the Australian Open starts shortly. Maybe Hodge can be a wildcard entry. Short ball, he brings out those strong forehands again to keep it down, hit really hard past mid-on.
Heat vs Strikers, 23rd Match at Brisbane, Jan 08 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
23rd Match (N), Brisbane, January 08, 2016, Big Bash League
175/6
(18.4/20 ov, T:176) 179/2
Strikers won by 8 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
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Mahela Jayawardene is the Player of the Match for his 30-ball 53
Aditya Talesara: "Adelaide Strikers and Perth Scorchers are classic example of how important the perfomance of local players matters in a domestic T20 leagues! Some franchise like Stars, RCB, DD, Renegades always keep themselves busy in buying big names and as a result, no titles between them."
First things first. Brisbane Heat are out of contention now. It was a competitive total alright, but poor bowling coupled with the brilliance of Mahela Jayawardene and Travis Head meant a potentially tough chase was turned into a cruise halfway through. Strikers displace Perth Scorchers as the No. 1 team for now . They also have a game in hand, as compared to their nearest competitors.
18.4
4
Cutting to Hodge, FOUR runs
18.3
•
Cutting to Hodge, no run
low full toss on off, squeezed to mid-on
18.2
4
Cutting to Hodge, FOUR runs
that is a cracker! Overpitched on middle, backs away and hammers it back past the bowler, no one moved
18.1
2
Cutting to Hodge, 2 runs
width on offer, smashed behind point, Lendl Simmons nearly pushes it into the boundary as he attempts a cheeky flick after picking it up
end of over 189 runs
AS: 169/2CRR: 9.38 • RRR: 3.50
Brad Hodge4 (4b)
Tim Ludeman57 (49b 5x4)
Josh Lalor 4-0-33-0
Ben Cutting 3-0-27-1
17.6
1
Lalor to Hodge, 1 run
slower ball on off, eased wide of point for an easy single
17.6
1w
Lalor to Hodge, 1 wide
slower bouncer on middle, he arches back and lets it go, wide called again. Long, long over this
17.5
1
Lalor to Ludeman, 1 run
rocket hit to mid-off, quick single taken
Captain Obvious: "Yes Samrat Ahuja we can put down Travis Head's development down to solely playing for Dehli. *sarcasm* Bravo to SACA for the faith and patience put into Head despite his young age when they started playing him. It's paying dividends now." Keep the banter going, folks
17.5
1w
Lalor to Ludeman, 1 wide
gets the direction wrong this time, full and well outside the wide line, work for the umpire
17.4
1
Lalor to Hodge, 1 run
misfield at mid-off allows the quick single
Abhay Arora: "Oh is Lalor? I though it was Irfan Pathan!!! Quiet similar action!! Or maybe just at certain instance." Similar actions, yes
17.3
1
Lalor to Ludeman, 1 run
driven to long off
17.2
1
Lalor to Hodge, 1 run
opens the face of the bat and runs it wide of point
17.1
1
Lalor to Ludeman, 1 run
eased to third man this time
17.1
1w
Lalor to Ludeman, 1 wide
full and wide delivery from over the wicket, he reaches out to squeeze that behind point, can't get enough bat on it, close to the wide line
end of over 1710 runs • 1 wicket
AS: 160/2CRR: 9.41 • RRR: 5.33
Tim Ludeman54 (46b 5x4)
Brad Hodge1 (1b)
Ben Cutting 3-0-27-1
Josh Lalor 3-0-24-0
Graham: "I've just found out its poor captaincy going for your strike bowler who recently got picked in an Australian squad when you need to get another 2 overs out of him. Nothing wrong with the captaincy poor bowling and brilliant batting."
16.6
1
Cutting to Ludeman, 1 run
turned wide of midwicket
16.5
1
Cutting to Hodge, 1 run
short into the rib cage, deflects off the thigh pad to short fine leg
16.4
1
Cutting to Ludeman, 1 run
sliding into the pads, flicked to deep square
16.3
W
Cutting to Head, OUT
swung across the line, gets a top edge and the fielder there took a simple catch. Looked to play a cross-batted slog this time, didn't get enough bat on it, easily taken by Heazlett. Fine knock, his rich vein of form continues, one that has almost put the Brisbane Heat out of contention
Travis Head c Heazlett b Cutting 50 (25b 1x4 4x6) SR: 200
16.2
6
Cutting to Head, SIX runs
slapped over the bowler's head, straight into the sight screen. Too full, he clears the front leg, gets down on one knee and boom!
Kapil: "As good is his batting, as poor is his captaincy, that's Lynn for you. Why would you give a bowler who has gone for 19, another over in crunch situation? He should have given it to Lalor and asked him to bowl around the stumps to Head. That 20 run over killed the game for Heat"
16.1
1
Cutting to Ludeman, 1 run
bowls it full and outside off, driven hard to cover
end of over 1612 runs
AS: 150/1CRR: 9.37 • RRR: 6.50
Travis Head44 (23b 1x4 3x6)
Tim Ludeman51 (43b 5x4)
Josh Lalor 3-0-24-0
Andrew Fekete 2-0-40-0
15.6
2
Lalor to Head, 2 runs
rolls off the thick inside edge towards Simmons at deep midwicket again, good running
Win Probability
AS 100%
BHAS100%50%100%
Over 19 • AS 179/2
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