The first Matador BBQs One-Day Cup has been run and won. The Western Warriors broke a drought with their victory over NSW in a final played at the SCG in front of only a handful of people. There were big individual scores, tiny team totals, and everything in between.
Is it time for the Comets to make a return to the Australian one-day domestic scene? With recent changes to what is now known as the Matador One-Day Cup, I think it is.
In the last day or so – it’s proximity to the launch of KP’s book hardly a coincidence – a “strictly privileged and confidential” 5 page document highlighting some of Kev’s alleged misdemeanours during last summer’s Ashes tour has sprung up. Let’s look at the “highlights” of the document that may or may not be the ‘dossier’, which may or may not exist, and covers the things that KP may or may not have done and said.
For BBL04 all teams will be getting new kits produced by Majestic Athletic. They are replacing Kooga who supplied kits for the first three seasons. None of them have been officially unveiled yet, but let’s have a look at what we do know.
Rewind to six months ago, the Ashes were lost and English cricket thought it had a crisis. They were wrong.
This past week two of the Sydney Thunder’s biggest names declared themselves unavailable for the fourth edition of the Big Bash League, but it won’t matter, in fact it should help them build a better team.
Unlike an actual awards ceremony I’m not going to keep the big award until the end. Let’s just jump right in, the winner of the BBB Medal for 2014 is Ben Dunk.
Whether you love it or hate it, the Big Bash League gets a lot of things right. However it’s got two prominent issues, both of which can easily be solved. The tournament is (slightly) too long, and the finals system is flawed.
Only two right last round, still my tipping is doing miles better than my fantasy team which is an utter shambles. Onward. Strikers v Renegades (Adelaide Oval) – The Strikers lost two from two last round and were very disappointing agains the Heat at home. The Renegades fell just short in their run chase, but…
Three from four – again. This time it was the Thunder who spoilt my party, chalking up a win after 19 consecutive losses at the expense of the Renegades who’ve fallen in a bit of a hole lately. On to Round 7. Scorchers v Strikers (WACA) – Both had last ’round’ off, so they should…
Just ask Mike Hussey. Six games into BBL03 and the Sydney Thunder have just chalked up, unbelievably, their 19th consecutive loss. They’ve been without a win since December 2011.
Three from four, and very close to a perfect round thanks to the thrilling finish between the Scorchers and Sixers last night. Two games each for the Hurricanes and Thunder this round which could make picking a fanatays side difficult given that you only get two changes per round. Hurricanes v Thunder (Bellerive) – The…
Despite having gone unchanged through 5 consecutive Ashes Tests, Australia will obviously need to take more than 11 guys on the trip to South Africa next month. The first 11 should pick themselves, but beyond that who should they pick?
Only got two right last round thanks to me picking the Sixers to lose both their games… which they then won. Clearly I have no idea what I’m talking about.
Three from four again thanks to some big hitting from Klinger and Hodge to get their sides over the line in a couple of close contests. Neither of the Renegades opponents put up much fight and they cruised home in both their matches.