Re: Big Bash Thread

by embee Thu 13 Dec 2012, 01:12

and I think i can safely say that would be Zim's opinion too

by horace Thu 13 Dec 2012, 01:43

disappointing really... thought you would consider and respond in a manner that recognises the parlous state of worrier/jelly cricket and consider the merits of a possible way forward for the worriers/jellies and Oz cricket...

that said thanx for the 6*...I will add them to my xmas present pile

by baggygreen Thu 13 Dec 2012, 01:55

I agree with embee (haven't seen it yet).

I think the D/L system is wrong or how its interpreted. They should HAVE to play for a minimum amount of overs before D/L comes into effect.

Would have flogged them anyway but 2.1 overs is an innings? Get sent back to China ya damn plastic.

by skully Thu 13 Dec 2012, 01:59

Blame your stoopid Wozzies, bg. If they had've made a bit more than 69 then the 5 over target would've been considerably more than 29. What an embarrassing effort. Shocked

by baggygreen Thu 13 Dec 2012, 02:05

I know it was 10 minutes ago which may be a life time for an iGenner's attention span like yours but I clearly remember mentioning the system itself and not the woeful plastic wozzies.

by skully Thu 13 Dec 2012, 02:06

D/L is as good as we can get to decide rain affected games (when we all know there is no perfect method). It wasn't a 2.1 over game, it was a 5 over game (the minimum for a 20/20). The Viles got the runs in 2.1 of them.

Read this slowly, as I'm not sure comprehension is one of your stronger traits.

by embee Thu 13 Dec 2012, 02:27

skulls

The target the vomitcomets had to get off 5 overs was 6 ...they already had 29 ...the final ball (and only ball after the rain delay) was a dot ball ...That's a big "WTF was that about?" IMO

by skully Thu 13 Dec 2012, 02:29

Only in the fact that if they had not have faced that one ball, they would not have been validating the 5 over game. The match would've been a NR.

Yeah, I didn't actually know what the 5 over target was - 6 you say? (seems low) - but the dot ball still made sense to me.

Are you arguing that they needn't have bothered coming out for the one ball, as they already had the runs? I don't really care either way, but don't get the confusion of some.

by embee Thu 13 Dec 2012, 02:35

How can you win a game by not scoring?

If you've already passed the score it is game over ...

If they hadnt faced 2 overs and had to score 6 runs in 5 overs ...they would have come off when the score was 6 ...not after 5 overs ...or 2.1 and a dot ball

by skully Thu 13 Dec 2012, 02:37

Simply because at 2 overs from the Vile Stars it wasn't yet a game.

by horace Thu 13 Dec 2012, 04:36

I think the result and the D-L is a sideshow...unforch the bnlg opted to talk about D-L, rather than confront the obvious - which is that the wozzies would now struggle to beat a Banjo grade side in any form of the game...disappointing that the worrier fans here are into avoiding contemplation of the benefits of a two tiered system

by lardbucket Thu 13 Dec 2012, 10:22

what a load of crap ... it's a fitting result for T20 ... hope it happens more often

by PeterCS Thu 13 Dec 2012, 11:11

Perth Scrotums v Warne's Wankers.

The short version of the game.

by Nath Thu 13 Dec 2012, 12:06

sounded like a great finish tonight.

by WideWally Thu 13 Dec 2012, 12:58

Hartley hits a four off the last ball to win the game.

How good is the Big Bash League?

Answer - Even better than the IPL.

19.6

Putland to Hartley,
FOUR,
Is that a tie? They run three off the last ball, but did it hit the
boundary? Here's what happened... full toss again, Hartley carves with
all his might over the men inside the ring in the covers. Ferguson had
a lot of room to cover from deep backward point. He had to put in a
dive and drag the ball in. It's a matter of inches. He hurls the ball
back to the keeper as the batsmen complete three. And then we see the
replays... The ball touched the rope before Ferguson could drag it back
in! How dramatic is that... He looks distraught as he realizes what
happened. The Adelaide support staff looks deflated too, and the crowd
goes into a collective hush. A typically madcap T20 game, with all
results possible going into the last ball. Brisbane Heat have pulled
through, only just. Heartbreak for Adelaide Strikers' Johan Botha has a
wry smile on. That's all from us for this game. Cheers and see you
around.

by taipan Thu 13 Dec 2012, 13:12

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

by PeterCS Thu 13 Dec 2012, 13:16

"See you around" (cricinfo - ?, quoted by WWW) reminds me of the old rejoinder:

"Not if I see you first."

by PeterCS Thu 13 Dec 2012, 14:45

Pommerzbatch for Test Australia?

Better defensive technique than either Warner or Hughes.

by horace Thu 13 Dec 2012, 22:48

PeterCS wrote:Pommerzbatch for Test Australia?

Better defensive technique than either Warner or Hughes.

the wiki leaks chap has a better defensive technique than those two

by PeterCS Fri 14 Dec 2012, 00:39

LOL @ Malinga's 6-7 off 4, btw

by horace Fri 14 Dec 2012, 00:49

PeterCS wrote:LOL @ Malinga's 6-7 off 4, btw

most of the wickets came with balls tossed up at under 130ks...the batsmen were mainly frightened West Australians and the worrier team is coached by the bnlg...so the performance has to be discounted somewhat

by PeterCS Fri 14 Dec 2012, 00:53

I was "lolling" at the images such figures create of the batsmen's capabilities to hit the ball cleanly (or at all), rather than at Malinga's prowess at slinging the thing in.

( The second, if it happened, would be more a WOW! than a LOL! Very Happy

)

by PeterCS Fri 14 Dec 2012, 01:01

Or, indeed, a Wozzie-contracted batsman backing to square leg

(but on the right thread).

by embee Fri 14 Dec 2012, 01:07

CJ McKay 3 0 28 0 9.33 (3w)

Lucky for the Fizzlers the VCs had a real Victorian playing for them

by horace Fri 14 Dec 2012, 01:12

hehehehe...he was selected to help the worriers avoid abject humiliation

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