2017-2018 KFC Big Bash League Fantasy Competition

[JC Hawks]

Turner seems better value at almost 30k cheaper. Surprised they have priced Bresnan at 100k though, probably not worth it at that price
Early thoughts on Trades

Out: Willey, Archer, Ingram/McCullum
In: Watson, Tye, Turner/Nair

Tye is in the ODI squad.

 

[grimlock]

I was expecting Smarsh to be in the team and replacing Willey as opener. But now that he’s not, will Bancroft open (as well as keep since they dropped Inglis)?

 

[grimlock]

Bancroft Klinger Cartwright Turner Voges Agar David Paris Bresnan Kelly Johnson

Morton Bosisto

Likely lineup?

 

[grimlock]

Weather
Sydney Thursday - Thunder v Scorchers
Cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower, most likely during the day time. The chance of a thunderstorm in the west in the afternoon. Light winds becoming east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the late evening.

Melbourne Friday - Renegades v Stars under roof

Alice Springs Saturday - Strikers v Scorchers
Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day then becoming light during the afternoon.


Sydney Saturday - Sixers v Thunder
Hot. Cloudy. High (80%) chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Winds northerly 15 to 25 km/h shifting west to southwesterly during the afternoon.

 

[grimlock]

Will MJ play both games?

I'd think they'd like to rest him for one of the games but I'm not sure if they have any bowlers left.

What sort of player is Hayden Morton? He doesn't seem to have a Cricinfo profile,

 

[Cotchy9]

When are they announcing Lynn's replacement in the ODI squad? Keen to bring in Maxwell but he'll probably get the call up

 

[Mitchell54]

Klinger v Turner v Nair

 

[grimlock]

Klinger v Turner v Nair

Not sure if it helps but Nair could bat one spot lower

Changes look to be
Lenton for Buttler (wk)
Khawaja, Vince for Gibson, someone (Rohrer or Patterson?)

Khawaja Patterson Watson Vince Ferguson Lenton Nair Green Sandhu McClenaghan Fawad

 

[Cotchy9]

Agar or Watson?

 

[Leuy LongerCombo]

How many double gamers is everyone taking next week? I've only got 7 and one of them is Lenton to avoid a donut. Don't think it will be enough in the end.

Going to be my most difficult week, fully expecting that this is my peak ranking. I'll be carrying a full bench of Canes and heat players, so means I'll be playing my usual bench players which could throw a few nasty scores up.

I'll only have 5 double up players also, but I'm happy enough with that as Corbie said it will be a balancing act over the next few weeks, some might go harder this round and be left a little light during others.

 

[PoopingHindi]

i wish the aussie selectors would get their act together. i need to know what to do with Turner and Short.
im going to struggle to field 11 in next 2 rounds as it is and this shit isnt helping.

also that weather forecast for Saturday could really mess things up

 

[Cotchy9]

Boyce to Sandhu (bench Joff)
Or
Joff to Agar/Watson (bench Boyce)

 

[Edmund hunt]

Buttler > Jofra ( take Maddison of bench)
Short onto bench for Cartwright
thoughts on this?

 

[Cotchy9]

Buttler > Jofra ( take Maddison of bench)
Short onto bench for Cartwright
thoughts on this?

I'm benching Short. Who knows what'll happen next round and give. He's 122k now, it might be hard to get him back

 

[Cotchy9]

Have gone

Boyce to Sandhu
Head to Turner
Doolan to Vince

Means I don't get any of the big names like Agar/Watson etc, but allows to bench some big guns for next week. Also feel the 3 names coming in have just as much chance of going as big as the bigger names

 

[grimlock]

Cam White (WTF really) the frontrunner to replace Lynn according to the Oz

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...n/news-story/1b0b0f725cf916d6f55e50950dc1f57b

 

[Cotchy9]

Vince or save 20k and go Bancroft?

 

[happy_eagle]

Willey to Watson and Archer to Agar are locked in. Struggling on the third trade
Its either
Ingram/McCullum
to
Turner/Nair

Trading out Ingram would mean already having 6 double game players for next week before trades. However it would mean having Silk on the field this week which I do worry about if there is rain in the Sydney derby.
Trading out McCullum would allow me to bench one of Silk/Ingram/Voges/Cartwright If I wanted to, but would mean having 5 DG players for next week before trades, and restrict one of my trades to bringing McCullum back in.

Turner vs Nair is an interesting one as well. Turner is not bowling this big bash at all, so is reliant on scoring runs batting at 4th-6th most games. Nair is usually a good chance to bowl 4 overs, but is unlikely to be in the Top 6 for the Thunder as stated above.

 

[grimlock]

Turner said in one of the telecasts he has an injury that's currently preventing him from bowling but he hopes to be bowling in the "later rounds"

 

[toxic]

White replaces lynn

 

[Leuy LongerCombo]

What's everyone thoughts on Captain choices this round.

Watson is probably the safest option and only thunder player id consider, been in decent form with that bat and getting some overs in. Obvious worry if rain is forecast for the second game.

Johnson has shown enough to be worth consideration. Always a worry that he could be rested, but looking at their depleted bowling lineup you'd think that they can't afford that luxury.

Agar seems to be getting a decent crack with bat and bowl, has been pretty consistent too.

Turner has some decent form with the bat, always risky taking a batsmans as captain, but can pay off big time.

 

[grimlock]

Agar for stability, Watson for potential - Agar less likely to score lower, but also less likely to score higher than Watson.

 

[PoopingHindi]

Agar for stability, Watson for potential - Agar less likely to score lower, but also less likely to score higher than Watson.

will Watto get a second game?
80% chance of rain has me a little concerned

 

[grimlock]

Yeah good point, forgot about the rain

 

[JC Hawks]

A Scorchers player as captain is the safest choice considering the high possibility of rain in the Thunder's second match.

Also is anyone getting Khawaja in?