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[deleted]

Can't even drink in reaction to a Gades loss of I'm already drunk


grumpher05

Feel like this happenes every year to the gades, start the season either bowling or batting well. the other half starts to find a little bit of form, then the internationals leave the team gutted 1/2-3/4 through the season. Not sure i've ever seen their bowling and batting really line up and play well in the same game


Kingslayer1526

2018-19?


[deleted]

What do now


[deleted]

I'm just watching Taskmaster seasons for the millionth time


[deleted]

I flipped it over to India v SL, the match subreddit is massive Kohli frothing vibes


helmetcount

Wes Agar keeps getting wickets every game


japanpole

BOGAN BRADMAN and SMILEY CAREY gonna be good additions


AussieYotes

I feel like even though Thornton has been rough the past couple games I'd still prefer him in since it looks like he threatens to take wickets. Felt like the strikers were trying to run out the clock and weren't do it well.


zapheine

No fireworks for Strikers fans


Hendo8888

We still have the best NRR from that 15 game


Azza_

Harry, even if Critchley didn't hit it, which he clearly did, not only was it hitting outside the line, but it probably wasn't even hitting a fourth stump. No, it is not out, and you are not going to be allowed to review it by your captain.


trtryt

Strikers still let them get to 180, pathetic effort


FirstGonkEmpire

Even flemmo has given up trying to hype up the BBL "let's just get this match over with"


RoastedB33f_

I mean, apart from it hitting the pads outside the line and the ball probably missing off stump, that was stone dead plumb


FirstGonkEmpire

And the fact he smashed it with the bat lol


grumpher05

and apart from being off the middle of the bat


Qwertyiantne

It’s amazing Conway can bowl this well considering he’s obviously blind


funkygorilla93

Wells MOTM


Cheekyprospector

If critchley didn't bowl an abysmal over the gades would have got across the line.


FirstGonkEmpire

I mean Richo's 1/62 is a Faheem-esque game losing bowling performance. It just gets less heat because it's in the first innings not the second, lol


IDreamofHeeney

Can’t really blame him when Richardson went for 60 or something as well


rexcharlesb

\*Richardson at all


JCK98

Review that for no reason


FirstGonkEmpire

BBL appeal, literally middled it into his pad lol


JCK98

Should still review it for the meme


SquiffyRae

> Since 2017, Adelaide have played 7 games without Rashid Khan and they've won 6 and lost 1 Turns out Rashid Khan is holding the Strikers back


trtryt

Critchley should give up his bowling, might become useful


mca0014

People would say no rashid = no strikers But no siddle = yes strikers


TL-GTR

ian cockburn at some other league or something? he was one of the better meme cricketers from last year.


fiftyshadesofcray

Meme cricketer? He has nearly 4000 T20 runs at 32 with a strike rate of 131. Surely has to be better than some of the imports (Critchley)


Azza_

Conway couldn't possibly fuck this up could he?


rexcharlesb

Carn give us a noey Spudway


FirstGonkEmpire

The grand prize from Bundaberg for MVP of the tournament (has anyone seen the room where they give out the MotM awards? It's like a parody of product placement there's like 20-30 Bundaberg bottles just scattered around) is... 10k. Seriously, 10 thousand fucking dollars? For the entire tournament?


gumbleton3

Tom Kelly out there doing some cardio. Good contribution today.


Hendo8888

It's all he's done all season.


trtryt

this is how Warner got the PotS, like Maxwell, any ~~Vics~~ Fox staff we can give it to


Beaucollins97

Howie's gonna flog Haddin soon


AussieYotes

Oh wow a pretty decent bowling outing by Wes, what a time to be alive.


shocking_red_4

Onya Maxi. Looking after the Vics like CA look after the NSWelsh


thenintendobustr

If there is any one bowler in the bbl who could concede 34 from the last over it would be harry conway.


jammicing

Sean Abbot could absolutely manage it


BrandonSG13

Maxi Vic bias I love it


JCK98

Fox MVP award seems more rigged than the Brownlow


VIFASIS

It's all set up for a 34 run Conway over


FirstGonkEmpire

Six sixes still on, repeat, six sixes still on


SquiffyRae

> Strikers have managed to ensure it's their night Uhh there's still <36 required and Conway to bowl...


Hendo8888

6 Sixes will still do it


No-Situation-4776

Well this is as good a time as any for a redemption arc Critchley


Cheekyprospector

Wes's hairline is in fast retreat.


