BBL Match 42 Knockout Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars 22/1 1900hrs @ Sydney Showgrounds Stadium

[gtrxuone]

Cartwright overdue for a decent score.
Set up for him.Maxi and Stoin arnt out their

 

[The Sultan]

The surge gets used so poorly in this comp. Just take it as early as possible and grab 15 an over with conventional cricket shots. On average you’ll come out well ahead just keeping it simple.

Teams either go too hard and lose a bunch of wickets or use it too late where it’s ineffective anyway.

and you use up two overs from the "clutch" bowlers.

 

[FKASC]

The surge gets used so poorly in this comp. Just take it as early as possible and grab 15 an over with conventional cricket shots. On average you’ll come out well ahead just keeping it simple.

Teams either go too hard and lose a bunch of wickets or use it too late where it’s ineffective anyway.

Bizarre that they never do that. Why take the risk later on

 

[Snarls Barkley]

No single and Cartwright might be watching the rest of the game from the non strikers end

I still trust Siddle to be fair. He shouldn’t be 11

Edit: Well done Steketee

 

[juice t]

Sixers and Hurricanes would be sitting back feeling happy about this.
Stars on a good deck would’ve been a massive threat.

The Thunder on any pitch other than this would get absolutely shat on

 

[madjoe]

how harper bats ahead of cartwright is a joke,

 

[H00t]

Andrews is a gun sort of guy you’d actually weirdly consider for our t20 side- you need a left armer and he’s a decent hitter too

Sort of bowler who looks good on rank turners like this one or against bbl batters.

Can see him getting spanked against international batters.

 

[The Sultan]

 

[pacemaker]

 

[outabounds]

Another Melbourne Stars choke.

 

[gtrxuone]

Sydney smash will be cool on Friday

 

[freo_leo29]

Steketee should be in ahead of Usama every time lol

 

[RAPPA]

steketee with the gagf to Cartwright for denying him the strike

 

[The Sultan]

Another Melbourne Stars choke.

its actually more surprising when they dont choke

 

[Coasters7]

Bizarre that they never do that. Why take the risk later on

Yeah makes no sense to me. Even if the batters aren’t set, surely you’d rather actual batsmen facing it than lower order players.

Teams love to keep it as a wildcard but I feel like if you just banked 25-30 runs off overs 10-11 every match you’d be well ahead of everyone. I think the best surge average this season is 28 or 29 which can’t be that hard to hit if you kept it simple.

 

[The Sultan]

c'mon Doug

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Sort of bowler who looks good on rank turners like this one or against bbl batters.

Can see him getting spanked against international batters.

You need a SLA in a t20 side they are so successful

 

[H00t]

Stars were always going to struggle to win this game.

This pitch is a disgrace though. We get to finals and hope to see the best cricket of the season yet we get treated to this.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Chucky is back

 

[nobbyiscool]

It makes me irrationally angry seeing guys on the bench chuckling, knowing that they'll just head off to South Africa tomorrow if they lose.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Stars were always going to struggle to win this game.

This pitch is a disgrace though. We get to finals and hope to see the best cricket of the season yet we get treated to this.

Nothing wrong with the pitch maybe blokes can not swing to cow corner every ball

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Stars mistake was opening with the two duds

Wasted the early overs

 

[Coasters7]

Stars were always going to struggle to win this game.

This pitch is a disgrace though. We get to finals and hope to see the best cricket of the season yet we get treated to this.

Happens every year. Half the comp disappears to the test side or other comps and we get average players facing off

 

[The Sultan]

DOUG DOUG DOUG

 

[Black Diamond]

What if the Thunder had appealed for that Handscomb caught-behind?