Or 6 :p Gayle bowled by Pattinson for 4.

:lol: Saw this on twitter from Richard Hinds "Is bowling to Dan Smith with a Jenny Craig logo on your shirt considered sledging?"

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 17/12/2011 09:12:10 PM

Warner hundred.

What an innings, carried the Thunder scoring a third of their runs.

Thunder win by 6 wickets with an over to spare.

Well, it was always going to be Warne(r)'s night 8-[

Football can only dream of BBL's level of advertising and media support and yet the crowd was only 23,496.

Shows that our supporters are more engaged via social media. Bodes well for our sport

T20 is completely different to test cricket, but back to back centuries is still back to back centuries, the kid must be full of confidence, all good shit for boxing day!

You make it sound like that's a bad crowd. It's just an average crowd really. You often get less than that at the MCG for ODIs and Day 4/5 of test matches. Plus there are two Melbourne teams, and not everyone is going to go and see both sides play.

But considering it was dubbed as the return of Warne, it is the opening round of the much hyped BBL, and that they were expecting 70,000 to the game last week, i'd say it's a pretty damn dissapointing crowd

Would like to see the TV ratings, though

Edited by Mozilla: 18/12/2011 10:44:36 AM

They were never going to get 70,000, :lol: at anyone who thought they would. The only time you'll be seeing 70,000 at the cricket this summer is Day 1 Boxing Day. Yeah the return of Warne you'd have thought would have attracted a larger than usual crowd, but other than that it's just the same shit as last year with a different name and two extra teams. Last year the only time Victoria got above 20,000 was for the opening game against Queensland which got about 30,000. 23,000 is just a pretty average crowd.

Edited by gooner4life_8: 18/12/2011 10:52:30 AM

2 thirds buddy.
Over 100 when they chased 154...

You know you've plunged to new depths when you're trying to justify your own crowds by comparing them to Aus Domestic Cricket crowds:lol:

Vernon fucking Philander. Absolute god. Him and Steyn are tearing everyone a new one. Outstanding

That's what I meant.



this :lol:

I'll wait till he's bowled on pitches other than South Africa's Pace Heaven, but certainly a good start to his career :lol:

Wouldn't say comparing HAL crowds to BBL crowds is that low, considering Australian 20/20 league have always averaged similar to HAL.

I can see why this league is seen to be a bit of a joke by alot of people, but you can't escape the fact that for all the hype, the Sydney Sixes and Melbourne Stars' inaugral attendances have been dissapointing.

Yeah but it's pretty sad if you're trying to make out that the A-league is doing really well because it's getting as good or better crowds than the Big Bash, that's not much of an achievement. :lol:

Not making it out as that mate. Really just saying that the two leagues can be comparable in terms of crowd figures.

Pretty sure what Funky was trying to say is if you think having as good/better crowds than the cricket is a great result then you can't be aiming too high.

4 matches of the Big Bash. 4 "outsiders" have got up. Assuming the Hurricanes don't fuck this up

Cowan with 109 v India today, surely gets a spot in the test team now

Extended squad gets announced for Boxing Day test today. Cowan, Christian should be in there

No Kahwaja or Hughes thankfully. Stark somehow makes it.

Hilfenhaus. He's been there done that.
Starc can GAGF

Warner
Cowan
Marsh
Ponting
Clarke
Hussey
Haddin
Siddle
Pattinson
Lyon
Starc

Disappointed for Khawaja. It was hard for him, basically always being opener.

Drop the future in Khawaja and continue with Ponting who is set to retire anyway. Makes sense.

Nah look, you can be as pretty as you want in your strokeplay, but if you keep making 20/30 and getting out, something's gotta give. I think he has a future in the team, but he needs to prove himself again.

Yeah, as much as I have a crush on Khawaja's technique, he tends to be a bit too defensive and can bog the side down.