Aussie Cricket
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@Bovidae said in Aussie Cricket:
And poor old Bruce Edgar gets completely forgotten being unbeaten on 102 at the non-strikers end.
Not completely. IIRC it was a rather slow 102 that lead to us needing a six of the last ball...
Given that he opened and it was the last ball, and he was on 102, his strike rate wasn't great.
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@Snowy mentioned before but in 1992 I was in a flat in dunners coincidentally watching a replay with Lance Cairns, ( he was waiting for a 22 year old Christopher to come back after a night out and our flat was the rendezvous- never saw chris and lance left after an hour😄).
His summarion of all the drama and the game was, "we'd have won but for Edgar's glacial innings"Ps. I don't think he said glacial but you get the point🙂
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BBL
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.
