**Official** Big Bash 2015/16

[TheJediBrah]

Nothing about Abbott's record in any form of the game suggests he should be batting higher than 8? I don't get it.

there's this thing in cricket called "pinch hitter", possibly adopted from baseball, not sure. It's basically when you throw a not-so-good player up the order to have a slog and sometimes it comes off, sometimes it doesn't. If a team thinks potential benefit outweighs potential risk then they sometimes give it a shot.

Abbott can hit a big ball, but hasn't done much with the bat in a few years IIRC. Wasn't necessarily a terrible decision at the time imo, obviously easy to say it was in hindsight. The bugger blunder IMO is Botha batting at 9. He's actually a very good player and batting him below the likes of Dwarshuis is bizarre.

 

[91Jmay]

there's this thing in cricket called "pinch hitter", possibly adopted from baseball, not sure. It's basically when you throw a not-so-good player up the order to have a slog and sometimes it comes off, sometimes it doesn't. If a team thinks potential benefit outweighs potential risk then they sometimes give it a shot.

Abbott can hit a big ball, but hasn't done much with the bat in a few years IIRC. Wasn't necessarily a terrible decision at the time imo, obviously easy to say it was in hindsight. The bugger blunder IMO is Botha batting at 9. He's actually a very good player and batting him below the likes of Dwarshuis is bizarre.

Pinch hitters in T20 are idiotic and anyone who thinks they are a good idea is a laughable moron. No surprise Brad Haddin fancied it then.

 

[Nate]

Jono at $1.01 to provide us with betting odds tonight.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Pinch hitters in T20 are idiotic and anyone who thinks they are a good idea is a laughable moron. No surprise Brad Haddin fancied it then.

absolute rubbish

 

[Jono]

Punter just said Kallis is pretty much the greatest test cricketer ever.

A win for Kallisball

 

[Gnske]

This Watson hitting is making me incredibly big

 

[Nate]

Gannon still throws it, yeah?

 

[Gnske]

If he does its a lot more subtle, thought it looked a bit chucky last match.

 

[Gnske]

Think he's fine actually, the arm isn't straightening on release.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Heh, Gayle.

 

[mr_mister]

was kinda hoping Gayle blasted a ton

 

[Jono]

Kallisball robbed a wicket here

 

[Stapel]

Kallisball robbed a wicket here

Well, It's hard to tell live it was bat or pad first.

 

[Jono]

If these two bat deep surely they win here.

 

[Spikey]

Well, It's hard to tell live it was bat or pad first.

it really wasnt

 

[Gnske]

Watto don't let this hackfraud bully you

 

[Jono]

White hitting some good bops

 

[91Jmay]

absolute rubbish

Pinch hitters don't work in T20. End up wasting balls that proper batsmen should face.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Pinch hitters don't work in T20. End up wasting balls that proper batsmen should face.

simply repeating your erroneous statement does little to support your cause tbh

 

[Spikey]

can barely think of many pinch hitting examples let alone successful ones