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PAUL

On a slightly different subject, NZ beat SL in the 2nd ODI today.

NZ v SL - NZ won with 250 balls remaining
SL 117 (27.4) - Henry 4/33 (9.4)
NZ 0/118 (8.2) - Guptill 93* (30)

7th biggest win in all ODIs (by margin of balls remaining)

Tivers

Dan Christian !!!

PAUL

In the Hurricanes v Heat game, the bowlers ended up with more 50s than the batsmen (Steketee 1/50, Feldman 1/53 and Tait 1/54). Impressive batting by Dan Christian 56* (24) and Chris Lynn 101 (51). Second innings in a row where Lynn has scored over half the runs for the Heat.

PAUL

First 10 wicket win ever in the BBL by Perth Scorchers tonight.

Also the highest target chased down in all T20s without losing a wicket, 0/171 (previous record 166 by Barisal v Royals, Dhaka, 2012).

Second BBL team to win by 10 wickets, Sixers (0/124) beat Lions, T20 Champions League Final, Johannesburg, 2012.

darkshines

Unless there are some unexpected international call ups, the Scorchers will be primed at the business end. Them and the Thunder (!) looking likely

Portside

Nice updates Paul 

Only Patience gives a return on investments :)  

Analysis and Statistics are great though keep records and you will learn if you really want to have a profitable life from investing on sport and racing.

Portside

PAUL

PAUL said:

Also the highest target chased down in all T20s without losing a wicket, 171 (previous record was 166 by Barisal v Royals, Dhaka, 2012).

Interestingly, Chris Gayle and Brad Hogg played in both these games.

Gayle scored 101* (44) for Barisal Burners in their successful run chase, Barisal winning with 41 balls remaining. Brad Hogg bowled three overs (0/27) for Sylhet Royals.

PAUL

Last night's win by the Scorchers was the 10th time in the BBL where a team has won by 9+ wickets.

The Scorchers have now done it 6 times, including their last 3 games in a row.

1/118 (15.1) v Heat
0/171 (18.4) v Renegades
1/114 (14.3) v Sixers

PAUL

Adelaide Strikers (3-1) v Perth Scorchers (3-1), 4:40 WST

Should be a cracker of a game this evening at Adelaide Oval with the winner to go to the top of the ladder.

Batting wise, both teams have scored at 8.11 RPO during BBL05. 

Scorchers have only lost 8 wickets in 4 games compared to Strikers 25.

The difference however is with the bowling, Scorchers have been restricting sides to only 6.96 RPO during BBL05 as opposed to the Strikers 8.05 RPO.

Scorchers batting first 0-1, batting second 3-0

Strikers batting first 1-1, batting second 2-0

Scorchers BBL05 Bowling Stats

Willey - 7/95 (16 overs), RPO 5.93

Tye - 7/94 (14.1 overs), RPO 6.64

Behrendorff - 6/70 (12 overs), RPO 5.83

Coulter-Nile - 1/18 (3 overs), RPO 6.00

Hogg - 1/103 (16 overs), RPO 6.43

Paris - 1/136 (16 overs), RPO 8.50

M.Marsh - 0/16 (2 overs), RPO 8.00

PAUL

Mike Hussey to miss the game against Scorchers tomorrow night.

FOX SPORTS News @FOXSportsNews
@ThunderBBL batsman Michael Hussey to miss tomorrow’s match against @ScorchersBBL due to a hamstring injury #BBL05
https://t.co/0ZCXruSPuF

PAUL

WRAP UP (PART 2)

Match 12 - Hurricanes won by 15 runs

Hurricanes 4/194 (20) - Christian 56* (24), Badree 2/27 (4)

Heat 9/179 (20) - Lynn 101 (51), Reed 3/31 (4)

Match 13 - Scorchers won with 8 balls remaining

Renegades 4/170 (20) - Finch 72 (48), Behrendorff 2/14 (4)

Scorchers 0/171 (18.4) - Klinger 90* (58), S.Marsh 76* (54)

Match 14 - Strikers won with 3 balls remaining

Sixers 5/176 (20) - Haddin 54* (35), Rashid 3/34 (4)

Strikers 5/182 (19.3) - Head 101* (53), Dwarshuis 3/25 (4)

Match 15 - Hurricanes won by 11 runs

Hurricanes 6/163 (20) - Bailey 56* (29), McKay 4/28 (3)

Thunder 9/152 (20) - Hussey 71 (51), Tait 3/16 (4)

Match 16 - Stars won with 5 balls remaining

Renegades 7/161 (20) - White 54 (39), Hastings 4/29 (4)

Stars 3/163 (19.1) - Wright 109* (63), Maxwell 22 (18)

