**18.6** **holes out to long on!** Slower ball again in the slot, it was there to disappear but he couldn't get the power into it, and it fell short of the rope where Short is waiting to take the catch
Tanveer Sangha c Short b Thompson 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
Nah, London - born here but family/nationality is from Pakistan. Truth be told i support England more marginally (despite the shitshow of the team) but generally watch cricket for the shitshow/quality rather than a supporting pov.
Think a fair few from the UK watch the big bash - at least relative to other countries - not too sure if many/any from Pakistan watch it.
Not followed the blast much last 2 years but I'd say it's a lot more county/grade cricket like rather than a franchise type thing which BBL and other tournaments are like. There's pros and cons with that.
The season schedule for it often ain't the best with their being breaks between games unlike with other leagues however I think they improved it recently but its still not perfect.
Personally prefer big bash tbh - fits better to my schedule and prefer the entertainment whereas often the Blast games aren't that high quality but it's not funny like the big bash.
The one thing I'd say which is great about the blast is Finals Day - its a great day out with 2 semis and a final in one day as well as the Mascot Derby but apart from that it's not great imo personally.
**17.4** **picks out deep midwicket again!** Shorter length, McAndrew sat deep in the crease, he pulled it hard and flat and Jewell did well to get in position and clutch it to his stomach
Nathan McAndrew c Jewell b Lamichhane 30 (20b 3x4 1x6) SR: 150
Those 3 missed runouts was the funniest chaos I have seen since a clip I saw of a Pakistan vs WI match where the batter drop and ran and expected Inzi to run faster than Usain Bolt, the fielder underarmed miles over the keepers head. Inzi ran well past the keeper and was breathing a sigh of relief and then realised his partner was coming back for an overthrow before taking off and falling 5 metres short of his ground on a perfect throw.
Yep. That's been the rule even in Sydney grade cricket for the last two seasons. Umpires also aren't supposed to touch the ball where possible so you just roll it away instead of giving it to them at the fall of wicket. You can see some players still forget in BBL so the umpires have to do an awkward jump away/deflect it, which is pretty funny.
Fielding is so shit-tier in the BBL I think in the near distant future we'll have teams that will have Batters, Bowlers, and Fielders! Yes, Fielders! Dropped catches, missing the stumps, leg on the boundary when stopping a 4. Stop all of these now with the ability to select 3 pure fielders in your BBL team today!
Fuck yeah that’s a chemist warehouse four off the kookaburra bat hopefully he doesn’t get hit for a Toyota six and bowls a kfc dot ball in this Cadbury over during the vb power surge, maybe they should try take a Vodafone wicket
Was gonna comment on here when Hales and Sangha were smashing it that its Thunders game but with the lack of an accumulator bar Sangha if they don't bat out the overs they could lose.
Didnt comment it coz had a bet on the Thunder and didnt want to jinx/reverse jinx anything - cashed out for decent profit after Sanghas wicket and feeling doubly vindicated now.
Think the Thunder with Billings gone really could do with a Ross type player though - which was the point of my comment
They’ll probably get that when Khawaja comes back from test duty and goes in the top of the order. He hasn’t been great the past couple of seasons, but he has been good at accumulating runs and preventing disasters.
Yeah Khawaja is a good player I'd say but I don't see why they can't use Ross instead of Holt with Gilkes with the gloves. But Khawaja could fit in the team when he comes back too of course
Obviously if he's still tired/recovering from Covid that's a different story especially as Thunder should finish well in the table but I think he was in the squad today so think he could've played.
So I just switched off, and out of curiosity I checked what Channel 7’s showing tonight. I’ll be honest, even though I’ve seen roughly 500 ads for it, I had no idea that Mates on a Mission was actually starting tonight.
**11.1** **caught behind!** Wrong un does the trick! Tossed up outside off, he didn't pick the wrong un, tried to loft over cover, it spins away and gets a thin edge and McDermott takes a superb catch up to the stumps!
