BBL Match 23 Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades 1845hrs @ the MCG

[LukeParkerno1]

Or the PlAy ThE gAmE aT mArVeL crowd

We’ve already had that one! Hilarious let’s just play it at the opponents home ground

 

[StillAtLarge]

I'm sticking to my 8:30 prediction, it's an insult to call what we just had for the last 20 mins 'rain'

 

[LukeParkerno1]

And if it becomes a 5 over game as mentioned before what a farce that would be.

Anything less than 10 overs should not be a game. 5 overs is a farce. If you have less overs you should get less wickets

 

[LukeParkerno1]

I'm sticking to my 8:30 prediction, it's an insult to call what we just had for the last 20 mins 'rain'

Issue is starting it not continuing it. Also it’s fairly unfair on spinners in those conditions

 

[cats_09]

I had planned on going tonight and once the weather hit this afternoon decided it probably wasn't worth it - being able to watch the womens ODI isn't a bad alternative

 

[juss]

Anything less than 10 overs should not be a game. 5 overs is a farce. If you have less overs you should get less wickets

Issue is starting it not continuing it. Also it’s fairly unfair on spinners in those conditions

Most rain affected T20 games become lotteries unfortunately, whether it's DLS that almost always significantly favours one side or its a shortened match and a lot more luck is involved.

Would rather see something than nothing though.

 

[eddiesmith]

8:20 start and covers coming off

 

[NYRB]

Start of play around 8:20 PM Melbourne time according to Channel 7.

 

[Voice of the G]

Sounds like you are praying for a washout rather than praying for any cricket to be played, do you even like the game?

In answer to your question "NO" and even worse with rain interuptions.

 

[StillAtLarge]

14 over game, not too bad

 

[Reign Man]

Can report it is still raining but like hardly at all, it's hanging around unwanted, like a fart you did in your girlfriends bedroom while she was having a shower.

 

[StillAtLarge]

Stars bowling first after winning toss

 

[NYRB]

Brad Haddin "these two teams don't like each other" on Kayo.

Its lie, pure lies.

You couldnt split Zampa and Stoinis in a bedroom if you paid them to.

 

[Aussie_boy]

If people thought the ground was slippery they'd be right. Sam Harper has managed to fall from opening 2 games ago to batting 9.

 

[NYRB]

20:00 Local Time, 09:00 GMT, 14:30 IST: We have some good news. Bat flip should hapepn anytime now, the 1st ball will be bowled at 8:20 pm and it'll be a 14-overs game. Three overs of mandatory batting PP with 1 over of power surge available to the batting team

 

[eddiesmith]

Greatest ground in the world, lucky we don’t have the 2 idiots from the T20 World Cup who wouldn’t play when rain had stopped for hours…

 

[Reign Man]

Why can't Finch just say he was dropped? Am i misisng something?

 

[Voice of the G]

20:00 Local Time, 09:00 GMT, 14:30 IST: We have some good news. Bat flip should hapepn anytime now, the 1st ball will be bowled at 8:20 pm and it'll be a 14-overs game. Three overs of mandatory batting PP with 1 over of power surge available to the batting team

Happy with that,better then a 10 over or even 5 day game.

 

[cats_09]

Why not just have 4 power play overs & no surge?

 

[NYRB]

The teams:

Melbourne Stars: Tom Rogers, Dan Lawrence, Beau Webster, Glenn Maxwell (c), Marcus Stoinis, Hilton Cartwright, Imad Wasim, Jono Merlo, Sam Harper (wk), Joel Paris, Mark Steketee

Melbourne Renegades: Quinton de Kock (wk), Jordan Cox, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shaun Marsh, Jon Wells, Mackenzie Harvey,, Will Sutherland (c), Tom Rogers, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Peter Siddle

 

[eddiesmith]

Why not just have 4 power play overs & no surge?

Was saying the other night I’d rather the surge overs instead of power play in shortened games. Stars would have romped it in if they weren’t trying to swing like crazy for 2 overs when ball was swinging miles.

 

[cats_09]

Why can't Finch just say he was dropped? Am i misisng something?

I'm pretty sure they would say that if it was the case, just as they did with Maddinson

Finch injured his back against the Hurricanes when batting and didn't field that match

He was named in the squad for tonight's match, but with a shortened match that may have decided he wasn't the right fit - also, youcan't be dropped from a team you weren't in due to injury

 

[eddiesmith]

A 14 over game could still be a decent contest, hopefully there are no more rain interruptions as any less overs than that it becomes a joke.

Radar is clear and nothing from the last 2 hours would stop the game once started so pretty safe.

 

[Reign Man]

A 14 over game could still be a decent contest, hopefully there are no more rain interruptions as any less overs than that it becomes a joke.

It's clear now, the odd isolated storm so it would be possible but unlikely.

 

[Reign Man]

I'm pretty sure they would say that if it was the case, just as they did with Maddinson

Finch injured his back against the Hurricanes when batting and didn't field that match

He was named in the squad for tonight's match, but with a shortened match that may have decided he wasn't the right fit - also, youcan't be dropped from a team you weren't in due to injury

my bad, I thought it was ambigious why he didnt play last game.