Match 17 - Scorchers won with 33 balls remaining

Sixers 8/112 (20) - Lumb 47 (45), Willey 3/22 (4)

Scorchers 1/114 (14.3) - S.Marsh 63* (54), Klinger 28 (22)

Match 18 - Heat won with 3 balls remaining

Thunder 5/186 (20) - Hussey 56 (43), Watson 46 (31)

Heat 4/189 (19.3) - Lynn 75 (32), Russell 2/28 (4)

Match 19 - Renegades won with 36 balls remaining

Hurricanes 5/140 (20) - Christian 58 (40), Doherty 2/19 (3)

Renegades 5/144 (14) - Finch 60 (39), Gayle 41 (15), Boyce 3/34 (4)

Match 20 - Strikers won by 36 runs

Strikers 2/174 (20) - Jayawardene 57 (37), Head 51* (31)

Scorchers 138 (17.3) - Willey 31 (17), Rashid 3/23 (4)

Match 21 - Stars won with 30 balls remaining

Hurricanes 124 (20) - Bailey 55 (40), Zampa 2/18 (4)

Stars 2/126 (15) - Maxwell 56* (32), Wright 51* (41)

Match 22 - Scorchers won by 30 runs

Scorchers 5/175 (20) - Bancroft 72 (53), Agar 68 (34)

Thunder 9/145 (20) - Russell 42 (20), Tye 3/22 (4)

Match 23 - Strikers won with 8 balls remaining

Heat 6/175 (20) - Peirson 51 (36), Rashid 2/17 (4)

Strikers 2/179 (18.4) - Ludeman 57* (49), Jayawardene 53 (30), Head 50 (25)

Match 24 - Stars won with 12 balls remaining

Renegades 6/155 (20) - Bravo 59* (37), Stoinis 3/11 (2)

Stars 2/156 (18) - Pietersen 67* (43), Handscomb 39* (30)

Match 25 - Scorchers won by 1 run

Scorchers 5/173 (20) - Carberry 62 (35), Tait 2/29 (4)

Hurricanes 6/172 (20) - Paine 57 (47), Agar 2/38 (4)

Match 26 - Heat won by 6 runs

Heat 8/162 (20) - Burns 60 (51), Simmons 54 (30), Abbott 3/8 (2)

Sixers 8/156 (20) - Lumb 47 (38), Swepson 2/26 (3)

Match 27 - Renegades won with 4 balls remaining

Thunder 5/173 (20) - Khawaja 62 (42), Watson 62 (43)

Renegades 5/176 (19.2) - White 61 (46), Bravo 47 (24)

Match 28 - Strikers won with no balls remaining

Hurricanes 143 (19.3) - Paine 45 (39), Neser 3/26 (3.3)

Strikers 4/146 (20) - Ludeman 57* (58), Milenko 3/25 (4)

STANDINGS

1 Strikers - 7 games, 12 points, NRR +0.426

2 Scorchers - 7 games, 10 points, NRR +0.616

3 Stars - 6 games, 8 points, NRR +0.551

4 Renegades - 7 games, 6 points, NRR +0.156

5 Thunder - 7 games, 6 points, NRR +0.094

6 Hurricanes - 8 games, 6 points, NRR -0.955

7 Sixers - 7 games, 4 points, NRR -0.032

8 Heat - 7 games, 4 points, NRR -0.649

GAMES REMAINING

Match 29 - Stars v Heat, MCG

Match 30 - Sixers v Thunder, SCG

Match 31 - Scorchers v Stars, WACA

Match 32 - Renegades v Strikers, Etihad

PAUL

BBL 05 STATS

TOP SCORERS

Lynn (Heat) 322, Head (Strikers) 276, Finch (Renegades) 246, Lumb (Sixers) 241, Klinger (Scorchers) 241, Bailey (Hurricanes) 240, Paine (Hurricanes) 239, Wright (Stars) 236, Hussey (Thunder) 236, White (Renegades) 229

FASTEST STRIKE RATES (min 2 innings)

Russell (Thunder) 181.69, Bravo (Renegades) 166.12, Lynn (Heat) 165.98, Head (Strikers) 158.62, Beaton (Renegades) 158.33, Ross (Strikers) 156.00, Pietersen (Stars) 154.95, Khawaja (Thunder) 152.68, Haddin (Sixers) 152.50, Bailey (Hurricanes) 150.00

MOST WICKETS

Rashid (Strikers) 14, Russell (Thunder) 13, Tye (Scorchers) 11, Boyce (Hurricanes) 11, McKay (Thunder) 11, Behrendorff (Scorchers) 10, Laughlin (Strikers) 10, Tait (Hurricanes) 10, Abbott (Sixers) 9, Hastings (Stars) 8