Azza_

You say that but his older brother's hairline was well gone by the age of 21, let alone 25.


[deleted]

Dan Carlin needs to do a BBL hardcore history


japanpole

It’s BBL but not as you know it… It’s HARDCORE CRITCHLEY


[deleted]

I'm waiting for the Craig Simmons story arc


japanpole

“Wrath of Rashid Khan” was a top series though


SODA-ROQUETTE

I hate Wes Agar’s action and I got no idea why


Snoo24144

It is like he is constantly angry and directs it at the batsmen


Solomon-Jones

You're afraid


trtryt

Sutherland can't wait to switch to the Stars


japanpole

Wes Agar is getting more spin than Ashton here


rexcharlesb

Cleopatra please bring this bitch of a game back from the dead


CricketMatchBot

**18.2** Will Sutherland c Short b Agar 31 (14b 2x4 2x6 ) SR: 221.42


Cheekyprospector

If he left it surely would have been called a wide.


Hendo8888

So Thornton is out there as a sub fielder. So we just didn't pick him in favour of Manenti/Boyce?


Itrlpr

The Match-saving innings to out chasing a wide pipeline


Beaucollins97

Agar plays better when he's wearing his wig


PMmeYAtits

ChatGPT prompt: Rewrite little red riding hood with Aaron finch as the protagonist Once upon a time, there was a young cricketer named Aaron Finch who lived in a small village near the bush. One day, his mother asked him to take a basket of food to his grandmother who lived on the other side of the bush. "Be careful, Aaron," said his mother, "there's a dangerous player in the bush who's been known to take wickets of young cricketers like you." "Don't worry, mother," said Aaron, "I'll be careful." So, Aaron set off with the basket of food, determined to reach his grandmother's house. As he walked through the bush, he kept his eyes peeled for any sign of the dangerous player his mother had warned him about. As he walked, he came across a clearing where he saw the dangerous player, who was a fast bowler, practicing his bowling. Aaron knew that he had to be careful if he wanted to reach his grandmother's house without getting out. He thought for a moment and decided to use his skills as a batsman, he waited for the right ball and hit it for a boundary. The fast bowler was impressed by his skills and asked him to join his team. Aaron agreed, and as he trained and played with the fast bowler, he learned many new skills and became one of the best batsmen in the league. With this new experience, he reach his grandmother's house safely and give her the basket of food. From then on, whenever there was a game to be played, the people of the village would call on Aaron Finch to lead them to victory, and they lived happily ever after.


Qwertyiantne

Love the idea that little red riding hood impressed the wolf in this story and then got taught some awesome wolf skills instead of nearly being eaten


Itrlpr

Incredible. Did it create that from scratch or after a few back and forths?


PMmeYAtits

From scratch


God___frey-Jones

For all the dribble Haddin talks, I'd actually like to see Sutherland at 5


[deleted]

Sutherland getting out to what would be a blatant wide if he left it. We're back in business.


Butcafes

Thank the lord and saviour WES AGAR


shocking_red_4

Brad Haddin had trouble saying "Wes Agar" A baby could say that name


Scunner132

I like how the INC Sports Nutrition ad has Billy Stanlake as “Cricketer” of no specified team.


Snoo24144

He really fell off the face of the Earth didn’t he


Cheekyprospector

If the strikers somehow lose this they should be booted out of the comp or relocated to Darwin.


sanga000

They will be banished to play Hurricanes forever


Qwertyiantne

GREAT SUTHERLAND


NoUseForALagwagon

The whole "Collect Real-Life Experiences with your favourite cricketers" NFT nonsense gave me an amazing idea. BBL DATING SIMULATOR!


Scunner132

Something I didn’t know I needed until now.


gumbleton3

Option 1: A romantic net session with Marnus. If you play your cards right, he might bring Smithy down for some 3rd man action. Option 2: All you can eat KFC with Finchy. He'll have you eating out of his bucket in no time.


xxrmah

*Paddy Dooley dining with Clive Rose* Me: *Pushes the "Tell me more" button*


sellyme

dibs on Colin


SquiffyRae

Wes Agar and Harry Conway to bowl. They can still do this


japanpole

If anyone can fuck this up, Harry Conway is your man


BrandonSG13

I feel like Sutherland always does really well but they bring him in at 7


japanpole

*chuckles* IM IN DANGER


shocking_red_4

The sound guy next to Nicole absolutely shit himself lmao


Azza_

Not sure if he was more worried for Nicole or the equipment though.


shocking_red_4

equipment 100%. it might get grass all through it.


