Discussion BBL|14: Preseason Discussion | OPEN!

[Broar]

CricInfo article on Allen linking Hosein to the Sixers

Not sure if I like that. The sixers are just such a stacked team, doubt he'll bat high enough and might not even get all his overs.

 

[Herbie66]

Not sure if I like that. The sixers are just such a stacked team, doubt he'll bat high enough and might not even get all his overs.

Think he will be even more lethal at the SCG (if the whispers are true) , batting points would be a bonus , gather Edwards would be @ 6 , Kerr needs to slot back in + Abbott so he could be a 8 or 9.

Was in a article I read about Curran somewhere where he mentioned they (Sixers) were aiming for a premium OS spinner.

 

[Herbie66]

Carey , Labuschagne & Smith all confirmed , limited games depending on when they leave for Sri Lanka as per the article on cricket.com.au



Warner about to sign

 

[Herbie66]

The Thunder have confirmed the 37-year-old will be available for their entire BBL|14 campaign beginning against Adelaide Strikers in Canberra on December 17, before again linking with Dubai Capitals in the UAE T20 league.

He'll also feature in commentary across the summer after joining the Fox Cricket team last year.

 

[Dravid]

Only just catching up on this thread... but didn't see mentioned:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1825400698969932209

View: https://twitter.com/ScottBaileyAAP/status/1825400698969932209?t=92ysXgXLrfLU4D01qQZEDg&s=19

 

[Herbie66]

from cricket.com.au

Adelaide Strikers

Head coach: Tim Paine​

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Contracted for BBL|14: James Bazley, Cameron Boyce, Jordan Buckingham, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Chris Lynn, Lloyd Pope, Alex Ross, D'Arcy Short, Matt Short, Henry Thornton, Jake Weatherald​

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Ins: Jordan Buckingham, Alex Ross (Thunder)​

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Outs: Wes Agar (Thunder)​

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Out of contract: Travis Head, Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Ben Manenti, Harry Nielsen​

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Brisbane Heat

Head coach: Johan Botha​

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Contracted for BBL|14: Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Spencer Johnson, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan McSweeney, Colin Munro (direct overseas signing), Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Will Prestwidge, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Callum Vidler​

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Ins: Callum Vidler​

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Outs: Josh Brown (Renegades), Sam Billings (Thunder)​

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Out of contract: Jack Wildermuth, Jack Wood​

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Hobart Hurricanes

Head coach: Jeff Vaughan​

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Contracted for BBL|14: Iain Carlisle, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Paddy Dooley, Nathan Ellis, Peter Hatzoglou, Caleb Jewell, Chris Jordan (direct overseas signing), Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Matthew Wade, Charlie Wakim, Mac Wright​

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Ins: Charlie Wakim​

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Out of contract: Liam Guthrie, Sam Heazlett, Billy Stanlake​

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Melbourne Renegades

Head coach: Cameron White​

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Contracted for BBL|14: Josh Brown, Harry Dixon, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Nathan Lyon, Fergus O'Neill, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Tim Seifert (direct overseas signing), Will Sutherland, Jon Wells, Adam Zampa​

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Ins: Josh Brown (Heat), Gurinder Sandhu (Thunder), Tim Seifert (New Zealand)​

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Outs: Aaron Finch (retired), Shaun Marsh (retired)​

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Out of contract: Ruwantha Kellapotha, Nic Maddinson, Peter Siddle​

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Melbourne Stars

Head coach: Peter Moores​

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Contracted for BBL|14: Scott Boland, Hilton Cartwright, Tom Curran (direct overseas signing), Sam Harper, Campbell Kellaway, Glenn Maxwell, Hamish McKenzie, Joel Paris, Tom Rogers, Mark Steketee, Marcus Stoinis, Beau Webster​

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Ins: Tom Curran (Sixers), Hamish McKenzie (Scorchers)​

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Outs: Nick Larkin (retired)​

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Out of contract: Joe Burns, Brody Couch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Corey Rocchiccioli​

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Perth Scorchers

Head coach: Adam Voges​

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Contracted for BBL|14: Ashton Agar, Finn Allen (direct overseas signing), Mahli Beardman, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Sam Fanning, Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matt Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner​

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Ins: Mahli Beardman, Finn Allen (New Zealand)​

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Outs: Hamish McKenzie (Stars)​

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Out of contract: Liam Haskett, Sam Whiteman, Andrew Tye​

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Sydney Sixers

Head coach: Greg Shipperd​

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Contracted for BBL|14: Sean Abbott, Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Todd Murphy, Kurtis Patterson, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk, Steve Smith​

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Outs: Steve O'Keefe (retired), Tom Curran (Stars)​

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Out of contract: Jackson Bird, Mitch Perry​

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Sydney Thunder

Head coach: Trevor Bayliss​

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Contracted for BBL|14: Wes Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Sam Billings (direct overseas signing), Ollie Davies, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Liam Hatcher, Sam Konstas, Nathan McAndrew, William Salzmann, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner​

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Ins: Wes Agar (Strikers), Sam Billings (Heat)​

