Cricket Thread: Indian Summer

[MarcusP2]

One year too long for Siddle. 51 off his last two overs.

 

[LittleCrowBoy]

Siddle has gone from match winner to match loser.
Strikers season is over unless he steps aside or is dropped.

 

[jackster83]

One year too long for Siddle. 51 off his last two overs.

They've been hiding his overs all season.

He's cooked.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Trash, the commentary is trash. This whole gimmick is trash

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[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Great game but poop

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Great game but poop

It was good game. A couple of overs to Stoinis were the difference.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Siddle's 2 overs for 41 and Thornton's last over costing 29 were the killers.



Conceded 70 runs from those 3 overs...



Compared to 116 runs from the other 17 overs.



Stoinis' last six into the upper deck of the members stand was massive

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

What's happened to Thornton?

 

[Mutineer]

'I'm done!': Ian Smith speechless after Skull's latest quip about Starc's injured finger

It's not the first time - and won't be the last - that Kerry O'Keeffe left his colleagues in stitches with his humour!

www.theroar.com.au

 

[cm_perfect]

'I'm done!': Ian Smith speechless after Skull's latest quip about Starc's injured finger

It's not the first time - and won't be the last - that Kerry O'Keeffe left his colleagues in stitches with his humour!

www.theroar.com.au

No one laughs at their own jokes as much as Skull but fluck he gives me a giggle!!

 

[Shaunbkk]

Commentary these days is just kraaaaap Statistics are putting me off watching AFl and Cricket
Short was our most economical bowler plus took wickets in 3 games yet only got 2 overs to bowl T 20 - you go for it from the start - pacing an innings is dumb
Oh POOR Thornton..all that flying and playing - it's 4 overs- a warm up - just pathetic we deserve to be bottom

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

The Strikers suck again.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

The Strikers suck again.

Lulled us in with the 1st 3 games...

Siddle likely to miss games injured you would expect & rest of the bowlers have been smashed tonight.

Ordinary fielding too with dropped catches & misfields.

 

[jackster83]

Lulled us in with the 1st 3 games...

Siddle likely to miss games injured you would expect & rest of the bowlers have been smashed tonight.

Ordinary fielding too with dropped catches & misfields.

Yeah, the fielding is noticeably worse this season.

Guys like Wells, Salt, Renshaw, Neser and Weatherald were at least excellent in the field and would save 10-15 runs per innings in the outfield.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

The wheels have truly fallen off the Strikers train. 4 in a row, Didn't realize the game was on last night.

 

[Vader]

CA have decided to stick with the 7/Foxtel combination, rejecting Ch10/P+ due to a lack of reach.

Changes relative to the current agreement appear to be limited:

• C7 gain the right to stream their matches on 7Plus, where previously all streaming rights lay with Foxtel (Foxtel retain their existing streaming rights).
• BBL shortened by ~20 matches.
• C7 agree to drop their current court case against CA.

My thoughts:

• Shortening the BBL is definitely a good move, the only question is whether they're shutting the gate after the horse has already bolted.
• P+ has zero penetration in Australia, so CA's argument about their "lack of reach" is entirely valid.
• Disappointing to see that mens T20I and ODI matches remain behind the paywall.

 

[whattagun07]

CA have decided to stick with the 7/Foxtel combination, rejecting Ch10/P+ due to a lack of reach.

Changes relative to the current agreement appear to be limited:

• C7 gain the right to stream their matches on 7Plus, where previously all streaming rights lay with Foxtel (Foxtel retain their existing streaming rights).
• BBL shortened by ~20 matches.
• C7 agree to drop their current court case against CA.

My thoughts:

• Shortening the BBL is definitely a good move, the only question is whether they're shutting the gate after the horse has already bolted.
• P+ has zero penetration in Australia, so CA's argument about their "lack of reach" is entirely valid.
• Disappointing to see that mens T20I and ODI matches remain behind the paywall.

I like the 7plius streaming bit.
Sometimes my kids hijack the tv and my phone / laptop is the only option

 

[Scorpus]

CA have decided to stick with the 7/Foxtel combination, rejecting Ch10/P+ due to a lack of reach.

Changes relative to the current agreement appear to be limited:

• C7 gain the right to stream their matches on 7Plus, where previously all streaming rights lay with Foxtel (Foxtel retain their existing streaming rights).
• BBL shortened by ~20 matches.
• C7 agree to drop their current court case against CA.

My thoughts:

• Shortening the BBL is definitely a good move, the only question is whether they're shutting the gate after the horse has already bolted.
• P+ has zero penetration in Australia, so CA's argument about their "lack of reach" is entirely valid.
• Disappointing to see that mens T20I and ODI matches remain behind the paywall.

Channel 10 is in a really bad spot. Rejected due to reach despite offering big dollars, which they were hoping would increase their reach

 

[Vader]

Channel 10 is in a really bad spot. Rejected due to reach despite offering big dollars, which they were hoping would increase their reach

Apparently CA tried to deal with them, for a 10/Foxtel arrangement, rather than 10/P+. 10, which is owned by Paramount, said "no deal".

10 itself would be an excellent FTA partner, if their BBL coverage is anything to go by. The problem is P+, which has zero penetration in the Australian market, and (in my opinion) very little content by which to increase their penetration level.

 

[Scorpus]

Apparently CA tried to deal with them, for a 10/Foxtel arrangement, rather than 10/P+. 10, which is owned by Paramount, said "no deal".

10 itself would be an excellent FTA partner, if their BBL coverage is anything to go by. The problem is P+, which has zero penetration in the Australian market, and (in my opinion) very little content by which to increase their penetration level.

P+ would have been a disaster. It's trash

 

[Eagleboy2011]

P+ would have been a disaster. It's trash

agree.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

CA have decided to stick with the 7/Foxtel combination, rejecting Ch10/P+ due to a lack of reach.

Changes relative to the current agreement appear to be limited:

• C7 gain the right to stream their matches on 7Plus, where previously all streaming rights lay with Foxtel (Foxtel retain their existing streaming rights).
• BBL shortened by ~20 matches.
• C7 agree to drop their current court case against CA.

My thoughts:

• Shortening the BBL is definitely a good move, the only question is whether they're shutting the gate after the horse has already bolted.
• P+ has zero penetration in Australia, so CA's argument about their "lack of reach" is entirely valid.
• Disappointing to see that mens T20I and ODI matches remain behind the paywall.

Channel 7 dropping the court case would have been a huge factor.

Good to see reduce big bash games. Back to quality over quantity.

 

[Vader]

At the end of the day, it probably wan't a hard decision - though giving up the extra $300M on offer may have given them cause for doubt.

• Nein didn't really want it, as they have the tennis. They were really just there to stir the pot, and make life hard for 7 & 10.
• 10 would have been good, except that they insisted on being paired with P+ - and P+ was never going to be an acceptable partner.
• That left 7 & Foxtel as the only viable offer, and having 7 drop the court case was an added bonus.

 

[MatthewB]

P+ would have been a disaster. It's trash

apparently they didnt even put in a bid

 

[Scorpus]

apparently they didnt even put in a bid

Seems like a face saving statement including weasel words like "formal bid"