chips over long-onand that is the game! A ten wicket win, sealed by stepping out and chipping this length ball over the fielder
Strikers vs Hurricanes, 37th Match at Adelaide, BBL, Jan 21 2019 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Hurricanes won by 10 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
What explains AB de Villiers, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine not playing the Big Bash and getting a Bangladesh Premier League gig? Our Talking T20 crew ponder and come up with some answers.
9:38pm Too simple for Hobart Hurricanes who now have 16 points at the top! Adelaide never got into this - not when they started slow, not in the middle, not with Ingram's 22-run over and not even close when they came out to defend. A comprehensive loss for them by 10 wickets. Mathew Wade was in scintillating touch throughout the innings, and got his second score in the 80s this season. Short caught up later on and more than three overs were left as they opening pair finished this unseparated. Wade is the Man of the Match. Thanks for joining us and we'll see you soon!
Huzefa: "Short has spoiled the party here. Wade can't put his argument forward to the selectors by getting a hundred now."
Kapil: "BBL was trying to replicate the sucess of IPL right from the inception but what kept it unique was its big hitting and big chases and 2-3 low scoring thrillers every season but the number of 1 sided games this season is completely due to lack of quality among local players and that's clearly visible from lack of sucess of AUS in limted overs cricket in general. Need to raise batting standards at every level, Aussies"
short and just outside off, backs away and cuts it firmly to extra cover's left
Tom: "bit of all of the above - couple years ago it was gayle, malinga etc. now it's james vince and jofra archer - no aura around any of them and T20 has lost any kind of novelty now. people play it too well so it's just less variable"
length outside off, punched to sweeper cover
length and in at leg stump, tapped to long-on off the front foot
full and in at leg stump, drivne uppishly with the angle, past non-striker. Long-on slides to his right to keep it to two
Milhan: ""Short to Short" funny..."
short and wide outside off, cut to sweeper
short and wide outside off, gets on the back foot, stays leg side of it and cuts late. Too good for sweeper cover
short and wide outside off, looks to cut, gets it to extra cover off the toe-end
The chances of a Wade hundred fall further
short at leg stump, backs away and pulls it over deep square this time
full on leg stump, gets the front leg out and slogs this over the midwicket boundary to bring up is fifty
Tony L Mt Eliza: "Michael - agreed, BBL008 is the shark jumping milestone. How has it lost ist aura so quickly? Fewer overseas stars? Quality overall? Not long ago there were 90,000 at Melbourne Derby...but now a distant memory"
googly at a length, wide outside off. Beaten as he looks to sweep
short and in at the body as he backs into the leg side. Cut straight to backward point
short of a length on leg stump, flicked to deep backward square
full and angled in at leg stump. Looks to flick, deflected into the off side off the front pad
length at leg stump, flicked to midwicket's left
length ball follows him down leg side as he shuffles. Nudges it fine off the hips
length at leg stump, flicked to long-on
Brad: "As a Strikers fan, I definitely agree that BBL has jumped the shark."
Tom : "@michael some ordinary wickets have not helped either "
full at leg stump, clipped to deep midwicket
low outswinging full toss outside off. Slammed past the non-striker. Long-off gets across to his left and pulls it back in with a slide. It continues sliding towards the boundary with the momentum but long-on then tumbles to pull it back in again
full at the stumps, flicked to deep midwicket
Over 17 • HH 158/0
Hurricanes won by 10 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)