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Outs: Alex Ross (Strikers), Gurinder Sandhu (Renegades)​

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Out of contract: Liam Doddrell, Blake Nikitaras​

 

[Herbie66]

Nic Maddinson confirmed by the Thunder

 

[7/11]

Nic Maddinson confirmed by the Thunder

If this post doesn’t get 100 likes from supporters of non Thunder clubs I don’t know what will. This is like getting stuck with the old maid…

 

[Under The Dome]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1826167101582688388

View: https://twitter.com/HoneyballBBL/status/1826167101582688388

 

[Herbie66]

Ollie Pope confirmed by the Strikers

Interesting choice 🤔

Wonder if they get him to keep instead of Nielsen

54 x T20 matches , Ave 30.73 , SR 134.17

4 x 50's
13 x 30's

as per Big Bash Board

3rd Test between New Zealand and England is scheduled to end December 18

 

[Brookesy]

Ollie Pope confirmed by the Strikers

Interesting choice 🤔

Wonder if they get him to keep instead of Nielsen

54 x T20 matches , Ave 30.73 , SR 134.17

4 x 50's
13 x 30's

as per Big Bash Board

3rd Test between New Zealand and England is scheduled to end December 18

Yeah, they certainly aren't short (no pun intended) of outright batters:

Short
Short
Wetherald
Carey
Ross
Lynn
Pope
Head(?)

 

[Herbie66]

Yeah, they certainly aren't short (no pun intended) of outright batters:

Short
Short
Wetherald
Carey
Ross
Lynn
Pope
Head(?)

Carey & Head will be lucky to play 2-3 games before they go to Sri Lanka.

Be interesting where Weatherald fits in

Short , Short , Lynn , Pope , Weatherald , Ross.

Depending on what they do in the Draft they could go 5 specialist bowlers and use Pope as the keeper.

If they retain Overton , he hasn't been cleared to bowl yet.

Boyce and Lloyd Pope + 3 quicks

Interesting to see how they work it

 

[Herbie66]

CricInfo article on Allen linking Hosein to the Sixers

Confirmed

Hosein, who has signed a one-year deal with the club for the first seven matches of the KFC BBL|14 season

 

[Dravid]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1826442059378819541

View: https://twitter.com/andymcg_cricket/status/1826442059378819541?t=GFUg0xhDrkcBaNsEEqNvrA&s=19

 

[Herbie66]

The BBL draft will take place on September 1.

BBL pre-draft signings

Adelaide Strikers: Ollie Pope
Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro
Hobart Hurricanes: Chris Jordan
Melbourne Renegades: Tim Seifert
Melbourne Stars: Tom Curran
Perth Scorchers: Finn Allen
Sydney Sixers: Akeal Hosein
Sydney Thunder: Sam Billings

Snap

 

[Dravid]

The BBL draft will take place on September 1.

BBL pre-draft signings

Adelaide Strikers: Ollie Pope
Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro
Hobart Hurricanes: Chris Jordan
Melbourne Renegades: Tim Seifert
Melbourne Stars: Tom Curran
Perth Scorchers: Finn Allen
Sydney Sixers: Akeal Hosein
Sydney Thunder: Sam Billings

Snap

Based off last year, will most teams only take 1 player in the draft? Fox won't be happy!

 

[Herbie66]

Based off last year, will most teams only take 1 player in the draft? Fox won't be happy!

Probably

Is it even compulsory that they pick anyone ? Scorchers and Sixers could both easily field a 10 local + 1 OS side.

This was from article I read in May

New this year, clubs will be able to draft up to four players (previously a maximum of three), thereby selecting in all four rounds of the draft

One of the four would be considered an overseas replacement player if one of their three primary international players is unavailable for a period of the tournament.

Clubs will still be required to make at least two picks during the draft.

Cummins has already stated he won't be available in the "window" between the end of the Sydney Test and departure for Sri Lanka so I doubt CA will allow Hazlewood , Lyon , Marsh & Starc to play either.

Green didn't even have a BBL contract last season so he will (probably) be another that won't feature

 

[Dravid]

Clubs will still be required to make at least two picks during the draft.

So maybe we'll get 1 player plus a replacement player per club.

 

[Herbie66]

Ollie Pope confirmed by the Strikers

Interesting choice 🤔

Wonder if they get him to keep instead of Nielsen

54 x T20 matches , Ave 30.73 , SR 134.17

4 x 50's
13 x 30's

as per Big Bash Board

3rd Test between New Zealand and England is scheduled to end December 18

Hasn't played white ball cricket for England (yet) so should theoretically be no more that $ 125k (not sure they think like that though when doing prices) , DPP would spike my interest (round 1 possible donut ) if he was guaranteed to play on December 20th (Hamilton to Adelaide should be doable in a day)

Pope & Pope in our SC sides , my as well add a Short & Short as well

 

[Herbie66]

So maybe we'll get 1 player plus a replacement player per club.

10 more sleeps until we find out

then another 6-7 week wait until they open the game