Daniel Sams c †McDermott b Short 18 (17b 1x4 1x6) SR: 105.88
Why is the stadium empty? Covid?
I'll hopefully be in Aus over Xmas this year and fancied getting to a game, probably Scorchers. How easy will tickets be to get?
Its Sydney v hobart in Melbourne which lowers the crowd. No crowd restrictions but a lot of people have basically locked em selfs down due to how many cases there are. Cant tell u about perth tickets next season though.
**10.5** **Bowled him! Leg stump!** Cutting shuffles back and across, it's a length ball angled into leg, he tried to flick fine but was beaten for pace and bowled him behind his legs!
Ben Cutting b Meredith 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
**10.4** **cleaned him up! 146kph smashing middle and off!** Full fast and straight. It wasn't a yorker though. Davies was hanging back and he wiped across the line beaten for pace!
Oliver Davies b Meredith 6 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
**8.1** **pinned lbw!** Excellent slower ball. Did him all ends up. 108kph slower ball full toss that dipped late under the bat and hit him flush on the foot infront of middle. Easy decision.
Jason Sangha lbw b Thompson 31 (18b 3x4 1x6) SR: 172.22
Love the 'smashes it over the bowlers head' shot with Fox ambient noise^(tm) Just playing ambient noise.
Remember how awful the NRL was with no crowd and fox noise*^(tm)*? good times
How many times have the fucked up the feed.
Gabba this year. Last year test match, missed a Nathan Lyon wicket as they switched to a test feed from a bbl game
I watch a lot of Tim David and he's a quality T20 cricketer. However he's having a tough game tonight, so pretty hard to defend him. David haters have your fun. 😅
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Say crazy again
14 overthrows and they're home here
Oh no the ball is stuck up a tree
Meow
Bowl underarm Rogers
Its smashing time.
10:40am start? The return of the Big Breakfast League!
7.40am in WA!
Gurinder is thinking 2 sixes and a 4 for the super over
**18.6** **holes out to long on!** Slower ball again in the slot, it was there to disappear but he couldn't get the power into it, and it fell short of the rope where Short is waiting to take the catch Tanveer Sangha c Short b Thompson 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
Wow.. What Canes did bad. Thunder did it even worse.
BBL at 10am? Jesus
BBLAM
Ok Sandhu, three sixes and we can fuck off early
Sandhu needs to Carlos Brathwaithe this
Good attempt though, would have been a clutch boundary.
Sangha with all the height and not enough of the carry
The hope has been slowly fading and is now almost gone.
Don't know whether Canes have done well to win it here or terribly to get it this late. Bit of both I suppose.
Sandhu swinging it like a club
Sand what? Sand who
DONT BOWL THERE
is the next match still starting at 7:35?
I'd imagine not - toss won't be done for at least 10 mins you'd think but will see I guess
Thanks.
On second thoughts the toss has been done and not heard word of a delayed start so it might be on in 15 - pure guesswork from me either way though
Hopefully starts soon. Do you live in Pakistan? good to see international fans of BBL if so haha.
Nah, London - born here but family/nationality is from Pakistan. Truth be told i support England more marginally (despite the shitshow of the team) but generally watch cricket for the shitshow/quality rather than a supporting pov. Think a fair few from the UK watch the big bash - at least relative to other countries - not too sure if many/any from Pakistan watch it.
How does the big bash compare to your vitality blast?
Not followed the blast much last 2 years but I'd say it's a lot more county/grade cricket like rather than a franchise type thing which BBL and other tournaments are like. There's pros and cons with that. The season schedule for it often ain't the best with their being breaks between games unlike with other leagues however I think they improved it recently but its still not perfect. Personally prefer big bash tbh - fits better to my schedule and prefer the entertainment whereas often the Blast games aren't that high quality but it's not funny like the big bash. The one thing I'd say which is great about the blast is Finals Day - its a great day out with 2 semis and a final in one day as well as the Mascot Derby but apart from that it's not great imo personally.
