BBL Match 10 Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers 23/12 1845hrs @ Docklands

[10Dulkar]

Dad would probably have been SA’s first choice keeper for a long time in the apartheid era and was later a coach but a fairly prickly character from memory

He took over RSA at a tricky time when the selectors went crazy by dropping Boucher for Tsolekile which backfired spectacularly as England won there for the first time since readmission. I seem to remember Hoggard having a good tour. Then in the ODIs KP hit 3? tons in the face of very hostile crowds.

 

[10Dulkar]

Best Bigfooty thread on the cricket forum ever

Marsh's ton and Edgbaston from the last tour up there as well surely.

 

[Black Diamond]

41 required from 56. And they are still going for slashes and swipes across the line.

The modern batsman is a ****wit.

 

[010203]

5-103 and game on.

 

[Plugger35]

This would be some choke from the Renegades if they lost this.

 

[cats_09]

Absolute waste

Hitting big over the pockets here has often been hard

If going over the top, going square is the best option

But surely it would have been smarter to knock the ball around for a couple of overs, get Harvey in and then take the surge

 

[largebus]

Marsh's ton and Edgbaston from the last tour up there as well surely.

Up there with Old Trafford Day 5 with Piers Morgan's meltdown

 

[Aussie pie]

If Mac Harvey is to stay in the team he needs to play like a Wells or Bevan like finisher. Not go for the big shots like Evans just did, it should be a simple run a ball.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Marsh's ton and Edgbaston from the last tour up there as well surely.

Agar’s one was better plenty of frozen pizza references with Warne commentating

 

[Aussie pie]

This would be some choke from the Renegades if they lost this.

No it wouldn’t it would be quite normal for them.

 

[cats_09]

Looks like Perth's spin options are getting them back into this - the ball seems to be holding up in the wicket a bit more and not as easy to hit as the ball coming on from the pace bowlers

 

[LukeParkerno1]

41 required from 56. And they are still going for slashes and swipes across the line.

The modern batsman is a ****wit.

Well one is JFM enough said

 

[10Dulkar]

41 required from 56. And they are still going for slashes and swipes across the line.

The modern batsman is a ****wit.

Probably one for the things that annoy you thread but I hate it when I hear the line "There's one with your name on it so you may as well just go for it" as if it just gives batsmen a free pass for a brain fade.

 

[hutchy31]

41 required from 56. And they are still going for slashes and swipes across the line.

The modern batsman is a ****wit.

Absolute ****ing morons.

The only way you can lose the game is to lose wickets. So let’s lose wickets.

The Renegades are a completely brainless organisation, and the only reason they’ve ever won one of these comps is because they played against their cross-town rivals who are an even more brainless organisation.

Perth and Sydney must just laugh when they see a trip to Melbourne. If the toss went the other way Perth would’ve won this by 8-9 wickets.

 

[western royboy]

Just not as good as Lyon.
His Trent Bridge 98 as a 19 year old batting at 11 is one of the funniest innings of all time though

10Dulkar

At the time i was in pretty regular contact with Skull and had another pretty good man in the Vic system. Skull told me Agar was going to tour England and would play the 1st Test months out

 

[H00t]

Seems incredible that Agar played that test at Sydney a few years back.

A wasted career or just never that good in the first place?

He’s averaged 41.5 at first class level. Probably lucky to be given a go at test level given how unthreatening he looks in the longer form.

He goes well in t20’s as the batters have to take him on and he can be difficult to score quickly off.

 

[10Dulkar]

10Dulkar

At the time i was in pretty regular contact with Skull and had another pretty good man in the Vic system. Skull told me Agar was going to tour England and would play the 1st Test months out

Amazing foresight! I was just reading your other post about taking him from the airport to your club for a night. He used to watch tons of cricket- a bit like Terry Wallace in football. Still going strong at 75.

 

[largebus]

Would've had a half-chance if Connolly hung on to that

 

[Plugger35]

Tough chance but a catch there would have really made it interesting.

 

[10Dulkar]

18,014 in the house tonight.

 

[MJG14]

Oh wow they're going to blow this

 

[largebus]

Game on? Turner should've bowled himself last game

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Have to hold onto those half chances Inglis dropping Bethell too

 

[Plugger35]

Turner bowling himself and it pays off with a wicket, spin seems to be the way to go now apart from Spoors.

 

[cats_09]

WTF Harvey

First ball you hit down the ground for an easy single, that's all we need to keep doing

Why go the unnecessary slog

Sutherland will need to the farm the strike now