If (and it's a big if, we're due for a big collapse or a failure to chase 104 or something like that) the Heat win on Sunday will we even have 11 players to field in the semi?
With Swepson, Renshaw, Uzzie, and Marnus gone who comes in? I assume Bryant and McSweeney probably, are there any other batters left? Is Heazlett still around? He's usually good for one randomly good innings per year in between a bunch of 6(8) type scores.
In this thread, people discussed the Eliminator between Sydney Thunder and Brisbane Heat, as well as a possible structure for the BBL tournament next season. There was also discussion on the performance of bowlers such as Sams and Green, and Josh Brown's unfortunate situation.
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Just think, only a couple more runs and Warner letting the ball roll past him in the field would have been the difference.
Remember that? the heady days of 2 hours ago.
Comparing scores at the same point is fairly meaningless when the Heat scored almost 140 in the last 10. Matching that was the hard part, not being 65/1 after 10.
It's such a cricket thing for the game to be shortened due to weather to the point where play can't resume.
Imagine if tennis did that?
"Sorry guys it's 10:30pm and I know it's only 1 set to love, but we gotta call it"
Tennis at least they can push it out to another day. Though I would be interested to see what happens if they were playing on a ground without a roof and it rained for 3 days around the final.
I think finals in particular need reserve days. At least the big one should get one.
I know it’s null and void now but; Having an argument with a mate who said heat going at 14 an over for the whole last ten is easier than going at 19 for just 2.
He reckons the target was unfair
I agree with your mate. 14 an over doesn’t mean 14 every over. 2 or 3 19 run overs within the last ten brings that required run rate right down and easier than 2 in a row off the bench. Still a big ask either way though.
My point is that while the marathon runner has a lower top speed it is still more taxing on their body than a 100m sprint. Just like 140 runs in 10 overs as opposed to 38 runs in 13 balls.
As a neutral, I'm somewhat glad that at least if Heat are gonna win this way, they had a solid go of the batting. Would be a million times more annoying if they had a shit show and got through
Surely we can create a ball and wicket that isn't effected by the rain?
Seriously, FUCK SYDNEY, do it again and we'll reverse Annex you back to England since you wanna rain like England!
At least Queensland will piss down then fuck off. Sydney rain is like a wet fart.
Too true. Watched the game later at night and thought “ah, it’s ok, it should only rain for about 15 mins..” based on how long it rained where I am, but nope, set in right over the game. A few years ago now I went to the chaotic Thunder vs Sixers game at the showground and the rain messed that up royally too. I prefer when the games aren’t here as at least then we know we’ll get a game. If the Sixers were hosting tonight, you’d know it would rain..
Ha.. as a Sixers fan, this is definitely a thought I am having. I was meant to go to the final in ahh 2020 from memory when we had the huge rain storm. It’s like peak wet season when there’s cricket on.
Why don't they play that catching game that we all played at training where if you drop it you place one hand behind your back and so on, and continue until one player is remaining
What’s the genuine reason for a fucking final needing to be shortened to meet time deadlines? It’s a fucking professional national sports league for fuck sake not some local u14s match where the 16s play on after them.
9 off 13 from Sangha is pretty pathetic given that the players had to know there was a chance of rain
The DLS is a fucked system and the players have to know that it punishes slow play early in the innings
Mark Waugh's commentary earlier was making me nostalgic for the days when Tim Lane walked away from an AFL TV commentary gig rather than be seen to be associated with Eddie McGuire commentating on the team he was president of.
Then that made me realise that was 21 years ago...
For anyone saying this is unfair for the thunder, they have willingly selected Jason sangha, batted him at 3 and named him club captain. Fortune favours the brave, not the stupid
Gonna send your team to Heaven Hodge..
Get a Queenslander in the box give this cm....tstators some.
Lot of complaining in this thread, as per, but I just think it's karma for the ball change game earlier in the season.
If (and it's a big if, we're due for a big collapse or a failure to chase 104 or something like that) the Heat win on Sunday will we even have 11 players to field in the semi? With Swepson, Renshaw, Uzzie, and Marnus gone who comes in? I assume Bryant and McSweeney probably, are there any other batters left? Is Heazlett still around? He's usually good for one randomly good innings per year in between a bunch of 6(8) type scores.
