tigerman said:
He'll probably open up his argument again in that the game should've been played at the G.
News just in, we just heard Dom Sheed attended the game....
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He'll probably open up his argument again in that the game should've been played at the G.
News just in, we just heard Dom Sheed attended the game....
Ridley said:
How about the "Supernovas".
From Wikipedia : A supernova is an event that occurs upon the death of certain types of stars.
Ridley said:
Yep. That was one of the great bottle jobs ever seen. Choke of the highest order.
For all the No Show fans in Victoria. Today is exactly why, despite his talent, selectors ignore him.
When the pressure is really on, he folds. Should have been out twice before being dismissed for one.
He will do the same again (give it away) when he bats, when the heats applied in the World Cup (if he plays).
Leysy Days said:
funny.
so his innings of 82 to get them in the finals was under no pressure?
then scoring 40odd to lead them to the win in the semi was under no pressure?
last World Cup he only averaged 60odd at a strike rate of nearly 200.
Leysy Days said:
you think he was just lucky to first play close to the best innings of the tournament to get them to the finals? then lucky to guide them home in the semi?
he can be rash, but to say he never performs under pressure is wrong.
Leysy Days said:
Can't agree on Maxwell Boozy Ways. Whilst that may have been true in the past his recent form has been very good and he has made runs when required. His innings last week against the Sixers to get the Stars to the finals had to be seen to be believed. And he saw them home against the Hurricanes to make the final. Sure he failed yesterday but he had plenty of mates. There are plenty of others in that team that should have serious questions asked of them.
Dunk; yes he finally made some runs yesterday but is on a massive 5 year contract and has been poor ever since recruited to the Stars; very underwhelming
Maddinson; another big money signing with a top score of 19; plays like a D grade suburban cricketer with some of the ways he gets out
Handscomb; what the hell was that shot he played yesterday at 1-93; started the collapse and apart from a one or two innings has looked out of form all season
Bravo; one of the most overrated cricketers I've witnessed; DDD; Diamond Duck Dwayne.
Pat Cummins is now rated the best bowler in the world according to ICC rankings, the first Australian bowler since Glenn McGrath. Probably no surprise to most of us after he took the wickets of AB de Villiers, Kallis and Amla in his first test as an 18 year in South Africa.
Yes, could be on the way to become one of our all-time greats, but the great thing is that he is still only 25 - just getting close to his prime. (But hate to put the mokkas on him with that injury history).
Also no surprise that Lillee has been a key influence upon his development, injury recoveries etc.
Also no surprise that Lillee has been a key influence upon his development, injury recoveries etc.
Leysy's post shows that no matter how many great innings Maxwell plays, no matter how maturely he led the side all tournament and how coolly he got them home in the semi, no matter that he averaged 65 with a strike rate of 182 in the last World Cup, all it takes is one bad shot for those who have it in for him to say, "See?".
I blame Stoinis and Dunk more than Maxwell. To go that deep without loss and both get out leaving those to come needing 10 an over. They should have put their foot on the throat. Stoinis faced 38 balls and made 39. So he's soaked up 13 overs scoring at less than the required rate and then misses a straight one. He's supposed to be a destructive player, he should have made 60 facing that many balls. He's the one who choked. Dunk at least scored faster but then to throw it away after Stoinis and Handscomb had gone was silly.
And of course lifting the trophy and copping nothing but support from all quarters was the woefully out of form, technically flawed (will be exposed big time in England) Finch, whose own semi final choke was covered by Christian's late hitting.
It's a cruel game, perception.
I blame Stoinis and Dunk more than Maxwell. To go that deep without loss and both get out leaving those to come needing 10 an over. They should have put their foot on the throat. Stoinis faced 38 balls and made 39. So he's soaked up 13 overs scoring at less than the required rate and then misses a straight one. He's supposed to be a destructive player, he should have made 60 facing that many balls. He's the one who choked. Dunk at least scored faster but then to throw it away after Stoinis and Handscomb had gone was silly.
And of course lifting the trophy and copping nothing but support from all quarters was the woefully out of form, technically flawed (will be exposed big time in England) Finch, whose own semi final choke was covered by Christian's late hitting.
It's a cruel game, perception.
spook said:
Agree Spook. The "Stars" have never come to terms with the power play. They rarely get out of it with more than a score in the 40s. Most other teams will often get into the 50s and sometimes 60s. They are too conservative when the field is up and then expect their talent to allow them to bash boundaries in the final overs to achieve a decent score. It worked for Maxwell against the Sixers last weekend but more often it doesn't.
Stoinis and Dunk should have killed the contest in the power play. Much like Cutting and Bryant did when they chased down 150 in 10 overs against the Stars' pie throwers a week and half back. That's not to excuse the batsmen down the order who were pathetic and should have still got them home. But if they crushed the life out of the contest earlier it wouldn't have been an issue.
And yeah Finch is very very lucky they even made it to the final. His dismissal against the Sixers in the semi was as bad as you'd see; even worse than the Stars' batsmen in the final. Christian sure saved his bacon.