BEST ECONOMY BOWLING

O'Keefe (Sixers) 5.12, Beer (Stars) 6.00, Rashid (Strikers) 6.32, Badree (Heat) 6.50, Lyon (Sixers) 6.59, Rose (Hurricanes) 6.65, Kallis (Thunder) 6.67, Tye (Scorchers) 6.88, Behrendorff (Scorchers) 7.00, Hogg (Scorchers) 7.04

WORST ECONOMY BOWLING

Fekete (Heat) 12.00, Steketee (Heat) 11.21, Sandhu (Thunder) 10.53, Abbott (Sixers) 9.94, Reed (Hurricanes) 9.60, Holland (Strikers) 9.53, Sammy (Hurricanes) 9.46, Hopes (Heat) 9.26, Faulkner (Stars) 9.23, Doherty (Renegades) 9.10

G-Mac

Might dig out my old bat and hang around the SCG on Saturday arvo. The way the season has gone for the two sydney teams they might well be looking for a ring in

Tivers

If not I'm sure you'll get a kick for Essendon.

PAUL

Heat (2-5) playing Stars (4-2) tonight at the MCG. Stars won the toss and bowling first.

Heat can still mathematically make the finals, need Sixers to just win & Strikers to beat Renegades. It's highly unlikely though, as the Heat to get their NRR ahead of the Renegades current NRR, Heat would need to win by around 113 runs (assuming a full 20-over game, weather permitting).

G-Mac

Chris Lynn is in a mood! Awful weather but the deck is superb.

PAUL

After Hilfenhaus conceded 30 off his first over tonight, I thought I'd have a look at all the bowlers who have conceded a 'fifty' in the BBL. So far, 17 different bowlers have conceded 50+ in a match.

0/60 (4) D.Worrall (Stars) v Renegades, MCG, 2014
1/57 (3.3) S.Abbott (Sixers) v Strikers, Adelaide, 2015*
0/55 (4) G.Sandhu (Thunder) v Heat, 'Gabba, 2016*
2/55 (4) S.Boland (Stars) v Strikers, Adelaide, 2015*
0/54 (4) D.Willey (Scorchers) v Strikers, Adelaide, 2016*
1/54 (4) S.Tait (Hurricanes) v Heat, 'Gabba, 2015*
2/54 (4) K.Richardson (Strikers) v Sixers, SCG, 2015
1/53 (2.3) W.Sheridan (Renegades) v Stars, MCG, 2013
0/53 (4) C.Tremain (Thunder) v Heat, Sydney, 2014
1/53 (4) L.Feldman (Heat) v Hurricanes, 'Gabba, 2015*
0/51 (3.3) B.Cutting (Heat) v Renegades, Docklands, 2013
1/51 (4) D.Sammy (Hurricanes) v Heat, Hobart, 2015
1/51 (4) B.Laughlin (Strikers) v Sixers, Adelaide, 2015
0/50 (3) S.O'Keefe (Sixers) v Renegades, SCG, 2013
0/50 (4) B.Oakley (Strikers) v Scorchers, Adelaide, 2013
0/50 (4) C.McKay (Stars) v Renegades, Docklands, 2014
1/50 (4) M.Steketee (Heat) v Hurricanes, 'Gabba, 2015*

PAUL

The worst bowling figures in a T20 game is 0/81 by Sarmad Anwar (Sialkot Stallions) v Lahore Lions, Faisalabad, 2011.

PAUL

For the Scorchers to secure a top 2 finish and host a 5th semi final in a row, they need to either:
☆ Win the game;
☆ If they lose batting 2nd, lose by 39 runs or less;
☆ If they lose batting 1st, don't let the Stars reach the target before (approx):
100 - 14.2 overs
110 - 14.4 overs
120 - 15 overs
130 - 15.2 overs
140 - 15.3 overs
150 - 15.5 overs
160 - 16 overs
170 - 16.1 overs
180 - 16.2 overs
190 - 16.3 overs
200 - 16.4 overs

PAUL

Thunder (3-4) v Sixers (2-5) this afternoon at SCG.

If Thunder win, they move to 3rd (could still finish 5th though if Stars & Renegades win).

