BBL|11 - Derp's Megathread + General Discussions

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Harvey sweeps away for four! Nice shot. But really, more than ten from the over was necessary with two left handers and a leggie.

While I was eating dinner, WICKET! Seymour sliced it directly to mid on. 4/ican'trememberthiswastwooversago

WICKET! Faser-McGurk plumb lbw to a Guthrie yorker. With his figures now 1/7 from 3.2 overs, that was deserved 5/126
Guthrie finishes with 1/10 from his four. Incredible spell from the 21yo.

Bartlett to finish, though, is a concern. Sutherland shows why by donating $500 to a cricket club over deep backward square.
WICKET! Maybe the tallest ball of this summer! Massive top edge from the man who should be nicknamed "The Rig", Will Sutherland, and it's up for nearly ten seconds. Unlike some other high balls recently, Heazlett makes no mistake. 6/137 and they didn't cross!

They finish at 6/140. Maybe under par, but who knows if 40 or 240 is par given the Heat's tendencies...

 

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Maddinson to open the bowling. He's also the captain. Wonder who called that?

Just four from it, and that's the same amount Sutherland concedes from his first ball. Drifts onto Lynn's legs who flicks it away. Then he runs at Sutherland and swats him over cover! Two bounces and the third is into the fence. Replicates wider on the next ball! Four more!
SIX FROM THE NEXT BALL! He pitches up in the slot, and Lynn lazily hits it over mid wicket! Just clears the man, but six either way. 21 from it, that's cleared a lot of the Bartlett debt.

They've tried to bring on Zahir to deal with the Lynn issue. He scratches for a single, then Bryant decides just to bash him over mid off for a boundary!

Topley joins the ranks of the smacked! A length ball is pummelled to the fence through cover. Doesn't get the next one but it falls safe. After a bye, a hook then goes to the fence.

WICKET! It goes straight through Lynn! To be honest, hitting Zahir wasn't his strength, and more importantly he's got the required run rate under one a ball.
Duckett gets back though! He sees that there's no fielder at mid wicket for some reason, so he just sweeps out there. Then flicks into that space for a single. Smart batting. 1/54 from 5.

 

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More ordinary fielding from the Renegades! A shot through point from Bryant slides under Prestwidge on the fence and for four. That's a key difference - energy and execution in the field. The Heat win the boost point after just 32 deliveries. That's how far ahead Lynn has put them.
Duckett survives a probable dismissal! Looks like he top edged a hook but no appeal from keeper or bowler. Makes up for it by hooking Richardson away for four from the final ball of the sixth.

Chance missed! Bryant glances the ball right into the ground and then Harper's glove and lazily sets off for a run. Harper just misses the stumps, and an overthrow is produced. Should have been out though.
WICKET! Bryant goes this time though! He gets Nabi very cleanly, but picks Richardson in the outfield! 2/65

WICKET! Zahir with his second! And a rubbish decision. Duckett given out LBW by one that's surely sliding down leg. The Heat still have a good equation but they need to stabilise, 3/67

Heazlett gets revenge on the Renegades spinners! He rocks back and deposits Nabi over cow corner for six. Run rate required back under 5.5, and the pressure created by Duckett's shocker is back off a bit. Especially with only one Zahir over left.

Direct hit! Abell gets back in time, after being sent back halfway down, but they get an overthrow as the ball cannons away off the stumps! 3/84 from the 10

 

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WICKET! After a quiet couple of overs, Abell top edges a big shot! Khan at fine leg nearly makes a meal of it but he just holds on. Prestwidge, remarkably the fifth mullet used by the Renegades this year, gets his first scalp of the competition, Heat 4/92 and would be in trouble if not for being so far ahead of the RRR.
HEAZLETT! That was living dangerously. Nearly replicates the dismissal of Abell the very next ball, but it goes over the fence and takes RRR down to just 5.2. With a two dropping it even further, that over may actually be a net win for the Heat.

WICKET! Peirson is squared up well by the best Renegades paceman, Richardson, and that produces an edge that carries to Harvey at what is essentially a slightly deeper gully. 5/107. Heazlett, who has played riskily recently, needs to pull his head in now.

