The 2 Georges excelled again Bailey 58 [32] Hogg 2/17 [4]
George Hogg showing us AGAIN why he is considered almost Australia's greatest short form bowlers ever George Bailey showing us why he is one of the very best performed middle order short form batters ever
I also understand why Hoggy infuriates a few of SAFOOTY posters with his antics But I cant understand the Bailey bashers, he is one of the most pleasant cricketers to play for Australia
Shaun Marsh 63* off 43 balls Once again excelled when there are no slips cordons or bouncers allowed to be bowled in earnest
End of another entertaining year of BBL Fantastic concept
mal wrote:The 2 Georges excelled again Bailey 58 [32] Hogg 2/17 [4]
George Hogg showing us AGAIN why he is considered almost Australia's greatest short form bowlers ever George Bailey showing us why he is one of the very best performed middle order short form batters ever
I also understand why Hoggy infuriates a few of SAFOOTY posters with his antics But I cant understand the Bailey bashers, he is one of the most pleasant cricketers to play for Australia
Shaun Marsh 63* off 43 balls Once again excelled when there are no slips cordons or bouncers allowed to be bowled in earnest
End of another entertaining year of BBL Fantastic concept
Ive never had an issue with his form in the shorter versions of the game but the fact is he is a spud at proper cricket. His longer form cricket is terrible at both shield and test level and will go down as one of the worst test players picked in recent years who only got a game because of plenty of runs in the mickey mouse stuff
THE spectacular success of the Big Bash has arrested a worrying trend which threatened to make cricket a minor sport.
The latest detailed research shows that Australia’s domestic Twenty20 competition is now a major player on the national sporting scene.
Ratings in the first year of free to air television with Channel 10 were almost a million a match, approaching those of AFL and NRL games while swamping the A League and Super Rugby.
Likewise average crowds of more than 19,000 a match were only significantly bettered by the AFL.
Total Big Bash crowds of more than 650,000 pushed cricket attendances to an all-time high of 1,730,000 for the summer.
This included five Big Bash venue records and a biggest crowd of 42,837 for the Melbourne Derby between the Renegades and Stars at Eitihad Stadium.
Big Bash merchandise sales almost doubled on the previous season.
Importantly the Big Bash is attracting far more families to matches and is overwhelmingly the most popular form of the game among five to 15 year olds.
"The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment" – Warren Bennis
No matter what people say about it compared to the longer forms of the game you can't deny the appeal. Seems like the decision to add the extra teams has also been a spectacular success too, particularly in Melbourne.