For Sixers to move in to the top 4 tonight (could still finish 5th if Renegades win), they need to:
☆ Win the game by 27 runs or more, or
☆ Reach the target by (approx):
100 - 15.5 overs
110 - 16 overs
120 - 16.2 overs
130 - 16.3 overs
140 - 16.5 overs
150 - 17 overs
160 - 17.1 overs
170 - 17.1 overs
180 - 17.2 overs
190 - 17.3 overs
200 - 17.4 overs

PAUL

Thunder 5/202 (20)
Only twice has 200+ been chased down in BBL history, both times by Hurricanes v Heat.
7/210 (19.2) at 'Gabba, 2013
4/209 (19) at Hobart, 2015

paraletic

This is embarrasing

G-Mac

Scorchers getting raped. Must be Cricket Australia ensuring no final in Perth because they're sick of seeing finals in Perth or some such bollocks.

PAUL

Only once has the Scorchers scored less than 100 in BBL history and that was against the Stars.
69 (15.2) at WACA, 2012 (Malinga 6/7)

PAUL

PAUL said:

Only once had the Scorchers scored less than 100 in BBL history and that was against the Stars.
69 (15.2) at WACA, 2012 (Malinga 6/7)

Until tonight!

G-Mac

I'd love to be in the sheds for this. JL going mad. Sit ups. Push ups. Run throughs. Good times. Tough. Cricketers love that. Especially those that want to play T20.

PAUL

PAUL said:

Also the highest target chased down in all T20s without losing a wicket, 0/171 (previous record 166 by Barisal v Royals, Dhaka, 2012).

New Zealand equalled this record tonight.

0/171 (17.4) NZ v Pakistan, Hamilton, tonight
0/171 (18.4) Scorchers v Renegades, Docklands, 2015

PAUL

Renegades (3-4) v Strikers (6-1) starting in 30 minutes at Docklands.

Renegades have won the toss and are bowling first. If my abacus is right, for the Renegades to finish fourth ahead of the Thunder, they will need to chase down the target before between 14.2 overs (target 100) and 16.4 overs (target 200).

Semi-Finals will be:
Thursday
Strikers v Thunder/Renegades, Adelaide Oval
Friday
Stars v Scorchers, MCG

PAUL

Equal fastest 50 in T20s.

12 balls, Yuvraj Singh (India) v England, Durban, 2007
12 balls, C.Gayle (Renegades) v Strikers, Docklands, tonight
13 balls, M.Trescothick (Somerset) v Hampshire, Taunton, 2010
14 balls, Imran Nazr (Sialkot) v Lahore, Lahore, 2005
14 balls, G.Brophy (Yorkshire) v Derbyshire, Derby, 2006
14 balls, K.Noema-Barnett (Central Districts) v Otago, Invercargill, 2010
14 balls, K.Pollard (Trinidad & Tobago) v Leeward Islands, Antigua, 2012
14 balls, C.Munro (NZ) v Sri Lanka, Auckland, 2016

17-man squad announced for the three T20Is v India.

Boland - no T20Is; 13 T20s, 16 wickets, 8.04 RPO
Boyce - 5 T20Is, 6 wickets, 6.31 RPO
Faulkner - 11 T20Is, 97 runs, SR 107.77; 14 wickets, 7.60 RPO
Finch - 22 T20Is, 756 runs, SR 152.41
Hastings - 3 T20Is, 32 runs, SR 177.77; 3 wickets, 6.60 RPO
Head - no T20Is; 20 T20s, 515 runs, SR 152.81
Lynn - 2 T20Is, 33 runs, SR 133.68
Lyon - no T20Is; 27 T20s, 34 wickets, RPO 7.32
S.Marsh - 13 T20Is, 223 runs, SR 104.69
Maxwell - 25 T20Is, 387 runs, SR 159.91; 14 wickets, 6.90 RPO
Richardson - 2 T20Is, 1 wicket, 6.83 RPO
Smith - 22 T20Is, 258 runs, SR 122.27; 17 wickets, 7.77 RPO
Tait - 19 T20Is, 28 wickets, 6.94 RPO
Tye - no T20Is; 21 T20s, 29 wickets, 6.87 RPO
Wade - 23 T20Is, 204 runs, SR 117.91
Warner - 53 T20Is, 1448 runs, SR 138.43
Watson - 47 T20Is, 1164 runs, SR 144.05; 39 wickets, 7.74 RPO

PAUL

Shane Watson scores the 17th century in T20I cricket and the 2nd highest T20I score, 124* (71).

Finch's 156 (63) v England, Southampton, 2013 is the only innings higher.

T20I 100s:
McCullum (NZ) 2; Finch (Aus), Watson (Aus), du Plessis (SA), Mohammad Shahzad (Afg), Levi (SA), Gayle (WI), Hales (Eng), van Wyk (SA), Ahmed Shehzad (Pak), R.Sharma (Ind), Dilshan (SL), Guptill (NZ), Raina (Ind), Jayawardene (SL) and Berrington (Sco).