*Official* Big Bash League 2018-19

[aussie tragic]

What a catch by Watto

 

[stephen]

I can't believe how badly the Scorchers are bottling this chase.

 

[aussie tragic]

Well they did put Agar at 4

 

[Spikey]

weird, i've been told that when the keeper takes the ball in front of the stumps instead of behind the stumps he takes the direct out of the equation...

 

[thierry henry]

They keep calling this guy Cook a leggie but is he actually? He doesn’t appear to actually be bowling wristspin, it’s basically a mixture of straight balls and slight offies (not wrong uns or sliders or flippers) just using his fingers?

 

[Spikey]

i'm so glad perth are sucking and i'm so mad it'll be put down to master coach justin langer moving on

 

[stephen]

They keep calling this guy Cook a leggie but is he actually? He doesn’t appear to actually be bowling wristspin, it’s basically a mixture of straight balls and slight offies (not wrong uns or sliders or flippers) just using his fingers?

Flat, non-spinning, non-bouncing O'Keefe-like "spin" bowling from what I've seen.

 

[Prince EWS]

They keep calling this guy Cook a leggie but is he actually? He doesn’t appear to actually be bowling wristspin, it’s basically a mixture of straight balls and slight offies (not wrong uns or sliders or flippers) just using his fingers?

He bowls inswingers with a leg spin action. He's a batsman in proper cricket.

He's basically NSW country cricket's answer to Joe Denly.

 

[TheJediBrah]

They keep calling this guy Cook a leggie but is he actually? He doesn’t appear to actually be bowling wristspin, it’s basically a mixture of straight balls and slight offies (not wrong uns or sliders or flippers) just using his fingers?

I thought the same thing at first, and commented on it in this thread actually, but he does bowl primarily with a slight wrist spin action it seems. But he doesn't really put any spin on the ball, just bowls straight balls. I think he bowls some with an offie's action too though. Regardless he's just bowling slow straight **** and you'd expect he'll get figured out

He's a batsman in proper cricket.

huh that's interesting

 

[aussie tragic]

I heard so much about Bosisto as an U19 player. Really dissapointing

 

[Prince EWS]

They keep calling this guy Cook a leggie but is he actually? He doesn’t appear to actually be bowling wristspin, it’s basically a mixture of straight balls and slight offies (not wrong uns or sliders or flippers) just using his fingers?

He bowls inswingers with a leg spin action. He's a batsman in proper cricket.

He's basically NSW country cricket's answer to Joe Denly.

Speaking of which, Lance Dry was a man before his time. Could've been a pro cricketer afterall in this era. Maybe he'll come out of retirement.

 

[Prince EWS]

huh that's interesting

He does seem to have pretty dramatically improved his bowling to be fair; he took a stack of wickets last season in first grade, and not all of them were in limited overs games (although I think still most of them were, lol). But my mates from the mid north coast where he played until about three seasons ago knew him as a batsman who did some accurate part-time bowling sometimes.

 

[thierry henry]

Well every single ball of Cook’s I’ve seen, while he initially looks like he’s bowling legspin, at the last second he just bowls it out of the front of the hand with essentially a medium pacer’s wrist action.

All academic anyway, irrespective of whether or not he actually has a legspinner’s action, he certainly isn’t bowling any legbreaks

 

[TheJediBrah]

He does seem to have pretty dramatically improved his bowling to be fair; he took a stack of wickets last season in first grade, and not all of them were in limited overs games (although I think still most of them were, lol). But my mates from the mid north coast where he played until about three seasons ago knew him as a batsman who did some accurate part-time bowling sometimes.

Looks like he's really focusing on his bowling. Looking back at recent scorecards he seems to be playing as a bowler (batting no.8) in Future's league

 

[Prince EWS]

Well every single ball of Cook’s I’ve seen, while he initially looks like he’s bowling legspin, at the last second he just bowls it out of the front of the hand with essentially a medium pacer’s wrist action.

Yeah that's what he bowls.

Bowling slow medium pace may be effective if you do it to an excellent standard but no-one will ever take it seriously. Getting the exact same results with "leg spinner" next to your name will get people real excited though. It's a genius ploy really.

 

[Spikey]

Yeah that's what he bowls.

Bowling slow medium pace may be effective if you do it to an excellent standard but no-one will ever take it seriously. Getting the exact same results with "leg spinner" next to your name will get people real excited though. It's a genius ploy really.

he's missed his run though. shane warne will actually watch these games and therefore won't pump him up like if he just heard about a leg spinner getting results

 

[Spark]

Yeah that's what he bowls.

Bowling slow medium pace may be effective if you do it to an excellent standard but no-one will ever take it seriously. Getting the exact same results with "leg spinner" next to your name will get people real excited though. It's a genius ploy really.

hey if it works in u13s

 

[Spikey]

lol perth might have won this had agar not batted ahead of turner

 

[mr_mister]

Sams is not a good death bowler

 

[Spikey]

he's gonna bowl a full toss that gets hit for six