BBL BBL Match 19 Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars at Manuka Oval 1910 AEDT

[Gough]

Sydney from, Sam Billings (ENG), Jonathan Cook, Ben Cutting, Oliver Davies, Brendan Doggett, Callum Ferguson (c), Matt Gilkes, Chris Green, Alex Hales (ENG), Baxter Holt, Usman Khawaja, Nathan McAndrew, Adam Milne (NZ), Arjun Nair, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, Chris Tremain
Melbourne from, Glenn Maxwell (c), Hilton Cartwright, Jackson Coleman, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ben Dunk, Seb Gotch, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Dilbar Hussain (PAK), Zahir Khan (AFG), Nick Larkin, Nic Maddinson, Lance Morris, Tom O’Connell, Nicholas Pooran (WI), Will Pucovski, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, Andre Fletcher (WI)

 

[magpiemaniac44]

Should be a good game, I think we’ll come out breathing fire and should win

 

[swans95]

Not sure why the two games today weren't scheduled like they were on boxing day. A 6:10 eastern start in Canberra, then a 9:20 eastern/8:20 local start on the Gold Coast. Or just bring the Renegades-Sixers game forward because of the early test finish so there's minimal clash.

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[eddiesmith]

Not sure why the two games today weren't scheduled like they were on boxing day. A 6:10 eastern start in Canberra, then a 9:20 eastern/8:20 local start on the Gold Coast. Or just bring the Renegades-Sixers game forward because of the early test finish so there's minimal clash.

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Because the Boxing Day games were both on 7, this time only the Stars game is so they want that in prime time.

Also hard to move a game on a few hours notice.

 

[eddiesmith]

Maxy won the flip and Stars will bowl first

 

[HBF]

Maxy won the flip and Stars will bowl first

Much prefer us chasing.

 

[magpiemaniac44]

Our batting line up is stacked very long tail though

 

[Cleavy]

Time to give the dual picture function on the tv a workout.

 

[eddiesmith]

Much prefer us chasing.

Especially with our bowling lineup, will be good to get Rauf in eventually but no NCN offsets it.

Desperately need to find a quality international batsman for second half. Surely there is someone out there with nothing to do all of a sudden?

 

[k31th]

Maxwell would be stoked to have only gone for 2 runs in the first over

 

[k31th]

Stanlake went hte journey... now Maxwell going the journey

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Who’s commentating??

It’s a West Indian....

 

[k31th]

Who’s commentating??

It’s a West Indian....

Brian Lara

 

[Cleavy]

Who’s commentating??

It’s a West Indian....

Brian Lara

 

[k31th]

bit lucky for Khawaja that that fell safe

 

[k31th]

beautiful straight drive from Hales...

 

[k31th]

Hard to believe no one could catch that or at least get a hand to it.

no other explanation than "bbl fielding"

 

[Aussie_boy]

Hales looks in good touch, rare from a pom this BBL

 

[ROOTA#6]

Hales is great to watch when he is going

 

[k31th]

Hales dominating. big slog sweep for 6

 

[ROOTA#6]

Wow

 

[k31th]

Hales fastest fifty for the Sydney Thunder with 53* off 21 balls

 

[CURVE]

They look rattled. Can’t stop the momentum at the moment.

 

[k31th]

Looks like an absolute belter of a pitch, so anything should be chase-able

 

[KBLT]

Oh this is much better than the Renegades Sixers game