The Cricket Thread (8 Viewers)

[brent012]

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That is true, but most stations aren't major stations!

And last time I went to ANZ though, I do remember a long walk from Olympic Park.

It really isn't that far - a few minutes at most. The station i caught a train from wasn't a major station either and it was one train to Olympic Park, but it is near Blacktown so maybe that has something to do with it.

 

[btx3]

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They just felt the Melbourne and Sydney sides had to be split up for a fair competition i think. Supposedly Thunder were almost a Western Sydney team and Sixers were supposed to be for eastern sydney but that hasn't made any difference. I read somewhere that Cricket Australia were wanting Thunder to recruit Indian, Sri Lankan players etc. to increase the fan base among the asian population.

If there was a real Western Sydney team i'd support them but both teams have alright players and i supported Thunder last year (despite not watching any matches) and decided to swap and support Sixers this year because Warner swapped teams.

LOL, sydney teams are last and 2nd last.

 

[michaeljennings]

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LOL, sydney teams are last and 2nd last.

yea this is true, i dont think it was for a fairer competition i think it was to try create rivalries and to have more teams in the comp to attract more money. I think the stars renegades games always attract huge crowds

 

[brent012]

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LOL, sydney teams are last and 2nd last.

Yeah =S, to be fair Sixers did win last year as well as the Champions League.

yea this is true, i dont think it was for a fairer competition i think it was to try create rivalries and to have more teams in the comp to attract more money. I think the stars renegades games always attract huge crowds

You are probably right, early on in the comp i was kinda hoping for Thunder to go bad but now i just wish they weren't both at the bottom!

 

[kaz1]

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Thunder would be number 1 if Gayle was in form.

 

[halapenyo]

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Thunder would be number 1 if Gayle was in form.

no. the rest of their team is not good enough.

 

[michaeljennings]

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no. the rest of their team is not good enough.

+1 they remind me of the gold coast suns, jsut a one man team as if all their money goes towards that one player and then they could only afford base price players everywhere else

Gayle played some pretty good innings last season but they still finished last

 

[brent012]

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Gayle is fairly overrated imo, but i think a lot of good players from overseas are so my opinion counts for nothing. Kind of reminds me of the situation some of the IPL teams got into by over paying for some players.

 

[michaeljennings]

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Gayle is fairly overrated imo, but i think a lot of good players from overseas are so my opinion counts for nothing. Kind of reminds me of the situation some of the IPL teams got into by over paying for some players.

gayle was in really bad form against bangladesh before he starting playing in this seasons bbl but even still find me any bowler than feels comfortable running in to bowl to gayle and ill admit hes overrated.

yea the IPL overpays their indian players

 

[btx3]

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gayle was in really bad form against bangladesh before he starting playing in this seasons bbl but even still find me any bowler than feels comfortable running in to bowl to gayle and ill admit hes overrated.

Even though sixes aren't going too well they are an actual team unlike thunder who just have Gayle then randoms

 

[michaeljennings]

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Even though sixes aren't going too well they are an actual team unlike thunder who just have Gayle then randoms

yea sixers have a good balance, and one of the best t20 bowling attacks when they haev everyone on deck
thunder is just gayle and then a bunch of state cricket hasbeens like cosgrove and rogers and a few useless overseas players

 

[michaeljennings]

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ill just point out i dont hate the thunder, im just really annoyed at how theyve played over the last two seasons. Other than gayle its as if none of their batsman can hit it off the square

 

[brent012]

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yea the IPL overpays their indian players

Yep, was ridiculous seeing players not selected for the Indian team and average players going for more than star foreign players. The cap on how many foreign players could play and the fact that the BCCI put the IPL in it's own window really made the auctions bizarre. What even happened to the IPL? Seemed to die out by about the third season, anyone know how it's going at the moment?

 

[btx3]

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yea sixers have a good balance, and one of the best t20 bowling attacks when they haev everyone on deck
thunder is just gayle and then a bunch of state cricket hasbeens like cosgrove and rogers and a few useless overseas players

Cosgrove lol. Saw him trying to stop a boundary against the hurricanes, it was so pathetic.

 

[michaeljennings]

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Yep, was ridiculous seeing players not selected for the Indian team and average players going for more than star foreign players. The cap on how many foreign players could play and the fact that the BCCI put the IPL in it's own window really made the auctions bizarre. What even happened to the IPL? Seemed to die out by about the third season, anyone know how it's going at the moment?

yea haha idk it got so repetitive i stopped watching after the 2nd season. yea its a joke how they pick their domestic players over foreign players. I hate all kinds of indian cricket LOL im happy their national team is struggling

 

[michaeljennings]

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Cosgrove lol. Saw him trying to stop a boundary against the hurricanes, it was so pathetic.

fuck hes so shit lol saw him play a few ryobi games earlier this season and it was jsut embarrasing to watch. Correct me if im wrong but hes doing pretty well in the 4 day format?

 

[brent012]

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yea haha idk it got so repetitive i stopped watching after the 2nd season. yea its a joke how they pick their domestic players over foreign players. I hate all kinds of indian cricket LOL im happy their national team is struggling

Haha yeah, they are such sore losers too - the fans too half the time. But i don't have to worry about as many of them anymore now im not in school! Couldn't really care less about how they go anymore unless it's against Australia.

I used to support Deccan Chargers in the first couple of seasons but i hear they have been cut now =S

 

[btx3]

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fuck hes so shit lol saw him play a few ryobi games earlier this season and it was jsut embarrasing to watch. Correct me if im wrong but hes doing pretty well in the 4 day format?

I don't really know man, I'm following Henriques he's doing really well in the 4 day format but he's going shit in BBL

 

[michaeljennings]

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Haha yeah, they are such sore losers too - the fans too half the time. But i don't have to worry about as many of them anymore now im not in school! Couldn't really care less about how they go anymore unless it's against Australia.

I used to support Deccan Chargers in the first couple of seasons but i hear they have been cut now =S

oh wow lol i didnt know teams were getting cut. haha yea indians are sore losers. Liek when symonds accused harbajhan of being racist, rather than standing and fighting the case they threatened to get on a plane and go home. pathetic response. Cant stand ravi shastri either most biased commentator ive ever heard

 

[michaeljennings]

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I don't really know man, I'm following Henriques he's doing really well in the 4 day format but he's going shit in BBL

yea henriques is having a really good season after he performed well in the champions league but his bbl form has been pretty poor unfortunately