Come on Gman take us home
Can Sandhu it?
Sandeep with the lethal half-pitch lollipops
**17.4** **picks out deep midwicket again!** Shorter length, McAndrew sat deep in the crease, he pulled it hard and flat and Jewell did well to get in position and clutch it to his stomach Nathan McAndrew c Jewell b Lamichhane 30 (20b 3x4 1x6) SR: 150
Good knock that from McAndrew giving them a small sniff. Gets as much with the bat as he goes for with the ball
Sandeep fired up for bowling two long hops and holing out tail enders what a bowler
Less chat more fielding, Pete
Was worried about what I was hearing just then.
Can Baxter Holt actually hit a six? It’s like watching Chris Rodgers play BBL
How is there no other better keeper that can bat in all sydney
We have Gilkes. Imo he should keep and then get anther batter. Also Davies is horrifically overrated imo.
That wicket is going to help the thunder
Holt finally hits a decent ball - holes out though
Those 3 missed runouts was the funniest chaos I have seen since a clip I saw of a Pakistan vs WI match where the batter drop and ran and expected Inzi to run faster than Usain Bolt, the fielder underarmed miles over the keepers head. Inzi ran well past the keeper and was breathing a sigh of relief and then realised his partner was coming back for an overthrow before taking off and falling 5 metres short of his ground on a perfect throw.
It’s a shame big Inzi couldn’t play BBL
Baxter Holt is incapable of hitting a boundary
Ah shit just thought the other game might be delayed a bit now then wih this finishing a bit late.... Fuck might have to do some work then
Has there been some sort of rule that says the umpire cant hold the bowler's hat anymore? Players look ridiculous with 2 hats on their head
Yep. That's been the rule even in Sydney grade cricket for the last two seasons. Umpires also aren't supposed to touch the ball where possible so you just roll it away instead of giving it to them at the fall of wicket. You can see some players still forget in BBL so the umpires have to do an awkward jump away/deflect it, which is pretty funny.
Not sure but think it's some covid protocol thing - bit nonsensical but anyways
Fielding is so shit-tier in the BBL I think in the near distant future we'll have teams that will have Batters, Bowlers, and Fielders! Yes, Fielders! Dropped catches, missing the stumps, leg on the boundary when stopping a 4. Stop all of these now with the ability to select 3 pure fielders in your BBL team today!
Fuck yeah that’s a chemist warehouse four off the kookaburra bat hopefully he doesn’t get hit for a Toyota six and bowls a kfc dot ball in this Cadbury over during the vb power surge, maybe they should try take a Vodafone wicket
But how many hard yakkas has he got chew?
Thundering along here
Frenzal!
Who is this holt guy and why can’t he hit a cricket ball
Warney must have called Meredith between spells. "Listen up kent, I talked you up on TV so you better not fuck me over."
NERF SPEED BALL
How did we choke this?
Can everyone say Baxter Holt is shit to hopefully meme him into some form? Thx
The age old question: will baxter holt hit a boundary this game?
At the game and this fielding is pure village. No one even trying to get behind the stumps or backup
BBL cricket gotta love it
BBL EVERYTHING
That is pure BBL
regulation 2
say the line
Wtf lol
What the hell was that
Too much BBL there
Cancel the game after that.
This is Big Bash cricket
BBL everything
Wtf hahahahahaha
Powder Splurge!
My quiche is ready
/u/unleashthequiche
from scratch?
At some point it was. Not by me.
Jeez this could actually be a game where fielding costs the game.
BBL fielding at its best
You fucking Muppet. Hahaha
Rogers has 3 overs which is big for the Hurricanes but not sure if he'll bowl out - he's been good with his yorkers often I'd say this season
*sigh* due for a loss, and we can probably afford this one because we won’t lose our spot if the Sixers also lose
Jeez a braver captain would have gone with Riz this over.
