***OFFICIAL*** BBL | 06 Thread

[indiaholic]

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.

Or maybe you are just a pro wrestling fan who realizes how good cricket can be if it is pre mediated.

 

[morgieb]

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.

It's honestly a fair point. I swear every game I've seen has gone to the last over when it really shouldn't have.

 

[indiaholic]

I think small mistakes just tend to be magnified a lot more in t20s.. Just takes an over to turn a comfortable chase into a close finish.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Have seen all of these things, I think players' minds seem to be lost easily in tight-ish situations, particularly those of the fielding team in a very batting oriented format. After all, I'm sure it's stated fairly consistently how good yorkers are and yet that often seems to go astray, and how else do you explain Finch putting Perera back on to bowl but temporary mental incapacity?

 

[Starfighter]

I do sometimes wonder if teams use international players just because they're internationals. About two balls into the 19th the thought suddenly hit me that Perera might bowl the last over even though it made literally no sense at all for him to do so. But also things like the Chunder picking Russell when he's clearly not fit.

Edit: And Sangakkara still being picked after 517 failures.

 

[mr_mister]

think his point is a bit tin foil hattish myself

 

[Starfighter]

and how else do you explain Finch putting Perera back on to bowl but temporary mental incapacity?

Permanent mental incapacity. It's Finch.

 

[indiaholic]

I do sometimes wonder if teams use international players just because they're internationals. About two balls into the 19th the thought suddenly hit me that Perera might bowl the last over even though it made literally no sense at all for him to do so. But also things like the Chunder picking Russell when he's clearly not fit.

This probably happens. More likely the reasoning would be something like: "He has played international cricket. Senior player. Knows what real pressure feels like so will handle himself better."

 

[Starfighter]

This probably happens. More likely the reasoning would be something like: "He has played international cricket. Senior player. Knows what real pressure feels like so will handle himself better."

But you'd ignore the fact he got whipped in his previous overs. This is what really gets me.

 

[indiaholic]

I don't think it is smart. I just think that would be the reasoning.

 

[Spikey]

great dan's turning all alt right on us

 

[Dan]

There is no way you give that over to Tom Cooper. Absolutely no way.

 

[DriveClub]

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".

Technically that would still be fixing imo. In t20s all the errors are magnified as the game can literally change in one over.

 

[TheJediBrah]

think his point is a bit tin foil hattish myself

more than a bit

I don't think he's seriously suggesting anyone is doing it on purpose, just that he feels it's not as exciting for him because the games are only close because of **** cricket from one side or another

 

[Scaly piscine]

Most of the spinners let themselves get hit with a cross-bat far too often. The straight boundaries were much longer than the wide ones. They should be able to counter better when the batsmen are virtually sweeping everything.

 

[Daemon]

ENough perera bashing dude is really fun to watch when he bats

 

[Nate]

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.

For mine, that's just Twenty20 Cricket. It's shortened, dumbed-down, popcorn entertainment, and the results don't have meaning and will not be remembered. The 'last ball 6 to win' scenario (and others like it) become more commonplace, and the narratives repeat themselves over, and over, and over.

The main reason it annoys me is because it takes away from the genuinely wonderful matches and finishes we've had in Test Cricket (and maybe ODI Cricket to an extent).

But that's the way to win over the masses, yeah? Artificial, cheap moments.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Munro looked like absolute ****

 

[Burgey]

Munro looked like absolute ****

New Zealand T20 ATG.

 

[Burgey]

Mark Waugh telling us Sean Abbott is very talented with the bat.