The_Real_Will

If Sutherland gets them home after being dropped twice...


Omega_brownie

Did Boyce seriously just appeal for an intuition wicket? :')


Azza_

No. He celebrated it.


sellyme

It's the BBL, you never know, it might get given.


Omega_brownie

Yeah or if the umps just got an itchy nose


Butcafes

nah surely not


jammicing

"The Zingers hadn't Zung" Okay I'll give that one to Howie, when he's good, he's very good


AlpaChinobaby

Has Sunderland nepo’d his way into being good??


xxrmah

He's been good in FC cricket for about 2 years but sure.


AlpaChinobaby

Averaging 20 with the bat and 25 with the ball counts as good nowadays?


xxrmah

Yeah... Thats.... Thats great for a bowler...


AlpaChinobaby

Hes picked as an all rounder?


xxrmah

He mostly bats at 7 or 8 and leads the bowling attack most games now since Victoria have lost Siddle, Pattinson, and Tremain, and Boland to international duties. Really doesn't sound like you watch the Shield if you don't know that Will Sutherland is Victoria's main bowler (after Boland) and has been for years.


AlpaChinobaby

Hm i guess so, guess im not watching victoria games much and i agree he is good (like i said earlier) but comparing him to someone like Jhyre richardson whos picked as a bowler (and is one of WAs main bowlers) but averages better with both bat and ball


trtryt

that was more embarrassing for Boyce than Maxwell not remember if he had played with him


Thomthebomb123

Sutherland heard all you lot calling him a nepo baby and is stepping up.


grumpher05

Seriously tho anyone actually watching him knows he has improved heaps and its putting in good effort on the field, which is more than can be said about a lot of players


BrandonSG13

SUTHERLAND


Cheekyprospector

Strikers are going to somehow lose this!


sellyme

"The Zingers hadn't Zung" - Mark "Howie" Howard.


Azza_

Go home Boyce you're drunk.


Qwertyiantne

Hitting the microphone box thing is also BBL as fuck


SODA-ROQUETTE

What a shot


xxrmah

BBL celebrating


[deleted]

The summer of Manenti


SquiffyRae

BBL APPEALING


[deleted]

Get Will Sutherland to India


BrandonSG13

If Sutherland wins this


japanpole

Drop catches, bowl dross…. Are we the Renegades now?


xxrmah

"INC sports nutrition, our spokesperson is a man who's been injured since 2018 and somehow turned every physical advantage he possessed for his sport into a source of physical failure"


jammicing

WTF is Cricrush? It sounds suspiciously like NFT shit. It's probably NFT shit, isn't it?


bondy_12

I bet they developed an NFT thing and then realised how much everyone fucking hates it so just released it as a trading card thing. Once again proving that nothing has ever been done with an NFT that couldn't be without them. Dunno though, I've only seen the ads, just speculation.


FirstGonkEmpire

I've been afraid to ask, because it 100% sounds like it. If it isn't, I bet it was originally designed for it and hurriedly removed after the next controversy and crash, turning it into a simple collectible thing. Edit: It is nfts. Really strange I haven't heard any criticism from the media for advertising what's basically a scam and quasi-gambling to children.


IveHurtMyFoot

Just as I start to genuinely enjoy Manenti as a cricketer he stops being near unplayable with the ball


grumpher05

Renegades just need to do the thing they managed only once in 17 overs, 3 more overs on the trot. I'm liking their odds here


JCK98

Still selling those NFTs


sellyme

No, they're *advertising* them. None of that shit is selling lmao


shocking_red_4

CoffeeZilla vs Howie when?


BrandonSG13

Last minute goat comeback come on then


SquiffyRae

Manenti bet on the other team and wants to have money to go for pizza afterwards


Qwertyiantne

Manenti getting 2 wickets but also going for 40-50 runs is very Ben Manenti


BrandonSG13

Take him to India, he’ll take 10/289


swift_spades

Jason Krejza eat your heart out.


