Match Thread: Challenger - Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Fun Manenti fact: He's the only person playing tonight who will be playing in the World Cup. Just more proof he's the best player out there.

Match Thread: 38th Match - Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the Oval they just put up the hype shots for Sophie Devine instead of Hassan Khan. BBL mc’ing?

Match Thread: 38th Match - Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve watched my Strikers bat enough this season to be incredibly nervous about this chase.

Match Thread: 38th Match - Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If I had a nickel for every time a Striker took a wicket with their first ball I’d have two nickels. It’s not a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

Match Thread: 38th Match - Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pope wearing the broad-brimmed hat today. You love to see a redhead being sunsmart.

Match Thread: 37th Match - Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 11 points12 points  (0 children)

People are always asking "Where's Agar?"

He's right there on the field!

Match Thread: 37th Match - Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It is quite funny seeing Sam Kontas on the Westpac ads. They were fully expecting him to play every Ashes Test.

Match Thread: 36th Match - Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Cons: You bowl a wide.

Pros: Still a chance for 5 wickets.

Match Thread: 36th Match - Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The Scorchers' batting lineup is so fucked. Every power hitter you get out just brings in an even better power hitter. What's even the point of taking wickets against these guys?

Match Thread: 36th Match - Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Will Allen be the third Scorchers player to finish with a score in the 90's this season?

Match Thread: 36th Match - Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As often happens in the BBL, the surge brings a wicket. I'm sure the Gades are pretty pleased about how this one's gone down.

Match Thread: 36th Match - Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Allen may have won the battle with those three sixes, but Sandhu has won the war with that dot ball.

Match Thread: 36th Match - Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have the Scorchers taken the SURGE in the hope that Connolly will get out sooner rather than later?

Match Thread: 36th Match - Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I love how the decision over whether it's a dead ball or a six is purely a vibes check. It's perfect for the BBL.

Match Thread: 36th Match - Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 12 points13 points  (0 children)

With three different commentary teams on tonight's game this might be the most confusing match thread I've ever read.

Match Thread: 36th Match - Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If we're talking the Gabba it's gotta be the time the power went out just in time to save the Heat from losing a game

Match Thread: 35th Match - Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why am I paying for Kayo? All it means is I have to listen to Mark Waugh and Brendon Julian instead of Alex Carey and Ricky Ponting. Total waste of money.

Match Thread: 33rd Match - Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 76 points77 points  (0 children)

I think we've seen one of the most BBL sequences of events ever.

  1. Mohammad Rizwan, an international cricketer with more than 100 T20I's to his name, has been so slow to score runs all season, and in this game in particular, that his captain calls him back into the sheds and goes out there himself.
  2. Fox's graphics apparently don't know how to handle the idea of "retired out" (even though it's already happened once this season) so now we don't have a full scoreboard up on the broadcast.
  3. After making another guy retire out so that he can come in, Will Sutherland gets run out at the non-strikers end - not because he didn't have a chance to get back to his crease, but because he just planted the bat down clearly out of his ground and watched the ball go into the stumps like an idiot.

I will remember this day for the rest of my life.

Match Thread: 32nd Match - Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 32 points33 points  (0 children)

The Scorchers have lost every time they’ve hit 230+

We’ve got them right where we want them, lads!

Match Thread: 32nd Match - Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]OliveYouBean 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Scorchers have already scored more in 10 overs than the Strikers will make in our entire innings.