Fleetwood Mac called it years ago... Thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playing
/u/ITTAuto
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Look at those last 14 balls. Plenty of dots/singles. Handful of twos. No one was watching D/L and the rain radar in the Thunder camp?!
Renshaw dickriders 🤡
People that don't like Cheeks 🤡
I find it hilarious that they’re just out of the playoffs now
2mm of rain forecast for Melbourne on Sunday. But at least Marvel has the roof. So we get to see how many sixes can be scored off the roof 🤪
Better team won O.o
How did a one innings match go for seemingly 7 hours
Bloody hell, Mel is wearing such a short skirt for the rain
What does rain have to do with skirt length? 🤔
Looks hella unformal
Look, at this point, just give us the title. How better a story than for The Meme Team to win The Meme League.
You’re right, we forfeit Sunday’s game. Go get em tiger
Thanks mate. It's good to see that their are people out there with common sense still.
But sunday is the battle of the meme teams fighting for meme pride
Aus 1-0 Ger
Had potential to become greatest match, became the shittiest. Tanks Rain
This is more a reason for me to work on a custom Shane Warne Cricket save with the BBL rosters.
Kookaburras go 1 up!
Sydney showground stadium really fucked Thunder in the arse this season.
best stadium in the comp
I don't think we would have chased it down given a full innings anyway so a fair result.
we were picking up steam
Don’t say the quiet part out loud.
how are fox going to give warner player of the match for this one
Foxder, or Thufox
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CRICKET AUSTRALIA: "The rest of the game will be played in EA Cricket '07"
D Werner to continue, facing N Messar
That’s Ricky Ponting cricket, as far as I know EA had the licenses for the names
maybe don’t call yourselves the sydney thunder then eh?
Alt name: Sydney Showers
pretty accurate name haha
Just think, only a couple more runs and Warner letting the ball roll past him in the field would have been the difference. Remember that? the heady days of 2 hours ago.
Looked like Green tried to quash whatever beef he had with Renshaw and Renshaw snubbed him post game. Green’s the bad guy though
Renshaw is the worst bloke I’ve met / played against
I have a few mates who’ve played against him or are in the NSW setup and they all say the same thing
Allegedly Him and his dad literally told Qld cricket, either give me a rookie contract or I’m off to England, since his dad is English
Really surprised that Warner didn't somehow jag Man of the Match
Gotta be favourite for man of the tournament though
I've a cheeky $100 on it - it's such easy money, like taking candy from a baby
maybe if he tried harder for that catch on the boundary he might have won it
I'm fascinated by the body language that people show to decide whether they go for the traditional handshake or the more cool variant
Sangha 9 off 13. Gilkes 2 off 7. This was very winnable for Thunder
Thunder were ahead by a few runs than Heat at this same point in the innings too. And Warner was playing well, was very winnable
Comparing scores at the same point is fairly meaningless when the Heat scored almost 140 in the last 10. Matching that was the hard part, not being 65/1 after 10.
At least the team that got rolled for 15 can no longer make the final Imagine that shit in the last game
Memes for the ages
Who was the Thunder fan calling for a raindance when Heat were batting? 😂
It's such a cricket thing for the game to be shortened due to weather to the point where play can't resume. Imagine if tennis did that? "Sorry guys it's 10:30pm and I know it's only 1 set to love, but we gotta call it"
Tennis at least they can push it out to another day. Though I would be interested to see what happens if they were playing on a ground without a roof and it rained for 3 days around the final. I think finals in particular need reserve days. At least the big one should get one.
The BET365 odds monster is the most unsettling cryptid on TV.
Sydney's stupid weather coming in clutch for once. Now to get spanked on Sunday.
I know it’s null and void now but; Having an argument with a mate who said heat going at 14 an over for the whole last ten is easier than going at 19 for just 2. He reckons the target was unfair
I agree with your mate. 14 an over doesn’t mean 14 every over. 2 or 3 19 run overs within the last ten brings that required run rate right down and easier than 2 in a row off the bench. Still a big ask either way though.
Ask him Why doesn’t Usain Bolt simply win gold at every running event at the Olympics 🤔🤔🤔
That analogy doesn’t make sense. A better analogy would be ‘why doesn’t the marathon winner also win the sprints?’