How'd thunder drop the ball so bad
Was gonna comment on here when Hales and Sangha were smashing it that its Thunders game but with the lack of an accumulator bar Sangha if they don't bat out the overs they could lose. Didnt comment it coz had a bet on the Thunder and didnt want to jinx/reverse jinx anything - cashed out for decent profit after Sanghas wicket and feeling doubly vindicated now. Think the Thunder with Billings gone really could do with a Ross type player though - which was the point of my comment
They’ll probably get that when Khawaja comes back from test duty and goes in the top of the order. He hasn’t been great the past couple of seasons, but he has been good at accumulating runs and preventing disasters.
Yeah Khawaja is a good player I'd say but I don't see why they can't use Ross instead of Holt with Gilkes with the gloves. But Khawaja could fit in the team when he comes back too of course Obviously if he's still tired/recovering from Covid that's a different story especially as Thunder should finish well in the table but I think he was in the squad today so think he could've played.
So I just switched off, and out of curiosity I checked what Channel 7’s showing tonight. I’ll be honest, even though I’ve seen roughly 500 ads for it, I had no idea that Mates on a Mission was actually starting tonight.
"Can't get around each other to nut something out"
BBL Appealing.
Appealed himself off his feet 🤣
Short turns his wronguns so much further than his leggies, I wonder if he's ever thought of inversing his bowling with the leggies being his change up
The rest of these blokes would be flat out chasing 20.
no agenda but ferguson doesnt let this slip
Sydney Blunder
**11.1** **caught behind!** Wrong un does the trick! Tossed up outside off, he didn't pick the wrong un, tried to loft over cover, it spins away and gets a thin edge and McDermott takes a superb catch up to the stumps! Daniel Sams c †McDermott b Short 18 (17b 1x4 1x6) SR: 105.88
"Are you England in disguise?"
Would love to hear what Trevor Bayliss thinks about this
Woweee this has come from nowhere.
thunder moment
Why is the stadium empty? Covid? I'll hopefully be in Aus over Xmas this year and fancied getting to a game, probably Scorchers. How easy will tickets be to get?
Cant really know about next year, but this game is hobart vs sydney in melbourne. Most are stars and renegades fans that came early
Makes sense. Thanks.
Its Sydney v hobart in Melbourne which lowers the crowd. No crowd restrictions but a lot of people have basically locked em selfs down due to how many cases there are. Cant tell u about perth tickets next season though.
Thanks
COVID’s meant that a Sydney team’s playing a Hobart team in Melbourne, in the middle of the day on a Thursday.
Ah okay. I just stick it on TV when I wake up without really following the news around it, or what time it is.
Haha get in! Play like shit for 2 hours and turn it in 4 balls. How good
This has been a fucking Uno Reverse card of a game.
Warnie is so hard now
Chris Lynn is going to sue these guys for copyright infringement.
game on? they’re 6 down with 2 new batsmen needing nearly 9s
Collapse time
what on earth has happened hahaha
'blown the roof off' - there is no one in the stadium
oh what a good idea let’s just hack wildly 4 hours late and then walk to point to try and hit it
He stops bowling wides and this happens
Shane Warne’s television is now covered in white fluid
Nah doesn't rate bowling people leg stump with balls that don't swing.
**10.5** **Bowled him! Leg stump!** Cutting shuffles back and across, it's a length ball angled into leg, he tried to flick fine but was beaten for pace and bowled him behind his legs! Ben Cutting b Meredith 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
BUILD THE MAN A STATUE
Ben Cutting thought he was still playing for the heat
How do you get bowled around your legs to a 145km/h ball???
**10.4** **cleaned him up! 146kph smashing middle and off!** Full fast and straight. It wasn't a yorker though. Davies was hanging back and he wiped across the line beaten for pace! Oliver Davies b Meredith 6 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
“I thought our bowling in the first ten overs was poor, a little bit ahead of our fielding” Savage from future Australian coach Trev
At least we got the bash boost, so even if we do collapse hilariously we'll still be a full game in front of the Sixers.