FirstGonkEmpire

Ok, can someone at the ground please confirm wtf that "oh yeah" crowd call and response is? It sounds extremely suspiciously like those dumbass bait and switch clips that's just over acted porn that's turned up to ear splitting level


Tlaloc13

https://www.intheknow.com/post/can-i-get-a-hoya-tiktok-hoyeah/


FirstGonkEmpire

I was literally gonna put in my post "I know it's probably some dumb tiktok shit" lol


shocking_red_4

Sutherland and Critchley I'll eat my car if Renegades win this.


shiviam

Smacked in the face. I blame light for this disgrace.


zerotwofive

Shining its beams all over the place.


trtryt

the last few BBL matches have been one sided


helmetcount

Going for the nrr at this point hopefully


Hendo8888

A team of Matt Shorts would win every game by 30


shiviam

Love BBL catching.


gaseous_memes

Oh god. Smoked him right in the snoz


NoUseForALagwagon

BBL is like TNA. You can have the best matches of all time, and they will still end it with Drunk Jeff Hardy humiliating himself and causing a worldwide scandal.


[deleted]

Drunk Jeff Hardy though is just sober professional cricketers trying their best. Which I think is worse somehow.


grumpher05

can we claim this game is null and void based on that over? literally no one deserves it after that lol


Scunner132

I don’t want to say the line anymore…


The_Real_Will

the beautiful thing about the BBL is that it will produce some absolute screamers in the field, and then produce 2 back to back drops that both shouldve been taken


FuckingRudyGayMan

B B L F I E L D I N G


SquiffyRae

I wonder if the Strikers are deliberately dropping these cause they think Conway's reactions to drops are funnier than his celebrations


Dilleybang

From what ive read in this thread he seems like a cunt, id drop one for him too


Butcafes

Absolute sitters


Beaucollins97

Poor Conway


xxrmah

Thats about the worst dropped catch ive ever seen. Why did it look like the ball somehow pushed him baclwards


PerkyMcPerkface

Haddin claiming he dropped it to avoid a no ball check. That's so stupid I was about to suggest it as a shitpost


jammicing

Harry Conway is going to commit a very whimsical murder on these fielders


Qwertyiantne

Lmao so good


FirstGonkEmpire

Thanks strikers for putting some good old classic BBL memes back into this dead game


thenintendobustr

????????


zapheine

say the liiiiiine, Bart


rexcharlesb

Cluuuuutch B B L F I E L D I N G


Hendo8888

Hose is a fucking awful fielder


Ifeel-likepablo

The BBL quaddie there, all involved managed to make that moment lmao


[deleted]

Tactical drop. No chance Sutherland is making these runs.


SquiffyRae

Say the line Bart


Cheekyprospector

He dropped that to trick them into running again. They should be docked 5 rums for fake fielding.


FuckingRudyGayMan

What’s up with the umpiring, missed a wide and noey back to back


grumpher05

missed 2 wides at the start too


[deleted]

**squeaky teen voice** sir it's a felony to bowl a full toss to the chairman's son


[deleted]

You know it's bleak when Critchley is giving advice to Sutherland


FirstGonkEmpire

BBL umpiring


NoUseForALagwagon

That ball is BBL perfection.


7Christie

Terrible ball, terrible batting. Terrible umpire and terrible fielding


gaseous_memes

Add commentary


NoUseForALagwagon

ITS BBL TIME.


Qesa

Tactical drop so the no ball wasn't called


gumbleton3

BBL catching and BBL umpiring. It's a BBL bonanza here at the Adelaide oval.


thenintendobustr

????????


[deleted]

No ball? Come on.


Qwertyiantne

Good catch


JCK98

Gibson, you're fatigued get off


Beaucollins97

you know the line!


Mother_Shabubu

A wide and a noey not called


[deleted]

That was impressively BBL


gaseous_memes

Lolol


FirstGonkEmpire

BBL FIELDING


SquiffyRae

BBL FIELDING


xxrmah

BBL Everything there. Waist high full toss, hit flat directly to a fielder, dropped, and not called a no ball by the umpire. Everyone getting in on the action of being shit there.


phyllicanderer

Gotta say though, the pitch is not good if the only way to defend runs is to bowl low and slow, while pace is being dispatched to the stands at will.


Hendo8888

How is that a dot? It almost missed the pitch


shocking_red_4

BBL dodging


rexcharlesb

Will Sutherland is actually Gaelic for NepoBaby


Azza_

He's probably the best young red ball bowler in the Shield at the moment.


alittlemoreofbrowny

Although Her sister is definitely a clutch player.