DROPPED! That gave the Heat fan behind the keyboard a heart attack! Bazley took on Nabi and lost, hit it straight up... and the ball spilled out of Maddinson's hands after he initially completed the catch! Huge life. 5/115 from 15, just 26 needed from 30.

 

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Heazlett canes Richardson over mid wicket for a hard and flat six! The RRR is down to four. Finally, I can breathe?
Yep. Three balls later a silky cover drive takes even more pressure off. Renegades ruing taking the fourth Zahir over when they did (especially with it being wicketless).

A bit of an edge but it works! Bazley put his back in taking Topley back over his head, and it wasn't great but it got the job done by clearing the infield.
STRENGTH! If the last one was muscled, that one was pulverised! Into the second tier over long on by Bazley. 89 metres! And a bye ends the game. The Heat are off the mark, with all four points today, and the Renegades are sighted in their natural habitat again - that is, last. What a tire fire that club is. Good performances from Lynn, Heazlett (even if streakily) and the bowling attack apart from Bartlett. Harvey did play well, so did Zahir, but the rest of the Renegades couldn't get going.

Today's Three Stars have been chosen with help from my father, aka @CagentSquid05 (why isn't this tagging)!
James Bazley - 3/28, 17* (12)
Zahir Khan - 2/27 (who is now the leader of the MVP standings, taking over from Moises Henriques)
Chris Lynn - 32 (15)
sorry to Heazlett, Harvey and Guthrie who were the other three I was thinking of

 

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Welcome to the game! Today, the Hurricanes (fresh off 93 from 44 by Matt Wade) meet the Scorchers (fresh of 114 from 73 by Colin Munro). Which big hitter will win?

Scorchers XI: 1 Colin Munro, 2 Kurtis Patterson, 3 Mitchell Marsh, 4 Josh Inglis (wk), 5 Ashton Turner (capt), 6 Laurie Evans, 7 Ashton Agar, 8 Andrew Tye, 9 Jason Behrendorff, 10 Peter Hatzoglou, 11 Tymal Mills.

Scorchers are bringing the heat with some of their additions back into the XI tonight. Marsh, Inglis, Mills beef up a lineup coming off a century by Colin Munro.

Hurricanes XI: 1 Matthew Wade, 2 D'Arcy Short, 3 Ben McDermott, 4 Harry Brook, 5 Caleb Jewell, 6 Peter Handscomb, 7 Tim David, 8 Nathan Ellis, 9 Joel Paris, 10 Scott Boland, 11 Sandeep Lamichhane.

Hurricanes also make three swaps as McDermott, Brook and Boland all enter into the XI for this match.

Also of note: AJ Tye is two wickets away from 100 wickets! He'd join just three other players, including Kane Richardson who has already reached it this year. Also, Dan Christian in comms... Should be a fun night.

 

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A fifty for Matt Wade will get him to 2000 runs too. Would be the ninth player there. One of those ahead is D'Arcy Short, who Wade is thankful that he doesn't have the personality to remind him at every opportunity. DC on commentary is roasted by Handscomb, who says that he's surprised he's not on the golf course as that's what he does with all his spare time.

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Welcome to the game! Today, the Hurricanes (fresh off 93 from 44 by Matt Wade) meet the Scorchers (fresh of 114 from 73 by Colin Munro). Which big hitter will win?

Not the one out for a duck after leading edging a clip straight to mid on. Front foot is only just ok! 1/3

Four and six for Marsh! Great first two balls of the BBL for him, and a terrible first two for Boland!

One down the leg side that is easily put away by Patterson! But more concerningly, Paris pulls up badly after the ball! Doesn't look like a leg injury, maybe a groin strain? Actually, looking at his prior ball, it may be an adductor strain. Concerning for the Canes who now have to either a) bowl 6.2 overs of David and Short or b) x-factor out Caleb Jewell for Tommy Rogers.

WICKET! The Cane Train still have some fit pacers, and one of those gets rid of Patterson! Ellis gets him to chip to McDermott at mid on. Almost a replica of Munro's dismissal, but less high. 2/33

2/40 from 5

 

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WICKET! Powerful sweep by Inglis, hard and flat, but also straight to Jewell at deep square. 3/40

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Paris is done for the day, by the way. Left adductor muscle issue. Puts pressure on Short and David to fill two extra overs.

