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Cricket Australia is clown world again.
Steve Smith not allowed to play for sixers in final because rules are rules.
Sixers captain Moises Henriques says the ruling defies CA's desire for the BBL to feature the best Australian players.
"You have got a former Australian captain, one of the best players in the world," Henriques told reporters on Friday. "You have got IPL teams who pay multi-million dollars just to have this guy as part of their franchise. Advertising, bums on seats, eyes on TV's - I mean, you do the math.
"And we're saying no because of a rule that is two weeks old in some Covid bubble hub. To me, I don't get it. We're in the top two without him ... so I have got absolute belief in our domestic talent and local talent to do the job. I think it's sad for cricket, that's all."
Henriques understood "how those mistakes were made initially two weeks ago" when drawing up the replacement player rules.
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@nta said in Aussie Cricket:
@siam said in Aussie Cricket:
We're in the top two without him
Which is a good point.
The rules are shit, but are you displacing a guy who helped get you into the top 2 for Steve Smith? I reckon opinion would be divided.
Jeez mate, it's not under 12s with a participation trophy.
Every squad has used many playersAlthough in oz now who knows.
I'm pretty sure if it was Kane in the Super Smash the team ethos would take precedent.
Although in NZ now who knows
where's that GOM thread (stomp stomp stomp)
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@arhs said in Aussie Cricket:
Loving watching this Scorchers bowling attack in Big Bash. Must be a nightmare to face such quick awkward spinners and the fast accuracy of Richardson and Behrendorff. Then you get Tye or Mitch Marsh. Hatzoglou is such a joy to watch.
One of Australia’s greatest ever all rounders, @NTA told me so
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Happy for the scorchers to get up, best side and Munro is very likeable and self effacing when mic'ed up. Scored a terrific ton early on and should really be a black cap in October world cup. Only kiwi to have 2 years t20 knowledge of Aussie wickets.
Also I'm still not sure how I feel about the Jordan Silk tactical substitution last game. One thing is for sure, if India pulled that trick in Oz there'd be hell to pay!!
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After about 20 minutes last night I thought it was going to be a one sided win to the Sixers, but it ended up being the opposite.
Re: that tactical substitution in the last game, I suspect we’d have heard a lot more about it, had there not been that misfield on the boundary, and if a great throw then led to a run out review with centimetres in it…
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@donsteppa said in Aussie Cricket:
After about 20 minutes last night I thought it was going to be a one sided win to the Sixers, but it ended up being the opposite.
Re: that tactical substitution in the last game, I suspect we’d have heard a lot more about it, had there not been that misfield on the boundary, and if a great throw then led to a run out review with centimetres in it…
It's an interesting one. Spirit of cricket issues aside since they had wickets in hand it was fine. Depending on how the umpire/match ref interpreted the retired hurt provisions the worst case scenario would be that he had to retire out rather than hurt. Being the last ball of the innings that doesn't really matter.
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@cyclops said in Aussie Cricket:
@donsteppa said in Aussie Cricket:
After about 20 minutes last night I thought it was going to be a one sided win to the Sixers, but it ended up being the opposite.
Re: that tactical substitution in the last game, I suspect we’d have heard a lot more about it, had there not been that misfield on the boundary, and if a great throw then led to a run out review with centimetres in it…
It's an interesting one. Spirit of cricket issues aside since they had wickets in hand it was fine. Depending on how the umpire/match ref interpreted the retired hurt provisions the worst case scenario would be that he had to retire out rather than hurt. Being the last ball of the innings that doesn't really matter.
In my glancing interest in the TV sports news story I gathered that he straight out retired, I thought.
I have no problem with it personally.
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Starc wins the Allan Border medal
• Male Test Player of the Year – Travis Head
• Male ODI Player of the Year – Mitchell Starc
• Male T20I Player of the Year – Mitchell Marsh
• Male Domestic Player of the Year – Travis HeadStarc sneaks in a swipe at Warne after winning first Border Medal
All-rounder Ash Gardner also put her name up in lights, becoming the first Indigenous cricketer to take home the Belinda Clark Award.
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So CA offer Langer a six month contract extension, and Langer tells them to shove it and walks. The latest chapter in a sorry saga.
Which results in wailing and gnashing of teeth from ex-players, who think Langer has been fed to the wolves by a cabal of greedy selfish players and media.
Impartial, considered commentators like (cough) Matt Hayden have weighed in... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-05/cricket-australia-matthew-hayden-defends-justin-langer/100807674
It's a mess and CA have to own that. But the entitlement and hypocrisy shown by the ex-players is just breathtaking here. Langer was clearly a volatile bloke and the players didn't like him. In cricket that's more than enough cause to show you the door.
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I’d have more sympathy for the players if they weren’t also broadly the same group of people who thought using sandpaper on the ball wasn’t the worst idea in the world. (Though of course the bowling group “didn’t know”……)
Langer does sound quite old school, and given how fragile some of the English players sounded during the Ashes, I’m not sure that he’d go well there for all the hype about it.
Because of the breakdown in the relationships, the outcome for Langer and the Australian side is inevitable, but the players and CA also deserve quite a few of the serves they are getting from Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, and co. Especially given one of the alleged ringleaders and his history in recent years.
