Cricket Thread: Caribbean Tour (3 x Tests, 5 x T20s)

[Mego Red]

Did I miss the announcement of Chris Lynn to the Strikers?

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Did I miss the announcement of Chris Lynn to the Strikers?

Surely not?

 

[MarcusP2]

I thought he quit the BBL entirely?

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[adelaidecrows]

Did I miss the announcement of Chris Lynn to the Strikers?

God, I hope not.

 

[MarcusP2]

God, I hope not.

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[adelaidecrows]

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Woohoo professional t20 players are a waste of talent and often are the first ones to let the team down

 

[Mego Red]

No, he's playing for the Strikers - he's with us for the first half of the season.

 

[FR0GGY]

What’s with the auction/ draft is it just for international players? And why are they doing it?

 

[Vader]

What’s with the auction/ draft is it just for international players? And why are they doing it?

I believe it's just for international players - but possibly also players who aren't contracted to CA or any of the state associations (e.g. Lynn).

Why? Because they are desperate to get some bums on seats & TV ratings again, before Ch7 can take them to the cleaners for providing a sub-standard product. They're desperate to get some quality back into the competition, noting that they now have to compete with the $$$ on offer in the UAE and Sth Africa leagues which are on at the same time (due to CA's stupidity of persisting with the obscenely bloated competition).

** As usual, CA are tinkering around the edges, completely ignoring the main reason why people have turned off in droves - the decision to double the length of the competition making it faaaaaar too long to hold people's interest.

 

[Interloperer]

What’s with the auction/ draft is it just for international players? And why are they doing it?

Because the IPL does something similar. It's dumb copycat behaviour because a decade of threading the "We want people to watch this competition, but deliberately undermine it at every opportunity to protect Test/ODI revenue" needle has made it impossible to pitch the BBL on merit.

 

[FR0GGY]

So we may lose Rashid Khan?

 

[Interloperer]

So we may lose Rashid Khan?

Teams can retain one existing foreigner who played for them last year I believe. It's all but confirmed Rashid will be at Adelaide again I believe.

 

[Interloperer]

Kamau Leverock, the nephew of Dwayne Leverock has nominated for the BBL draft. Absolute mandatory pick IMHO, purely by association.

 

[1990crow]

BBL is boring. Couldn't care less.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

BBL is boring. Couldn't care less.

Way too long... they have diluted the product.

Less is more.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Australia are playing an ODI against Zimbabwe in Townsville on Sunday.

Who knew?

Who cares?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

What’s with the auction/ draft is it just for international players? And why are they doing it?

I think it's because the IPL does it

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Australia are playing an ODI against Zimbabwe in Townsville on Sunday.

Who knew?

Who cares?

You're not flying up for it?

 

[Mego Red]

Australia are playing an ODI against Zimbabwe in Townsville on Sunday.

Who knew?

Who cares?

One of the advantages of the IPL takeover of world cricket is that soon there will only be international test series - which mean something - World Cups, and franchise short form.

The ODI friendlies that mean nothing will be phased out, because there won't be time anymore.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Zimbabwe 18 runs away from knocking us off, 6 wickets down

 

[1990crow]

Zimbabwe 18 runs away from knocking us off, 6 wickets down

Embarrassing. Warner gets 94 out of 141 total against Zimbabwe. Yikes.

 

[Mego Red]

Embarrassing. Warner gets 94 out of 141 total against Zimbabwe. Yikes.

It's meaningless. Three back to back games against Zimbabwe in Townsville just shouldn't be played.

There was always going to be one game we just couldn't mentally get up for. The lazy dismissals today were like something out of park cricket.

Finch is an issue, though - he's beyond cooked.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Embarrassing. Warner gets 94 out of 141 total against Zimbabwe. Yikes.

Surely time for the selectors to end the Finch era...

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

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Haha, imagine if Kashmir changed hands after each series...