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The Big Bash League starts this Thursday with the Strikers in action against Melb Stars on Friday night at Adelaide Oval.

The Strikers squad:

Jono Dean
Travis Head
Brad Hodge
Jon Holland
Mahela Jayawardene
Alex Keath
Hamish Kingston
Ben Laughlin
Jake Lehmann
Tim Ludeman
Michael Neser
Gary Putland
Adil Rashid
Kane Richardson
Alex Ross
Craig Simmons
Kelvin Smith
Billy Stanlake

Gozu wrote:The Big Bash League starts this Thursday with the Strikers in action against Melb Stars on Friday night at Adelaide Oval.

The Strikers squad:

Jono Dean
Travis Head
Brad Hodge
Jon Holland
Mahela Jayawardene
Alex Keath
Hamish Kingston
Ben Laughlin
Jake Lehmann
Tim Ludeman
Michael Neser
Gary Putland
Adil Rashid
Kane Richardson
Alex Ross
Craig Simmons
Kelvin Smith
Billy Stanlake

I'm guessing something like....
1. Ludeman
2. Simmons
3. Jayawardena
4. Head
5. Hodge
6. Ross
7. Holland
8. Rashid
9. Richardson
10. Laughlin
11. Putland

wristwatcher wrote:

Gozu wrote:The Big Bash League starts this Thursday with the Strikers in action against Melb Stars on Friday night at Adelaide Oval.

The Strikers squad:

Jono Dean
Travis Head
Brad Hodge
Jon Holland
Mahela Jayawardene
Alex Keath
Hamish Kingston
Ben Laughlin
Jake Lehmann
Tim Ludeman
Michael Neser
Gary Putland
Adil Rashid
Kane Richardson
Alex Ross
Craig Simmons
Kelvin Smith
Billy Stanlake

I'm guessing something like....
1. Ludeman
2. Simmons
3. Jayawardena
4. Head
5. Hodge
6. Ross
7. Holland
8. Rashid
9. Richardson
10. Laughlin
11. Putland

Looks good, I wouldnt rule out Neser or Stanlake in place of Putland and/or a spinner

Ludeman
Simmons
Head
Hodge
Jaywardene
Ross
Neser
Rashid
Richardson
Laughlin
Holland

Rashid has ten first class hundreds

Hodge named captain.

I forgot Gillespie is the coach of the Strikers, I was wondering yesterday how they're going to go under Siddons

Gozu wrote:The Big Bash League starts this Thursday with the Strikers in action against Melb Stars on Friday night at Adelaide Oval.

The Strikers squad:

Jono Dean
Travis Head
Brad Hodge
Jon Holland
Mahela Jayawardene
Alex Keath
Hamish Kingston
Ben Laughlin
Jake Lehmann
Tim Ludeman
Michael Neser
Gary Putland
Adil Rashid
Kane Richardson
Alex Ross
Craig Simmons
Kelvin Smith
Billy Stanlake

Would have to be the most UN inspiring list of players to watch i could think of.

What people see in this crap has got me F*****D.

The fact that the captain is a 40 y.o. Victorian sums up how much of a JOKE this comp is.

jackpot jim wrote:

Gozu wrote:The Big Bash League starts this Thursday with the Strikers in action against Melb Stars on Friday night at Adelaide Oval.

The Strikers squad:

Jono Dean
Travis Head
Brad Hodge
Jon Holland
Mahela Jayawardene
Alex Keath
Hamish Kingston
Ben Laughlin
Jake Lehmann
Tim Ludeman
Michael Neser
Gary Putland
Adil Rashid
Kane Richardson
Alex Ross
Craig Simmons
Kelvin Smith
Billy Stanlake

Would have to be the most UN inspiring list of players to watch i could think of.

What people see in this crap has got me F*****D.

The fact that the captain is a 40 y.o. Victorian sums up how much of a JOKE this comp is.

Strikers have been tipped to finish bottom in some form guides.....

heater31 wrote:

jackpot jim wrote:

Gozu wrote:The Big Bash League starts this Thursday with the Strikers in action against Melb Stars on Friday night at Adelaide Oval.

The Strikers squad:

Jono Dean
Travis Head
Brad Hodge
Jon Holland
Mahela Jayawardene
Alex Keath
Hamish Kingston
Ben Laughlin
Jake Lehmann
Tim Ludeman
Michael Neser
Gary Putland
Adil Rashid
Kane Richardson
Alex Ross
Craig Simmons
Kelvin Smith
Billy Stanlake

Would have to be the most UN inspiring list of players to watch i could think of.

What people see in this crap has got me F*****D.

The fact that the captain is a 40 y.o. Victorian sums up how much of a JOKE this comp is.

Strikers have been tipped to finish bottom in some form guides.....

Strange as it doesn't seem a dissimilar team from the one that finished the minor round near the top of the table last year

The other squads:

BRISBANE HEAT

Samuel Badree, Nick Buchanan, Joe Burns, Ben Cutting, Alex Doolan, Andrew Fekete, Luke Feldman, Jason Floros, Peter Forrest, James Hopes, Josh Lalor, Chris Lynn, Lendl Simmons, James Peirson, Nathan Reardon, Lendl Simmons, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, Jack Wildermuth.

