If we are relying on Tye to improve mate we are in a world of pain!
If we are relying on Tye to improve mate we are in a world of pain!
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Just heard the name change to SCORCHED.. Seems right
More like Damp Squibs
One good thing about this BBL is to highlight the standard of umpiring in Australia which has been amateurish at best, non more so than the efforts of NSW hat-rack Davidson he of the very itchy nose and the trigger finger when the Scorchers are batting against a Sydney side! :whistle:
One good thing about this BBL is to highlight the standard of umpiring in Australia which has been amateurish at best, non more so than the efforts of NSW hat-rack Davidson he of the very itchy nose and the trigger finger when the Scorchers are batting against a Sydney side! :whistle:
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All the more incredible that they haven’t got DRS for the Big Bash BH. Maybe that’s to avoid the embarrassment to the umpires for all the lousy decisions…For a competition that rakes in the $$$ you would think that they can afford a few extra cameras at each venue. Even the Bangladesh Premier League has reviews I think.
While we are on the subject of umpiring decisions I think that the howler by Nigel Llong in the test against Blundell when he was on 90, was one of the worst calls I have seen for a while. Bought back memories of the Sri Lankan umpire who fired Ponting for 97 on his test debut in Perth when the ball wouldn’t have hit a 2nd set of stumps! This is the benefit of DRS.
With the year 2020 almost upon us I think it is about time we utilise the DRS for all decisions and get rid of the 2 referrals, at the end of the day all cricket fans want is the correct decision made regardless of who you support.
I would also make the lbw’s any part of the ball if it is hitting the stumps it is out none of this umpires call rubbish, if it hits the pad is going on to hit any part of the stumps (no bat or other involved) it is out lbw!
I would also make the lbw’s any part of the ball if it is hitting the stumps it is out none of this umpires call rubbish, if it hits the pad is going on to hit any part of the stumps (no bat or other involved) it is out lbw!
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Yep, I’m with you on this and a return to the interpretation pre-technology. All DRS does with umpires call is admit the margin of error on their technology is significant. If anyone needed proof of that its the DRS interpretation of Paine and Taylor’s LBWs in the last Test.
21,000 the best crowd they have seen at Metricon Stadium Gold Coast for a while.
Scorchers looked like they struggled to reach 150.It looked at least 20 under what was a competitive score.
But bowled really well with all bowlers contributed to the win.4 wickets in the powerplay had the heat on the back foot.Then the spinners took over.The Heat batsman had no answer including Lynn 14 off 19 balls.
Great effort by the bowlers to restrict the Heat to just over 100. To be honest I thought they were about 20 short in the batting but the bowlers combined well to take regular wickets. Ahmed and Agar in particular strangled the life out of the Heat innings.
Does anyone know if Kurtis Patterson is close to making a return as another specialist batsman would be very handy in the team to push those scores up a bit.
Does anyone know if Kurtis Patterson is close to making a return as another specialist batsman would be very handy in the team to push those scores up a bit.
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Hopefully soon Mikeh. The scorchers will loose Ashton Turner and Ashton Agar very shortly for the one day series in India. It would be nice to replace one of them with a specialist batter
How on earth have Turner and Agar been chosen for Australia?
Regardless of it being a meaningless one day series but their form this season has been awful for WA & PS tbh.
How on earth have Turner and Agar been chosen for Australia?
Regardless of it being a meaningless one day series but their form this season has been awful for WA & PS tbh.
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BH did you see Agars brother face the last ball on the new years eve match.
BH did you see Agars brother face the last ball on the new years eve match.
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Nah mate I missed that, was out on NYE.
Another dreadful fielding and bowling performance by the PS at Perth Stadium.
Lets see if they can do any better with the bat?
Updated now PS 3 down in only the 3rd over…Hobart only lost 2 in their whole innings lol!!!
I had the misfortune to see it live BH and apart from some good but ultimately pointless late hitting from Jhye Richardson which tidied up the scoreboard somewhat it was a dreadful performance. Bowling was all over the place, The fielding was terrible and the batting was hit and miss. You cant give a guy like D’Arcy Short 3 chances and expect to get away with it. Apart from Fawad Ahmed and Jordon the bowling was loose and gave the Hurricanes ample scoring opportunities. Matt Kelly is a very good shield bowler but he is too predictable and doesn’t have enough variations to be a viable death bowler in 20/20.
181 was always going to be a tall order but there was a crying need for a recognised batsman to anchor the chase and allow the bashers to bat around him. You know, someone like Shaun Marsh …..oh yeah that’s right, they didn’t want to give him a 3 year contract.
Based on that I will give the Scorchers another 2 or 3 wins maybe and another wooden spoon unfortunately. How things have changed since the departure of Langer.
The irony of today was that we had match winning performances in different parts of the country by 2 young WA batsmen who the Scorchers have let go.
Bloody hell mikeh I was there too and that summary you have written is totally spot on, you should be writing for a paper somewhere!!!
The Scorchers did manage to have another win last night albeit against the winless Renegades in Geelong, the highlight being the massive 6 by Livingstone that landed on the roof of the Kardinia Park Grandstand and bounce off out of the ground.
The hit or miss batting came off last night, particularly the opening partnership. Maybe Livingstone will not repeat that awful ramp shot that got him out against the Hurricanes, he has got so much power and potential to play match winning innings. The problem remains of the runs conceded in the “death” overs. 60 off the last 5 last night. Better teams than the Renegades will plunder the Scorchers bowlers mercilessly at the end unless they can get steady wickets during the rest of the innings. In the next game Brisbane Heat will be looking for revenge and I shudder to think what Banton, Lynn and Co will do if they are not removed early. Maybe its time to give young Aaron Hardie a go, he could hardly be more expensive than Kelly has been.
One thing they may avoid now is the wooden spoon as the Renegades look set to complete a riches to rags story. Now they will be losing their captain and best bowler to the ODI tour of India.
Losing Finch may actually work better for the Renegades Mike as S.Marsh should move up to open where he bats his best in T20 cricket, he has been lost a bit coming in at 3 or 4.
Good point BH, I was wondering why they hadn’t used him as an opener as all his epic scores for the Scorchers came from that spot.