first over.

Oh dear. David was getting away with another cheap over, until he gave a fullie to Short. That ended up in the mid wicket stand. Two from the other five balls.

Six more! Short picks up one from his hip, a gift from Meredith, and flicks it into the stands!

WICKET! Hunt's impressive start ends. He holes out to Short on the mid-wicket rope off Sandeep. 1/38
Renshaw in at three. Weatherald clearly being held back. 1/40 from 5, and Weatherald's listed at six on the scoreboard!

 

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Six number three for Short! He gets a half-tracker from his name-partner and sends it up into the mid wicket stands. Then does the same over wide long on! 87 metres, that second one.

Oops! Sandeep appealed for far too long for a LBW pitching outside leg that he forgot to field the ball! And a leg bye is pinched.

Strikers 1/80 from 10. I did lose focus, you're right...

 

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Fifty for Matt Short from the final ball of the 11th! Great knock by him.

Short is rolling! Six more over cow corner. Tim David isn't the bowler who'll win this game for the Hurricanes...

WICKET! But David is the fielder to break the partnership! Lamichhane induces a high ball from Renshaw, and the catch is completed. 2/106

WICKET! Not very consequential, but Darcy Short gets a wicket. Wells toe-ends a pull and it goes to Owen at mid wicket. Short's happy, Wells is gone two short of victory and out comes Weatherald. 3/125

Short pulls away Owen to end the game! Strikers win by 7 wickets, and move from last with just the one win to one point out of the playoff points. Hobart were weakened by injury and absences - two of their imports were considered close contacts, while Ellis missed the game with a side strain and - I missed this - Meredith picked one up during the game. Short 72* and Siddle's five wickets stand out. Matt Short is the man of the match.

See you tomorrow for a doubleheader this time! In the late game, Scorchers v Thunder. In the early game, Renegades vs Best Of: QLD Club Cricket.

 

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Alex Hales has returned from isolation.
Now out of 8 team, 7 teams have got covid cases.
Today Sydney Sixers has got 4 cases in there camp (all 4 players).

 

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Alex Hales has returned from isolation.
Now out of 8 team, 7 teams have got covid cases.
Today Sydney Sixers has got 4 cases in there camp (all 4 players).

Melbourne bubble's been officially confirmed. Base camp will be set up there, while chartered flights will be used to still play games in other states.

However, there's a bigger threat to Renegades-Heat game today: Geelong's had an outbreak of rain. More news on the weather soon

 

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Sorry for late, I had to shower.

Melbourne Renegades: 1 Sam Harper (wk) 2 Aaron Finch 3 Shaun Marsh 4 Nic Maddinson (capt) 5 Mackenzie Harvey 6 James Seymour 7 Will Sutherland 8 James Pattinson 9 Kane Richardson 10 Zak Evans 11 Zahir Khan

Brisbane Heat: 1 Jake Lehmann 2 Jack Clayton 3 Fakhar Zaman 4 Sam Heazlett 5 Tom Cooper (capt) 6 Lachlan Pfeffer (wk) 7 Steven McGiffin 8 Will Prestwidge 9 Ronan McDonald 10 David Grant 11 Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Heat off to a genuinely good start. 0/33 from the powerplay. Still four of our best five players to come

 

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Hey Pakistani guys: what the heck were you doing recommending us Fakhar?

I can finally sit down and live blog. 2/42 from 6.4, Zahir looks like the most threatening bowler in competition history right now.