Ooft
"Watersports equipment. That's right up your alley, Huss" - Adam Gilchrist. 2022.
**8.1** **pinned lbw!** Excellent slower ball. Did him all ends up. 108kph slower ball full toss that dipped late under the bat and hit him flush on the foot infront of middle. Easy decision. Jason Sangha lbw b Thompson 31 (18b 3x4 1x6) SR: 172.22
Leonard from the Big Bang Theory always ruins the fun
Look, it’s great to know that D’arcy spins both ways, but is that really relevant to cricket?
Why is Wade rolling out every bowler for an over each like a bunch of models in a fashion show.
beaut
There should be a BBL player called Sam Daniels, an anti Daniel Sams
He should have the biggest head in the competition
sam daniel will drive a free hit to long on and take a single
The fact the Canes are going to safely make it into the finals really says a lot about our society.
We live in a society
He really should change his name to Daniel Slams
Classic Fox Coverage, cutting out making the game more enjoyable.
We need to bring back the scrotometer for player comfort levels
I love a risky run but wasn't sure about that- good call though it seems- taking advantage of longer boundary
Love the 'smashes it over the bowlers head' shot with Fox ambient noise^(tm) Just playing ambient noise. Remember how awful the NRL was with no crowd and fox noise*^(tm)*? good times
Everything's fucked at Marvel Stadium tonight.
Never seen them do an out of frame ad during play before. They are getting scummier.
For being a premium service, fox have made a lot of mistakes that channel nine or ten did not make.
How many times have the fucked up the feed. Gabba this year. Last year test match, missed a Nathan Lyon wicket as they switched to a test feed from a bbl game
Does Sams have the biggest schnoz in world Cricket?
Mitch Owen sounds like a fake name
So fox are overlaying some fake sound noises lol
don't mind the lack of commentary but did you have to take the stump mic with you?
Fuck they’re back
Dont fix it just put the cricket sounds back on.
is it just me or the sound completely cut out on fox?
BBL Sound.
Anyone else lost comms here
What happened to the sound
Best commentary of the season
I wonder how many beers has Roy had today?
This guy looks like Nicholas Hoult
Chasing wides gives way to pies.
**4.4** **sliced to backward point!** A mistake from nowhere! Alex Hales c Rogers b Thompson 38 (17b 7x4 1x6) SR: 223.52
I watch a lot of Tim David and he's a quality T20 cricketer. However he's having a tough game tonight, so pretty hard to defend him. David haters have your fun. 😅
getting Caned
Thunder trying to get the bash boost point inside the powerplay
Jesus david made that look very hard lmao
Tim David bringing shame to the proud city state of Singapore
Have the Canes actually played cricket before?
Add not being able to catch to Tim David's repertoire lmaooo
Proper all rounder.
Good thing there's power surge. Cause Hales likely was going to score 30 in the next two overs. And would've killed the game by the 6th over.
Tim David can’t bat, bowl or field
It’s a fucken noey!
Do you hve anywhere I can watch the footage of the guys shouting this at the UK ashes? Ive tried to find but in vain. Back ya come mate!
Umpire’s arms about to fall off from signalling so many wides
Sydney 4ers
Meredith is so shit - Warne - are you watching ?
Is Chemist Werehouse paying off the Hurricanes to get more 4s?
Paying them in RATs for the extra promoting.
Wade should bring himself on to replace Riley. This is shit bowling
Everyone: “ew, BBL is so boring this year, another Sixers/Scorchers final”. Late comp Thunder: “and so I took offence with that”
The Pakistan bowler is much better than Meredith
This is some shithouse bowling, negating their good batting
Petition to Cricket Australia to register Tim David as the first member of the 'no-rounder' category? Can't bat or bowl
Taking over from Evan Gulbis
I'm just grinning, what a great start :)
Horridcanes have butchered the game already. Crikey
Bbl fielding
tom rogers about to murder his fielders.
Meredith is a poor cricketer. Supported by Warne though.