Big Bash League 2012/13

[Horrie Is God]

The Sixers are in all sorts here..

 

[aussies1st]

Geez back to being shit again.

 

[Horrie Is God]

Barnsey is going to have to pad up..

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Wow. These games will really get the crowds back. Has a side batting first got a decent score yet? Well, they want quick games. They're getting one here.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Wow. These games will really get the crowds back. Has a side batting first got a decent score yet? Well, they want quick games. They're getting one here.

Yeah, Thats the issue with T20, especially in the domestic comp, there is such a huge risk that a team will collapse and the game will be a fizzer. This will turn fans off.

 

[hineyrulz]

:lol: @ Thornely, bring our Barnsey!!

 

[Horrie Is God]

That blokes getting lessons off Matty Scissorhands..

 

[hineyrulz]

At least they have a total to bowl at.

 

[Horrie Is God]

If the Scorchers read Narine as well as most Aussies then it's game on..

 

[wittyfan]

Great late flurry from the mighty Sixers!!!

 

[Patorick]

Game was over as soon as the team sheets were submitted.

Dan Smith.

Seriously?

 

[Xfactor1979]

Tonight's Target: 51 runs off 5?

Give me a break!

T20 cricket dulls the senses and is for people with A.D.D!

 

[Horrie Is God]

Looks like Coulter Night can weild the willow too..

 

[Patorick]

Tough luck for Brisbane there, but great hitting from NCN!

 

[Xfactor1979]

5 overs to bowl

that's not even a game of anything, let alone cricket

 

[Danish]

Honestly, why don't the batting teams get less wickets when they shorten the innings? They reduce the amount of overs bowlers can bowl, so why not reduce the amount of wickets the batting side are allowed to use? Ridiculous to be allowed to lose 10 wickets in 5 overs. Absolutely zero risk to throw your bat around.

They should reduce the amount of wickets in hand in line with the percentage they reduce the overs by i.e. tonight should have set a 50 run target with 3 wickets in hand. Much more interesting then

 

[Xfactor1979]

Honestly, why don't the batting teams get less wickets when they shorten the innings? They reduce the amount of overs bowlers can bowl, so why not reduce the amount of wickets the batting side are allowed to use? Ridiculous to be allowed to lose 10 wickets in 5 overs. Absolutely zero risk to throw your bat around.

They should reduce the amount of wickets in hand in line with the percentage they reduce the overs by i.e. tonight should have set a 50 run target with 3 wickets in hand. Much more interesting then

^ But, that's unpossible!


:crazy::lol:

Anyway 5 mindnumbing pointless Big Bash games in five nights until Christmas eve

 

[marty65]

I cant believe that wickets dont matter when chasing a target in a shortened T20 match. The team batting 2nd have a HUGE advantage. A new formula needs to be found for this format.

 

[Didgi]

I cant believe that wickets dont matter when chasing a target in a shortened T20 match. The team batting 2nd have a HUGE advantage. A new formula needs to be found for this format.

I'm not sure how the system works, but isn't that why the run rate required by the team batting second is jacked up? 10 runs an over instead of the 8.3 the Heat scored at?

 

[marty65]

True Didgi. The run-rate was raised. But nowhere near enough, given that the chasing team (Scorchers) got to keep all of their 10 wickets. With 10 wickets in hand, its almost a given these days that most teams will score 50 runs in 5 overs in a canter. Too easy. Certainly a lot easier than chasing 170+ in 20 overs (with the same number of wickets).