*Official* Big Bash League 14 - 2024/25

[halba]

Terrible bowling from Sutherland and Bartlett today, two Australia A stars.

 

[Spikey]

Would love to know what prompted Liam Scott at four.

pinch hitter for NRR purposes?

 

[Gnske]

Mahli will be a fine addition to our list of fast bowlers with stress fractures i tell you

 

[Gnske]

7 bowlers in 11 overs, Symonds would be advocating for the old Hogg pile on Ashton Turner

 

[Burgey]

Great to see highly rated and gifted protege Jake Fraser-McGurk amongst the runs today

 

[ashley bach]

Ah **** that could mean another 15 years of him

 

[Burgey]

Great stumping

 

[Spark]

Giving Short this over is appalling captaincy

 

[SteveNZ]

Look we all have fun taking the p1ss out of the bbl but this isn’t true. The fielding from the Sixers last night was incredible. The competition suffers (properly too) as it’s subservient to the test team. The difficulty in getting Indian players also means settling for players of less quality. But it also allows younger and peripheral players an opportunity. It’s a good comp that I enjoy watching and reading the banter on here. Overall is a good standard - or at least acceptable.

Incidentally, it was parody what I went on about the other day. I do think it can be a bit **** at times, but T20 is the equivalent of the claw game at a cheap restaurant - quite often you'll come up with thin air and disappointment no matter how much skill is involved.

The easy comeback is at least Australia's players want to play in their comp... ours actively avoid the NZ one. And often the on field numbers outweigh those past the boundary

 

[Qlder]

BBL really knows how to drag it out. Instead of top 4 simply doing two semi-finals (1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3) and a Final they've gone with an extra game to come up with:

Qualifier (1 vs 2)
Knockout (3 vs 4)
Challenger (Qualifer loser vs Knockout winner)
Final (winners of Qualifier and Challenger)

 

[the big bambino]

That's the old final four system in rugby league and I think the idea of it was to give the minor premier a second chance if they lost the major semi final (qualifier).

 

[Spark]

BBL really knows how to drag it out. Instead of top 4 simply doing two semi-finals (1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3) and a Final they've gone with an extra game to come up with:

Qualifier (1 vs 2)
Knockout (3 vs 4)
Challenger (Qualifer loser vs Knockout winner)
Final (winners of Qualifier and Challenger)

This is a better system IMO. Much better reward for finishing top two

 

[the big bambino]

Still slightly miffed the Scorchers ran down the Gades' NRR. Taken away all the fun from tonight's game. Might jinx the Hurricanes by following them for the finals.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Ugh, Gannon is back

 

[TheJediBrah]

Stars may have an exceptional middle order but they make up for it by having the most uninspiring opening combo in Big Bash history. Harper and Rogers lol

 

[Starfighter]

Meredith out. Dropped or injured?

 

[Qlder]

That's Elliott, Ward and Gannon now that have picked up a BBL contract since being named in the CA XI to play Lions

 

[the big bambino]

Canes giving the struggling Stars openers a gimme first over.

 

[the big bambino]

Bean has been a wayward but seems to move it both ways.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Meredith out. Dropped or injured?

Cotton wooled by the sounds of things.