BBL Match 44 Final Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Thunder 27/1 1845hrs @ Bellerive Oval

[IKnowtheDog]

Thunder bowlers are absolute spuds. Pity the sixers or the stars weren't there to actually make a contest of it.

Unfortunately for Sixers and Stars Thunder bowlers were exceptional those nights.

McAndrew and Agar perfect example

 

[largebus]

Jeremy Howe spotted on the ground supporting his cousin. Wade was spotted in 2023 at the GF, pretty good sporting family.

Everyone in the crowd was supporting their cousins tonight.

 

[Blues_Man]

I wouldn't be talking about his dad. He was a grub footy player, and an all-time shithouse administrator!

Agreed, absolute flog of a human

 

[Coasters7]

Thunder bowlers are absolute spuds. Pity the sixers or the stars weren't there to actually make a contest of it.

Yeah really not sure how they scrapped their way to a final with that squad. I know they’ve had injuries but I don’t even think their full strength side really stacks up against most others for talent.

It’s Billings (occasionally) and Warner plus Green with the ball and that’s about it.

Really was just Perth imploding in our 2 games against them that got them through because I’d have them well below even a side like Adelaide for match winning talent.

 

[Coasters7]

Unfortunately for Sixers and Stars Thunder bowlers were exceptional those nights.

McAndrew and Agar perfect example

Spin (from pretty average bowlers) got them a long way but it’s just not going to stack up when it matters unless you finish top and get the finals at the Showgrounds.

 

[Tugga27]

I'm not a fan of Warner but for him to get that team into the final after finishing last last year was a huge effort.
I honestly thought they were the worst side in the top 4.

 

[Gersman]

That’s the capacity

15,706 was the final count for tonight.
Used to be over 18k for footy and cricket but they cut back the capacity for safety reasons apparently. Been there when there was 18k before on the hill and it was pretty hectic.

 

[TazHawk15]

I'm calling it Hobart are choking

This is piss weak from Hobart

 

[JimmyBC]

Another Monday morning quarterback

 

[boncer34]

There was Big Bash preview on ABC during one the tests and they talked about every team except the Canes so little did they seem to consider them a threat. Surprised me as ok paper always a competitive team but maybe it was down to how many times they seemed to underperform in prior years, always seemed to be blokes could never be in form at the same time, especially their batters. Finally came together.

Shame they'll lose David next season.

Story of our season. Watch any replay and the commentators will be talking about our opponents and how it's a tricky time for Hobart, and how they'll struggle to regain ascendancy right up until we've won the match.

Incredibly maddening.

But winners are grinners and its our mother ****ing trophy now.

 

[TazHawk15]

Another Monday morning quarterback

Another Port Power Puffer

 

[boncer34]

This threads great reading the day after. So many doubters, all season except 1 game Hobart found themselves on a knife's edge and just played through.

 

[Gough]

They just interviewed Tim David on the ABC and his eyes looked like piss holes in the snow.

 

[madmug]

This threads great reading the day after. So many doubters, all season except 1 game Hobart found themselves on a knife's edge and just played through.

To win it so well from their position at the first 10 overs of Thunder's innings, was magnificent. They could've easily crumbled under the pressure. Great effort, electric crowd in a smallish stadium.

 

[benbrown]

Thunder bowlers are absolute spuds. Pity the sixers or the stars weren't there to actually make a contest of it.

The one thing Moises would have done was to actually have a plan for Owen,thunders plan was to bowl on stumps and hope he missed one

 

[Tugga27]

There was Big Bash preview on ABC during one the tests and they talked about every team except the Canes so little did they seem to consider them a threat. Surprised me as ok paper always a competitive team but maybe it was down to how many times they seemed to underperform in prior years, always seemed to be blokes could never be in form at the same time, especially their batters. Finally came together.

Shame they'll lose David next season.

Looks like they will get Webster though.

 

[sherb]

To win it so well from their position at the first 10 overs of Thunder's innings, was magnificent. They could've easily crumbled under the pressure. Great effort, electric crowd in a smallish stadium.

You've got to hand it to them, they dragged it back well after that opening 10 overs, although they had some help from the Thunder batsmen it has to be said.

And when Owen went beserk, well that was pretty much game over after the first 7 or 8 overs of the Hurricanes innings, before we knew it the target was down to a run a ball.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

15,706 was the final count for tonight.
Used to be over 18k for footy and cricket but they cut back the capacity for safety reasons apparently. Been there when there was 18k before on the hill and it was pretty hectic.

Stadium loses seats because of the areas blocked out for the "sight screens".

 

[smasha]

Thunder's premiership was beating the Stars.
Played their little leggies off that game.

 

[Bicco]

Looks like they will get Webster though.

Webster is pointless, he’ll be playing Test cricket. Mitch Marsh is the one we want.

 

[Hamingja]

Webster is pointless, he’ll be playing Test cricket. Mitch Marsh is the one we want.

Hopefully Webster is playing test cricket but like McSweeney it won't take them long to bin him if he has a couple of lean matches, he is not an annointed CA golden boy.

 

[Gibbke]

Everyone in the crowd was supporting their cousins tonight.

That joke would have been a ripsnorter in the seventies...it's probably taken that long to reach Western Australia...

 

[Gibbke]

You've got to hand it to them, they dragged it back well after that opening 10 overs, although they had some help from the Thunder batsmen it has to be said.

And when Owen went beserk, well that was pretty much game over after the first 7 or 8 overs of the Hurricanes innings, before we knew it the target was down to a run a ball.

Ellis a certain man of the match until the chase started...that near hat trick killed the Thunder, who were looking at 200+ on a funny wicket...

 

[largebus]

That joke would have been a ripsnorter in the seventies...it's probably taken that long to reach Western Australia...

Took you a while to respond, seems like our carrier pigeons got the result to us before you!

 

[Gibbke]

Took you a while to respond, seems like our carrier pigeons got the result to us before you!

Pffft...WA bragging about technological prowess - when they build the new stadium in Hobart, the signal smokestack will flash live scores to the rest of Australia within a week...depending on the wind...

Some stations will be lighting up replays after the match, so if you don't wish to know the score, look away now...