Things to think about tonight (as I won’t do the writeup for each player like last game):
Point 1: Lot of rain about Sydney today/tonight. Mate of mine said there was a little rain in mascot this morning which isn’t too far from the SCG. You assume the covers will be on to make sure the pitch doesn’t take on too much water.
Point 2: it’s been bloody hot all week, so preparation of the pitch shouldn’t be a problem. You would assume it is as hard as a rock ready for tonight’s game.
Point 3: no games have been played at the SCG for a while so there’s the potential for the pitch to have a bit more for the bowlers as it is a fresher square/pitch than what players have been playing on recently.
Point 4: with the rain about, there is potential for a shortened match. Who gets the overs up front? Will teams use their slow options to get through overs quicker (SOK, Fawad, Manenti). Are openers the way you should be going?
My conclusions from the above points bring me to a team that will look something like this:
Two middle order batsmen as I believe wickets will fall in clumps tonight with the pressure that will be on each team to score quickly. So perhaps Silk or Turner for one spot and then Marsh/DC (or both).
6 bowlers/allrounders. In shortened games, you need to back the bowlers to take wickets, and relying on just 3-4 is suicide in a round such as this. Likely to be grabbing Richo just because he’s overdue for a good match, Brathwaite as he’ll extract any extra bounce out of the wicket as he’s done when any rain or pitch assists the bowlers. Obviously 1-2 of the spinners, so SOK and Fawad will probably both feature. Bird is a great POD option if selected, despite him going the distance one of the previous times the two teams met. Abbott/Dwarshuis are hard to predict, but picking one of them wouldn’t be a bad option. Tye is also someone you could select and hope he gets some junk wickets. Feel like a lot of coaches won’t select him in favour of Sixers bowlers.
Philippe vs Inglis is a tough one, but given opportunity and the fact the Sixers should probably win, you’d have to back Philippe.
This means there’s 1-2 spots available for an opener or top order bat. Henriques seems to have good form in pressure games, Roy/Livingstone could go large as well if the pitch has been well protected pre game. Of those 3, I’d probably pick one from each team.
As for captain, I haven’t settled on anyone yet, but have been getting the feeling Brathwaite is going to bowl the house down in a shortened game.
Point 1: Lot of rain about Sydney today/tonight. Mate of mine said there was a little rain in mascot this morning which isn’t too far from the SCG. You assume the covers will be on to make sure the pitch doesn’t take on too much water.
Point 2: it’s been bloody hot all week, so preparation of the pitch shouldn’t be a problem. You would assume it is as hard as a rock ready for tonight’s game.
Point 3: no games have been played at the SCG for a while so there’s the potential for the pitch to have a bit more for the bowlers as it is a fresher square/pitch than what players have been playing on recently.
Point 4: with the rain about, there is potential for a shortened match. Who gets the overs up front? Will teams use their slow options to get through overs quicker (SOK, Fawad, Manenti). Are openers the way you should be going?
My conclusions from the above points bring me to a team that will look something like this:
Two middle order batsmen as I believe wickets will fall in clumps tonight with the pressure that will be on each team to score quickly. So perhaps Silk or Turner for one spot and then Marsh/DC (or both).
6 bowlers/allrounders. In shortened games, you need to back the bowlers to take wickets, and relying on just 3-4 is suicide in a round such as this. Likely to be grabbing Richo just because he’s overdue for a good match, Brathwaite as he’ll extract any extra bounce out of the wicket as he’s done when any rain or pitch assists the bowlers. Obviously 1-2 of the spinners, so SOK and Fawad will probably both feature. Bird is a great POD option if selected, despite him going the distance one of the previous times the two teams met. Abbott/Dwarshuis are hard to predict, but picking one of them wouldn’t be a bad option. Tye is also someone you could select and hope he gets some junk wickets. Feel like a lot of coaches won’t select him in favour of Sixers bowlers.
Philippe vs Inglis is a tough one, but given opportunity and the fact the Sixers should probably win, you’d have to back Philippe.
This means there’s 1-2 spots available for an opener or top order bat. Henriques seems to have good form in pressure games, Roy/Livingstone could go large as well if the pitch has been well protected pre game. Of those 3, I’d probably pick one from each team.
As for captain, I haven’t settled on anyone yet, but have been getting the feeling Brathwaite is going to bowl the house down in a shortened game.