WICKET! Two balls before the break, they couldn't afford that! Turner goes inside out over cover and slices it deep to the man on the fence. Just as they were looking for a Power Surge (which would likely have meant that Short or Sandeep would have bowled a death over), a Heat-esque piece of batting 4/74

4/75 at drinks. Match in the balance

 

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Power Surge taken after the (quiet) 11th over. Here we go. Ellis boldly goes with two deep on the off side. Evans lofts him over his head for four. Next ball exactly splits the two fielders at deep covcer and deep point! Oh dear.

Oh dear! After a great start to his over, Sandeep drags one so far down the leg side Wade can't stop it! Evans then replicates his shot through the covers from last over to let the Power Surge score for 22 from the two overs.

Marsh hammers one dropped short by Boland. Into Evans' butt. Yikes. Evans is okay, luckily.

4/118 from 15. Looks like Matt Wade will have every opportunity to get that 50 he needs

 

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Good shot from Evans who puts Boland onto the roof of the dugout over square leg. But there is a problem: with Boland bowling now, the part timers must take the 19th!

WICKET! But that's less of an issue with Nathan Ellis bowling the 18th and 20th! Evans slices it straight to short third! Concerningly, Ellis falls in his follow through and looks a tad sore. If it's something serious, then welcome to Tim David Bowls A 20th Over and also welcome to Mitch Marsh Century. But for now, 5/141

Short bowls the 19th, and Marsh only just clears the fence! Got a quarter of the bat too, and went 85 metres. Has words with Short too.
WICKET??? Huge fullie from Short, and Agar smacks it straight down the throat of deep mid wicket. But is it a no ball? Empirical evidence would suggest yes, but no call yet... and it's called! Free hit to be bowled to Marsh! Could we see a ball end up at the South Pole? Again, he didn't quite get it! Went well up, and only just clears Ellis at deep mid wicket. But it's enough for six, and as a free hit... then takes Short over cover for four, and drops him for six more! 25 from the over, ruining what were good figures for Short until then, and Marsh could have a run at a ton if Agar gets off strike early next over!

Single from the first of the twentieth! There we go. Marsh on strike. Nine needed from five. They scamper home for two! Good running. 7 from 4.
Flicked high! And over into the hill! Marsh to 99! He can take a single now. The two Scorchers fans in the crowd are delirious, as is the one Canes fan who got to throw the ball back in. And a single from the penultimate ball brings up MITCHELL MARSH'S FIRST BBL HUNDRED! What a knock. Absolutely made by him exploiting the weakness in the Canes attack that was Short in the 19th. Decent job by him of replacing the man who made a century last game, Colin Munro, after he got a duck.

5/182 from 20. Advantage Scorchers, although given that the Canes made 215 in their last innings, it's far from a certain conclusion.

 

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Here we go. Short and Wade. Behrendorff is immediately dispacthed over
WICKET! Huge blow early! Wade does technically win the battle vs Munro through that one four, but he then hits one straight up in the air and Kurtis Patterson makes a fairly easy high ball look tricky. No 2000 for him, 1/5

WICKET! Jewell gone too! Tymal Mills is mainly in my memory as the worst import in Heat history. This time, though, he yorks Jewell and only his foot saves his middle stump. Easiest decision of the ump's career 2/7

Just 15 runs from the powerplay. But four more from Behrendorff's third helps! Katterson lets a McDermott pull slide underneath him. 21 dots in the first five overs, it's 2/20!

 

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HUGE moonball by Tye! It nearly clears Short's head, and almost carries to the keeper. Obvious free hit. But a good yorker gets him out of the puzzle. McDermott makes up for it by plonking Tye onto the hill from the final ball! A young gentleman isn't paying attention and gets sconed. Oops. Please keep your eye on the ball if you're at the cricket, dear readers.

SHORT! He hammers Hatzoglou not just onto the hill but easily 20 or 30 metres clear of it! If you have a house near Blundstone Arena, please check your windows and roof! 102 metres. What a shot. Repeats from the final ball of the over and while it's much shorter, it's still six. 21 needed from 12 for the bash boost.