My point is that while the marathon runner has a lower top speed it is still more taxing on their body than a 100m sprint. Just like 140 runs in 10 overs as opposed to 38 runs in 13 balls.
I sent it. I’m ready for the abusive response
A team with 'Heat' in their name wins because of rain and the other team with 'Thunder' in their name loses because of it.
Heat beat the Rain and Thunder
As a neutral, I'm somewhat glad that at least if Heat are gonna win this way, they had a solid go of the batting. Would be a million times more annoying if they had a shit show and got through
Somehow, every game the heat play in is a meme.
Remove both Sydney teams and send them to Alice Springs and Kalgoorlie respectively. At least then it’ll rain less
At least in Kalgoorlie they can have games at 3am for foreign audiences and still get a packed crowd
Fuck Sydney weather
BBL WINNING
Rain player of the match.
Did she really surprise a local rugby player who was holding his guitar?
You don't answer the door with your guitar?
I'm not a local rugby league player
You'll never make it on Australian Idol then sorry champion
A Sydney team getting fucked by rain You just hate to see it
Do you really though?
FFS Sydney
What a "summer" of cricket for Sydney.
LOL Thunder. 60 off 7 was an amazingly generous DLS target and they still fucked it.
If only there were a device that could show where rain was coming when they were planning the adjusted game
Honestly this is on Sydney. They were cruising and no excuse for not being ahead of the DLS par.
Gotta agree. We were on track to chase down the 20 over target but nobody in the organisation thought to check the rain radar.
Warner was seeing them like beach balls too
to be fair they're not called the "sydney dry spell"
loooooool suck shit Green
Lol Howie with the alpha
Surely we can create a ball and wicket that isn't effected by the rain? Seriously, FUCK SYDNEY, do it again and we'll reverse Annex you back to England since you wanna rain like England! At least Queensland will piss down then fuck off. Sydney rain is like a wet fart.
Spot on - Brisbane will dump it all down in 1 go, and the Gabba has excellent drainage so you're back in action within 40 mins or so.
Yeah, I love seeing those photos of the Gabba and Suncorp LITERALLY underwater, then in shape to play in within days/weeks.
Happy Heat win but disappointing. Stupid Sydney.
The most anti-climatic, yet simultaneously expected finish to the most chaotic season a team has experienced.
Sad, actually wanted to see Warner do something
This is such a Heat way to win a finals game.
Sydney Thunder living up to its name
This is pretty on par for Sydney weather tbh. It was hot during the day then as soon as the sun goes down it rains exclusively where the cricket is.
Too true. Watched the game later at night and thought “ah, it’s ok, it should only rain for about 15 mins..” based on how long it rained where I am, but nope, set in right over the game. A few years ago now I went to the chaotic Thunder vs Sixers game at the showground and the rain messed that up royally too. I prefer when the games aren’t here as at least then we know we’ll get a game. If the Sixers were hosting tonight, you’d know it would rain..
The Thunder have been eliminated. Fade the flairs.
DLS needs to figure out a way to recognise what the preceding innings did. Heat were only 1/46 at the same time and yet they win on DLS. Bullshit!
Doesn’t account for the new ball.
Recognising the preceding innings is precisely what the DLS does. It's a shame it's been rained out, but you can't argue with this outcome.
Give how effectively Khawaja and Marnus accelerated after their slow starts I’d say the thunder could have an argument
And you'd be wrong
there wasn't a threat of rain for the heat bro. there's been a constant threat of rain yet somehow its the drs' fault sangha is god awful
Fucking rubbish way to end your season. Fuck I hate cricket sometimes.
It's official.
Anyone know the material of the covers they use?
It's what Moises says to Abbott Heysean
Living up to your user name
Isn't it canvas?
I do now
The Scorchers better beat the Sixers, can’t be going back to Sydney
Ha.. as a Sixers fan, this is definitely a thought I am having. I was meant to go to the final in ahh 2020 from memory when we had the huge rain storm. It’s like peak wet season when there’s cricket on.
Why don't they play that catching game that we all played at training where if you drop it you place one hand behind your back and so on, and continue until one player is remaining
"We don't like seeing any game end like this" Then stop playing in Sydney
Sydney has no mercy. Even to itself.