HOBART HURRICANES

Tim Paine, Ben Dunk, Cameron Boyce, Darren Sammy, Jake Reed, Timm van der Gugten, Michael Hill, Sam Rainbird, Jon Wells, Beau Webster, George Bailey, Dan Christian, Clive Rose, Simon Milenko, Shaun Tait, Jonathan Wells, Dominic Michael, Kumar Sangakkara, Joe Mennie.

MELBOURNE RENEGADES

Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Callum Ferguson, Nathan Rimmington, Tom Cooper, Tom Beaton, Matthew Short, Nick Winter, Dwayne Bravo, Peter Nevill, Xavier Doherty, Chris Gayle, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Chris Tremain, Guy Walker, Cameron White.

MELBOURNE STARS

David Hussey, Michael Beer, Scott Boland, James Faulkner, Sebastian Gotch, Evan Gulbis, Peter Handscomb, Sam Harper, John Hastings, Ben Hilfenhaus, Glenn Maxwell, Kevin Pietersen, Robert Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Tom Triffitt, Daniel Worrall, Luke Wright, Adam Zampa.

PERTH SCORCHERS

Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Michael Klinger, Mitch Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Simon Mackin, James Muirhead, Joel Paris, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Adam Voges, Sam Whiteman, Brad Hogg, Michael Carberry, Marcus Harris, David Willey.

SYDNEY SIXERS

Sean Abbott, Doug Bollinger, Ryan Carters, Soumil Chhibber, Ed Cowan, Ben Dwarshuis, Brad Haddin, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Ming Li, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Stephen O’Keefe, Jordan Silk, Jackson Bird, Johan Botha, Mickey Edwards, Michael Lumb, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc.

SYDNEY THUNDER

Aiden Blizzard, Pat Cummins, Fawad Ahmed, Jake Doran, Chris Hartley, Jacques Kallis, Andrew McDonald, Usman Khawaja, Gurinder Sandhu, Chris Green, Mike Hussey, Kurtis Patterson, Jonte Pattison, Kurtis Patterson, Ben Rohrer, Shane Watson, Andre Russell, Clint McKay, Ahillen Beadle.

I like the look of the renegades squad.

Finch and Gale find form could be great to watch.

Who are the favourites?

Agree with Carey I like the look of the Renegades squad, batting order will be really stong. Finch, Gayle, Furguson, Cooper as a top 4 then White and Bravo. Assuming Nevill won't play so it'll be Wade. Bowling looks a bit thin though if Siddle and Pattinson don't play but Rimmington is a very good T20 bowler.

Sixes look strong aswell, depends on how many of the Aussie play though and the Stars look good on paper aswell. Boland, Faulkner, Handscomb, Hastings, Maxwell, Pieterson, Quiney, Stoinis, Worrall, Wright, Zampa would be their best XI.

The Thunder look to have a decent best XI with Cummins, Kallis, Sandu, Mike Hussey and Watson.

The Scorchers have a very balanced squad with no real big stars, should be around the mark again.

The Heat look pretty weak, they have 3 decent bats Lynn, Reardon and Burns.

The Strikers would have to have the most unappealing looking squad.

jackpot jim wrote:

Gozu wrote:The Big Bash League starts this Thursday with the Strikers in action against Melb Stars on Friday night at Adelaide Oval.

The Strikers squad:

Jono Dean
Travis Head
Brad Hodge
Jon Holland
Mahela Jayawardene
Alex Keath
Hamish Kingston
Ben Laughlin
Jake Lehmann
Tim Ludeman
Michael Neser
Gary Putland
Adil Rashid
Kane Richardson
Alex Ross
Craig Simmons
Kelvin Smith
Billy Stanlake

Would have to be the most UN inspiring list of players to watch i could think of.

What people see in this crap has got me F*****D.

The fact that the captain is a 40 y.o. Victorian sums up how much of a JOKE this comp is.

Well don't watch it.

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Hasn't Hodge got one of the best T20 records in the world?

He is a bit of a flogger but would be an excellent skipper, he'd lead by example and would take pride in his decisions.

Lightning McQueen wrote:Hasn't Hodge got one of the best T20 records in the world?

He is a bit of a flogger but would be an excellent skipper, he'd lead by example and would take pride in his decisions.

It's been done to give Travis Head a break from leadership. I guess he could learn a bit too from someone of Brad's experience not only in t20 but cricket in general.

Lightning McQueen wrote:Hasn't Hodge got one of the best T20 records in the world?

He is a bit of a flogger but would be an excellent skipper, he'd lead by example and would take pride in his decisions.

Hodge has got the second most runs in T20 history behind only Chris Gayle.

I don't really like him either but he's a player/assistant coach and is under contract for next season too.

woodublieve12 wrote:.

Agree but it sure beats watching home & away each night.

My crack at the ladder would be

1. Melbourne Renegades
2. Sydney Sixers
3. Perth Scorchers
4. Melbourne Stars
5. Adelaide Strikers
6. Hobart Hurricanes
7. Brisbane Heat
8. Sydney Thunder

I'll be disappointed if Gus the Goose isn't back this year