DROPPED! Don't do that! Patterson, who took a great one earlier to remove Wade, drops a soda from McDermott. They get two, and the next ball is dispatched into the hill crowd by McDermott. A young boy holds it! Better effort up there.

Middles it! McDermott absolutely picks up a shorter one from Mills and parks it 100m back in the Ricky Ponting stand. From the other end it would have been another danger to local glassware. Hammers the next one through the covers to get the Bash Boost point.
WICKET! Great bowling from the international! Bowls a thunderbolt that cuts McDermott in half. He gets an inside edge and is on his way. Good innings and a good ball was needed to end it. 3/78 at the ten. The Cane Train has got moving but is it too late, and can they keep going with McDermott gone?

 

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WICKET? Big appeal for stumping, and it's quite unconventional! It comes off Brook's pads and Inglis gathers from the side and whips off the bails... with Brook well short! His debut ends for one. 4/81 (the TV ticker accidentally transcribed a six as a four so it's throwing me here, thanks to Cricinfo for getitng it right)
wait is it 4/79? Cricinfo has suddenly changed. IDK what's happening here...

WICKET! What a ctach by Colin Munro! While talking live on TV, he gets a tracer bullet sent at him by Pete Handscomb and takes a great catch at short cover! Trouble for Hobart at 5/82.

WICKET! Oh dear, this may be game. Short picks Marsh out on the fence! Agar with the wicket, this feels like the Renegades v Strikers game a few nights ago 6/86

Power surge taken while there's still competent batsmen here.
WICKET! And no more. Ellis bowled not really offering a shot. Great performance from Mills tonight, picks up a third. 7/88

David's the key to this chase (even if the win probability is 0.4%) and he gets Tye away for six onto the hill! Good shot. Still needs 83 from 33. Canes the next one straight at AJ Tye! The commentators quip that that would have cost him his socks. I think it would have had more of an effect. Four either way. Gets a big full toss the next ball, and whacks it deep into the outfield. Big air ball but it doesn't go to hand. Two more.
WICKET! 100 FOR AJ TYE! David just had to keep going, and he picks out mid on. Game over surely, but a huge milestone for AJ Tye. 8/106. Remember, Joel Paris is injured so this may be the last wicket stand now.

Good shot from Boland! He slices Mills away through point for four. Forgot to post after over 15, but it's 8/112 from 16

 

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WICKET! Boland charges down the wicket, misses and doesn't even try and gets back. Stumped easily. Lamichhane doesn't leave, so Joel Paris comes out... with a runner! I've never seen this before (because runners aren't allowed internationally since I first watched cricket and can remember watching it (2009-10)). 9/114
Looks so funny to see Lamichhane run along the wicket and Paris just stand there.

SANDEEP! He swats Turner (why on earth is he bowling? update: Munro is suggesting the Scorchers are slow on over rate due to the DJ) cleanly over mid wicket into the crowd!
WICKET! Paris decides he too can do it, and picks Mitch Marsh in the outfield. Game over. 129 all out.

A domination by the Scorchers tonight. The teams were more evenly matched than you would expect, but there were two key areas that the Hurricanes were bested in. One was late bowling, which was largely unfortunate as if Joel Paris didn't get injured early in. The other was that, with trouble at 4/75, the middle order stood up well for the Scorchers. Hobart, on the other hand, lost 5/12 through the middle.

Mitch Marsh - 100* (60)
Tymal Mills - 3/23 (4)
AJ Tye - 2/31 (3) (Note: Tye's performance wasn't all that imrpessive but in a game won by Marsh and Mills, his 100th BBL wicket is a milestone worth acknowledgement)

No more games are televised until Sunday, when the Heat take on the Thunder (note my large brain forgot to include initially: this is due to the day/night Test match). Thu and Fri, I'll still listen via radio and keep you all informed. Saturday and Wednesday I'm going out anyway (Wednesday maybe not but probably). See you Thursday probably.

 

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Well that was fun. NOT! I hate Seven sometimes...

Glenn Maxwell (103 (57))
Josh Philippe (99* (61))
uh... Chris Jordan (1/24) I guess?