WBBL 08

[NYRB]

Thought that one was LBW on first look from Moloney

 

[NYRB]

2 runs off the first power Surge over from Moloney

 

[NYRB]

bad ball from Sutherland and that deserved to get dispatched for 6

 

[NYRB]

Not a good over from Sutherland there 11 runs came off that one.

 

[NYRB]

Sophie Day with her 2nd. Leeson has to go

 

[NYRB]

Leeson was trying to go around cow corner there.

 

[NYRB]

The 'Curvy Spuds' stand, making me hungry.

 

[NYRB]

Falconer goes 2nd ball!


And Renegades and they are all sorts of bother at 78/6 with 14.3 overs gone

 

[NYRB]

Dont know what she was thinking there. You hit a 4 in your ball, and then try to outhit yourself in the 2nd ball.

Not smart batting.

 

[NYRB]

Sophie Day with 3/14 . Never taken a 4 wickets before in an innings.

 

[NYRB]

Moloney gets her 1st for the day. Athapaththu has to go for 17 off 24 balls

 

[NYRB]

The Stars are all over em in the Derby

 

[NYRB]

First time for Sophie Day with a 4 wicket haul. Now has 4/17 off 3.4 overs.

 

[Dazza the Viking]

Other than the one game they havewon, the Renagades have been woeful

 

[NYRB]

Melbourne Renegades bowled out for 91 against the Stars

 

[Cleavy]

LOL, that run out is such a Renegades thing to do.

 

[CURVE]

What can you say, a terrible team got a terrible team all out for under 100 and watching the Stars bat in recent games you would have to say they are only slight favourites from here.

 

[NYRB]

Question for WBBL organisers, why would you plan a WBBL game that clashes with a T20 Mens World Cup game?

 

[CURVE]

The dumbest attempted single I've seen in a long time, hit it directly to an infielder and despite a poor throw, Redmayne was still a foot outside the crease.

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Fortunately Nicholson referred to ‘Living next door to Alice’ and not ‘Living next door to Allan’

 

[CURVE]

The girls put on a better show tonight, that was a pretty good game between two very good teams.

 

[Cleavy]

Renegades are useless.

 

[CURVE]

Renegades are useless.

Only the Renegades? The Stars are just as useless.

 

[Cleavy]

Only the Renegades? The Stars are just as useless.

if they merged them, maybe they would only be half useless

 

[CURVE]

if they merged them, maybe they would only be half useless

There have been a few people on here suggesting a merger of the two Melbourne clubs for a few years now, it's not going to happen, but we can dream. It's a shame the best players from both teams are either injured or taking a break, but the quality of the remaining lists is pretty poor, and even the quality of the internationals is not the elite players that you see at the Scorchers or Sixers. Kaur would have made a huge difference to the Renegades.

It would be an interesting exercise, who would you keep from both clubs. Excluding the internationals and the injured/resting players, I'd select:

Stars - Faltum, Sutherland and Flintoff.
Renegades - Molineaux, Leeson, Webb and Dooley.

That's seven players. From both teams. That is incredibly poor. And embarrassing.