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Starfighter
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What was Finch's motive in bowling Perera again when the pacers have been belted all night and there's a high likelihood of edges - which will go for four - and the batsmen won't have to put pace on the ball etc. It's like he wanted to lose.
What an atrocious cricketer, why did renegades sign him
Zinzan
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Perera is almost the perfect hittable T20 bowler batsmen dream of facing.
NotMcKenzie
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Well, I wouldn't have called it, but if one side can score a lot, I supposed the other can as well.
To get to the point, bowling figures:
TLW Cooper 2-0-12-2 at 6.00
NLTC Perera 4-0-59-0 at 14.75 (1w)
Touché, much?
Also, I wonder whether Ferguson could have gone for that high one off McDermott.
To get to the point, bowling figures:
TLW Cooper 2-0-12-2 at 6.00
NLTC Perera 4-0-59-0 at 14.75 (1w)
Touché, much?
Also, I wonder whether Ferguson could have gone for that high one off McDermott.
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Burgey
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Was so bad
Starfighter
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A few lessons from tonight's match:
1: Thisara Perera is complete and utter ****. Also, James Pattinson doesn't have much going on up there either.
2: Long hops get smashed. Half volleys get smashed. Combining the two is even less ideal than each on its own.
3: Bowling a guy who's already conceded 43 off 3 when defending only 16 off the last over is not wise. Corollary: Aaron Finch has no brains, at all.
4: When the finger spinners have been troubling the batsmen all night clearly the better (not) option is the medium pacer (no. 3) rather than the guy with 2/12 (2). Even if said spinner 'doesn't usually bowl at the end' he's still the better option.
That's enough ranting though.
1: Thisara Perera is complete and utter ****. Also, James Pattinson doesn't have much going on up there either.
2: Long hops get smashed. Half volleys get smashed. Combining the two is even less ideal than each on its own.
3: Bowling a guy who's already conceded 43 off 3 when defending only 16 off the last over is not wise. Corollary: Aaron Finch has no brains, at all.
4: When the finger spinners have been troubling the batsmen all night clearly the better (not) option is the medium pacer (no. 3) rather than the guy with 2/12 (2). Even if said spinner 'doesn't usually bowl at the end' he's still the better option.
That's enough ranting though.
indiaholic
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NotMcKenzie
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Perera's overs were 11, 16, 16, 16
One thing in his favour: he was consistent
One thing in his favour: he was consistent
Starfighter
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Like, almost every game seems to fit a predetermined, marketed narrative or becomes artificially close through abysmally poor cricket. The Agar final ball six, Pattinson shitting himeslf vs Haddin, that awful last over then (even by Thisara's low standards). Eoin Morgan plugging along at a strike rate of 12 before taking it to a final ball six. Watson's dropped catch. There's a hell of a lot of games that should have been put to bed in the 16th becoming final ball thrillers -- which makes for awesome TV. Yeah, sure, you genuinely get these kinds of games from time to time. But the concentration of them in this tournament doesn't feel right to me.
Or maybe I'm just old and cynical and hate T20-as-cricket and refuse to see it as anything more than pure entertainment.
Nah, I don't think it's fixed. You can't fix **** like final ball finishes; players aren't good enough to execute their skills perfectly on cue. But I wouldn't be surprised if there was some form of direction to treat it more as an exhibition tournament than a genuine contest where wins matter: "go out there, execute your skills, show us what you're capable of, and keep the result tight to entertain the fans".