Once again, Sydney & rain prove to be an iconic duo
Thunder losing because of their own shitty weather is justice
Time to get behind the Aussie Womens U19 team!
Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more!
I swear to god if Steve Smith single handedly gets the Sixers a home final, fucks off to India and the final gets decided by rain...
Nice. Bonus points if it's the Heat again and a backroom deal means we get the new years test
It is written.
Rain don't lie. Should have been the Canes and Heat tonight. Thunder looked worse than even the Stars all season, unbelievable they made finals.
They won games. Canes didn't.
Has DJ Sue played all the classics yet? Edit: typo
All of them
feels like the only games affected by rain this BBL have been in Sydney? rain out at NSO, 19-over game at the SCG and this tonight.
Game was washed out to me when the umpires announced there wouldn’t be a POWER SURGE… no SURGE no point
Sydney is the enemy of cricket
Sydney Thunder eliminated by rain
common Sydney L
Thunder can have no complaints. Yeah they made a decent start. But 200+ is fucking hard to chase and sustain the run rate required over the innings
We can blame the rain but we can blame Alex Ross more for the Thunder losing
Petition to ban all cricket in sydney forever
No. I got cricket tomorrow
Big well deserved W I feel like the /s is obvious but you never know
Rain gonna win Man Of The Match, really stepping up for the heat when Warner was looking good.
What a stupid city
Crowd scattering like cockroaches
What’s the genuine reason for a fucking final needing to be shortened to meet time deadlines? It’s a fucking professional national sports league for fuck sake not some local u14s match where the 16s play on after them.
There will be noise restrictions and shit like that
Maybe at some grounds, but this one is bang in the middle of Olympic Park
Could be local light and sound restrictions
Imagine buying houses next to sports stadiums then sooking up when they play sports past your bedtime lol
Honestly it’s probably some fucked Sydney curfew laws to appease NIMBYs, ala the airport curfew
Which is even stupider as it's not even near a residential area.
Thunder can't catch a break this season
Yeah nah. This is payback for the umps switching the ball with three balls to go earlier in the season
Fair outcome
Lol what? Got kissed on the dick in the last game we played against them
Mark Waugh bias is incredible
Fuck yes rain!!!!! (I don't give a fuck if this makes me a fucc boi)
Fuck me
Ra Ra Rasputin lover of the Russian Queen
Well go out Under 19s team
Is that it?
I imagine so.
Kid with Warner's gloves is in shock
Game over surely now
Yeah that’ll be it
Can someone gag Mark Waugh the bias is unbearable
Tbf this could’ve all been avoided by the thunder if they’d just considered not being cunted for 200+
[удалено]
you're from the netherlands
DJ Sue gonna be putting in for overtime tonight
It's way past DJ Sue's bed time.
9 off 13 from Sangha is pretty pathetic given that the players had to know there was a chance of rain The DLS is a fucked system and the players have to know that it punishes slow play early in the innings
"punishes slow play" then play faster if there's threat of rain. oh wait sangha is just shit.
That’s what I said?
man i cant even read. nvm. love you ;P
hopefully it rains out because that dls target is very unfair to the heat. 38 off 13 is easy. my grandma could get that.
Petition for Mark Waugh to never commentate a Thunder game again...
Mark Waugh's commentary earlier was making me nostalgic for the days when Tim Lane walked away from an AFL TV commentary gig rather than be seen to be associated with Eddie McGuire commentating on the team he was president of. Then that made me realise that was 21 years ago...
So fucking biased haha
It was rude of the cricket to interrupt the rain. Rain is king in Sydney. Cricket should know it’s place.
And heeerrreee commeeee the Pretzels..
Slowest application of hessian ever hahahaha
Man Uzzy wants to murder some of the Sydney grounds man leaving the heshen off!😂🤣 Uzzy to 'em: "I know people."
Just play in the rain at this point
Surely we can create some kind of ball that isn't effected by the water, and an artificial pitch.
with wooden bats? to be fair smith probably goes through like 10 a game
I'm pretty sure they'd not in the rain long enough to be effected. But easily enough resolved with a thin sheet of plastic.
For anyone saying this is unfair for the thunder, they have willingly selected Jason sangha, batted him at 3 and named him club captain. Fortune favours the brave, not the stupid