Fall and Fall of Big Bash

[ioppolo]

Hasnain is the one who broke Connolly's thumb from memory.

 

[MJG14]

ok but Mohammad Hasnain literally played against Australia like two months ago

And he has played in the BBL before.

My main memory of him was Moises calling him a chucker

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Hasnain returns to BBL with Sydney Thunder

The club have also brought in George Garton as an replacement overseas player for the rest of the season

www.espncricinfo.com

gotta love it when random International who I don't know jets off to another T20 comp midway through and gets replaced by another random International who I don't know...

Lockie Ferguson and Sherfane Rutherford are both regular white ball representatives of their countries. Ferguson has played 65 ODIs for NZ, hardly random.

This probably ends any chances the Thunder had. Ferguson is a white-ball specialist, and Garton was complete pants for the Strikers a few years ago.

 

[Cleavy]

Lockie Ferguson and Sherfane Rutherford are both regular white ball representatives of their countries. Ferguson has played 65 ODIs for NZ, hardly random.

This probably ends any chances the Thunder had. Ferguson is a white-ball specialist, and Garton was complete pants for the Strikers a few years ago.

it was a wild generalisation, but they're hardly "big name" players regardless of International credentials.

 

[Some Idiot]

I think this year's big bash has been pretty good thus far.

 

[happy_eagle]

it was a wild generalisation, but they're hardly "big name" players regardless of International credentials.

Who are crickets big name players right now, outside of India?

We dont live in the Gayle, Bravo, ABD era anymore. I can't think of many global cricketers that would be bum on seats kind of attractions. Maybe Harry Brook, but even then he played Big Bash a few years ago and averaged 6 with the bat.

 

[Saints4ever]

I think this year's big bash has been pretty good thus far.

I’m really enjoying it.

All games are evenly matched and any team can win on their day.

 

[largebus]

That’s the problem with the one day series being played behind a pay wall not everybody gets to see it.

I’ve got Foxtel so never miss a game but I really hate where Australia’s going with sport and tv rights.

Can’t even imagine the AFL season for people without kayo/fox and not being able to watch a game on a Saturday.

When Sky got all English cricket rights in 2005 it killed the sport in the country. No coincidence people talk about "peak BBL" in the mid 2010's when all games were on Channel 10.

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Oh look, Chris Lynn is injured

 

[Saints4ever]

As posted early the Comp is so even and anyone can win on any given day.
The Stars have dropped back to last tonight after the Strikers had a big win boosting there run rate.
A win tomorrow and the Stars jump from 8th to 4th.
The comp is well and truly alive.
The Scorchers are on a losing streak and sit 3 and 5 and yet if they make the 4 they would probably win the comp.
Enjoyable season.

 

[Coasters7]

As posted early the Comp is so even and anyone can win on any given day.
The Stars have dropped back to last tonight after the Strikers had a big win boosting there run rate.
A win tomorrow and the Stars jump from 8th to 4th.
The comp is well and truly alive.
The Scorchers are on a losing streak and sit 3 and 5 and yet if they make the 4 they would probably win the comp.
Enjoyable season.

Feel like it’s only “good” because most lists are dog water and it’s super even, especially as we head towards finals with a large number about to drop out.

It’s actually terrible to watch most nights because the big names aren’t playing and we might as well be tuning into club cricket. Zero consistency in the teams and we’re just watching random blokes get lucky every other night with the exception of a few genuine guns.

 

[Cleavy]

Oh look, Chris Lynn is injured

Jhye out too

Richardson set for surgery on troublesome shoulder | cricket.com.au

Fast bowler Jhye Richardson will miss the rest of the Big Bash season as he undergoes shoulder…

www.cricket.com.au

 

[Around the Wicket]

lol even james vince left mid tournament to go play ILT20

 

[cats_09]

 

[cricketnut14]

As posted early the Comp is so even and anyone can win on any given day.

yeah - can't question the eveness of the competition.

internationals come and go, cricket australia don't allow some to play and play restrictions on how many games they can play etc. - it's hard to take it serious.

in saying that, all teams, know what they are getting, when they sign these internationals etc.

only takes one player to have a good night, to swing the game as the game is so short.

 

[Cleavy]

they didn't really load up on star power for night 1, they overloaded for night 2.

 

[nobbyiscool]

they didn't really load up on star power for night 1, they overloaded for night 2.

I don't think the Sunday start time for the Open is particular normalised yet either, they really need to promote the shit out of that much better, put one of their big music acts on day 1, and load up 2 of their biggest singles matches for Rod Laver to start with a banger.

It couldn't have started with much more of a whimper yesterday, especially with the rain.

 

[eddiesmith]

I don't think the Sunday start time for the Open is particular normalised yet either, they really need to promote the shit out of that much better, put one of their big music acts on day 1, and load up 2 of their biggest singles matches for Rod Laver to start with a banger.

It couldn't have started with much more of a whimper yesterday, especially with the rain.

But the big names may not want to play night 1 due to the longer break to 2nd game

 

[Drunkcat]

It's a Mickey Mouse comp, should have stayed state vs state, at least then you have some loyalty to a side.

 

[ioppolo]

It's a Mickey Mouse comp, should have stayed state vs state, at least then you have some loyalty to a side.

Kidding yourself if you think they'd be loyal because it's Tasmania vs Queensland.

They'd still be loyal to the highest bidder.

 

[giggler99]

Kidding yourself if you think they'd be loyal because it's Tasmania vs Queensland.

They'd still be loyal to the highest bidder.

I think he means a more loyalty fan base not the players.

 

[big_e]

It's a Mickey Mouse comp, should have stayed state vs state, at least then you have some loyalty to a side.

Before the ECB introduced The Hundred, they did research which found that the younger you were, the less attachment you had to a county.

Young people identified with being from or living in Manchester, for instance, but couldn't care less about Lancashire for instance. This was particularly the case for migrants.

They also believed that it gave opportunity for people who move around the country to support their new local side rather than the one from the place they were born in.

I suspect it would be similar here.

The other factor is that having eight teams in the BBL, and having separate contracts, gives much more opportunities for players to either play at that level, or to earn more money.

Plus having city-based teams instead of states allows for derbies, which are traditionally the biggest attended matches in almost any sport - including the biggest attendance at a domestic cricket match in Australia.

It's never going back to state T20 teams, and I'm staggered that people still go on about it.

 

[Saints4ever]

It’s not state based anymore but I’m pretty confident Tasmania’s would support the Hurricanes, Queenslanders would support the heat, South Aussies would support the Strikers, West Aussies would support the Scorchers, Vics would split Stars-Reneagades and New South Wales would split Sixers-Thunder.
So their really isn’t t much difference except for the VIC/NSW split.

 

[madjoe]

Any reason why NZ can't enter a team or teams? The super smash had zero big names and all the test player sat out the comp.

 

[western royboy]

Any reason why NZ can't enter a team or teams? The super smash had zero big names and all the test player sat out the comp.

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