BIG BASH 24-25 (Mens and Womens)

[Bazal]

WTF is that Victread yapping at spraying blokes as he walks off for a golden duck

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Wes Agar the buy of the year

Absolutely, making a big difference with the bowling.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

WTF is that Victread yapping at spraying blokes as he walks off for a golden duck

Didnt he give Davies a spray when he got out? I guess theyre returning the favour lol

 

[This Year?]

f**k yeah we're not completely shit anymore.

 

[King-Gutho94]

WTF is that Victread yapping at spraying blokes as he walks off for a golden duck

The Thunder boys were probably telling him his younger sister is a better batter then him.

 

[This Year?]

I may have spoken too soon..

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Still not over with Evans there. They need to get him out

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Right on Queue lol

 

[Bazal]

That'll do it

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Gee you never know with this bloke. I dont think he's bowled a last over in his career.

 

[Tweed Titan]

I was not expecting Wes Agar to be this good for the Thunder. Shame we won't have Konstas for most of the tournament.

 

[Wizardman]

Andrews is a professional player....lol.

 

[Tweed Titan]

Andrews throws up some juicy left arm offpies. Hopefully Tanveer comes back soon.

 

[This Year?]

What a day of cricket.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Geez that was nervous. But they did well to hang in there. First win at the Showground for a while

 

[Iamback]

Leaving Agar out of the 1st 2 games for McAndrew is such a Thunder thing to do.

 

[Wizardman]

The fact that a 20/20 side is still paying a guy like Gilkes for 20/20 cricket is a bit of a head scratcher.

For a team to have any sort of success in this format, every batter (as well as some of the bowlers) have to have the ability to find the rope. Throughout his 20/20 history, Gilkes is just not a boundary hitter. Yes, he can rotate the strike but he does not do much at all to hurt the opposition. I felt the Thunder absolutely missed a trick by not bringing in Green/Sams to do some heavy hitting at the stage of the innings in which Gilkes was brought in. Fortunately for them, it didn't cost them.

As for Tom Andrews, I have some advice for the Thunder. If you HAVE to play him, don't use him for the last over. The vast majority of Bash sides would have taken him down tonight.

 

[Iamback]

The fact that a 20/20 side is still paying a guy like Gilkes for 20/20 cricket is a bit of a head scratcher.

For a team to have any sort of success in this format, every batter (as well as some of the bowlers) have to have the ability to find the rope. Throughout his 20/20 history, Gilkes is just not a boundary hitter. Yes, he can rotate the strike but he does not do much at all to hurt the opposition. I felt the Thunder absolutely missed a trick by not bringing in Green/Sams to do some heavy hitting at the stage of the innings in which Gilkes was brought in. Fortunately for them, it didn't cost them.

As for Tom Andrews, I have some advice for the Thunder. If you HAVE to play him, don't use him for the last over. The vast majority of Bash sides would have taken him down tonight.

Thunder don't have Sandhu anymore. They need some plodder to get smashed without McAndrew, Andrews is that guy

 

[Bazal]

Andrews is plod but with the way it shook out it was absolutely the right call for him to bowl the last set once it got into the final 3 or 4.

See Dan Sams v Lloyd Pope for why you use the better bowlers first to ensure the last over still has plenty to play with...

 

[Marshall_magic]

The fact that a 20/20 side is still paying a guy like Gilkes for 20/20 cricket is a bit of a head scratcher.

For a team to have any sort of success in this format, every batter (as well as some of the bowlers) have to have the ability to find the rope. Throughout his 20/20 history, Gilkes is just not a boundary hitter. Yes, he can rotate the strike but he does not do much at all to hurt the opposition. I felt the Thunder absolutely missed a trick by not bringing in Green/Sams to do some heavy hitting at the stage of the innings in which Gilkes was brought in. Fortunately for them, it didn't cost them.

As for Tom Andrews, I have some advice for the Thunder. If you HAVE to play him, don't use him for the last over. The vast majority of Bash sides would have taken him down tonight.

To do well in the BBL you need a strong bowling unit and a well drilled batting line up. The Sixers and Scorchers have been the benchmark for both of these over the last 10 years and have jointly dominated the league. The Heat have recently pieced together a strong bowling unit and have started to make a few finals.

Having 1-2 fast scoring batsman and betting on them wins you a few games but when it doesn’t come off (which is fairly frequent) you almost guarantee and L.