Big Bash League 2014/15

[Dan]

Hilf to the Stars for THREE years? Jesus.

Favourite of Stephen Fleming, I guess?

 

[GirtBySea]

Bird to the Sixers but Stars have signed Hilf.
Clint McKay to the other Sydney and Johan Botha to the Sixers.
Sixers making the signings. That is two Tasmanian listed players (their two best pacemen), signed elsewhere!
The depth being built by the Sixers in particular is just mean. Look at all those international players they have on their list!

 

[GirtBySea]

Doherty appearing "likely" so I have read to sign for the Renegades in other news.

 

[Nate]

Whywhywhy did you have to go and sign Botha and ruin everything

 

[morgieb]

Botha, O'Keefe and Lyon reeks of overkill.

 

[Spikey]

maybe sok is going to the thunder? doesnt make much sense given dermo abbott and henriques are also there

 

[Spikey]

if the stars signing KP wasnt the most shane warne thing ever than the stars signing michael clarke would be

 

[Dan]

tbf Lyon's not exactly going to be around a whole lot in that window, well at least for the first half of the BBL. Botha/SoK then Botha/Lyon gives the Sixers a nice spin-based pairing (plus captaincy).

1. Lumb
2. Mad Dog
3. Random International Shunt
4. Moises
5. Silk
6. Carters
7. Botha
8. dermo Abbott
9. SoK
10. Bird
11. Dougeh

Actually when you consider that they've also currently got Starc and Hazlewood on their books, that's nuts amounts of bowling. We're seeing a Sixers team with 10 bowlers this year, aren't we (Botha's gonna bat 6)?

 

[Midwinter]

Doherty appearing "likely" so I have read to sign for the Renegades in other news.

Not unless Brockley says

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah Botha to Sixers is weird. Awesome for the Sixers regardless of balance issues IMO but not really great for the health of the competition if we end up with a bench-stacked team.

 

[Dan]

Unless they all end up with magically bench-stacked teams

 

[Prince EWS]

Unless they all end up with magically bench-stacked teams

Quite. Grow the pie rather than focusing on the relative size of the pieces.

 

[Dan]

Given you're the one arguing against a free market for redistributive purposes (i.e. those horrible immoral Sixers signing too many good spinners), I can only assume that you actually are a Thunder boi after all.

 

[Prince EWS]

I love how the Thunder conspiracy has kept people off the scent of the real scandal -- my closet Strikers-supporting.

 

[Dan]

I love how the Thunder conspiracy has kept people off the scent of the real scandal -- my closet Strikers-supporting.

The Strikers signed literally every ****ing spinner in the country over their existence, and you take issue with the Sixers signing three, when they know one will be on Test duty for half of it anyway?

Seriously -- Botha, Boyce, Zampa, Holland, Muirhead (well, Berry tried) etc. -- and they still find ways to give Craig ****ing Simmons overs.

 

[Prince EWS]

The Strikers signed literally every ****ing spinner in the country over their existence, and you take issue with the Sixers signing three, when they know one will be on Test duty for half of it anyway?

Seriously -- Botha, Boyce, Zampa, Holland, Muirhead (well, Berry tried) etc. -- and they still find ways to give Craig ****ing Simmons overs.

My pro-Adelaide bias knows no bounds.

 

[brockley]

Doherty not confirmed still a strong rumour tho.
Botha becomes an Aussie in 1 year,shrewed signing.Can bat at 6 or 7,better bat than O'keefe.

 

[brockley]

Berry 'devastated' at Botha departure | cricket.com.au

Berry pissed Botha gone.

 

[vic_orthdox]

The Strikers signed literally every ****ing spinner in the country over their existence, and you take issue with the Sixers signing three, when they know one will be on Test duty for half of it anyway?

Seriously -- Botha, Boyce, Zampa, Holland, Muirhead (well, Berry tried) etc. -- and they still find ways to give Craig ****ing Simmons overs.

Nah, Muirhead played didn't he?

 

[Dan]

If I were a BBL recruiter, I'd be trying to sign Hamid Hassan. I suspect he'd be well within the budget, is a quality bowler, and is very marketable IMO.