Discussion BBL|14: Preseason Discussion | OPEN!

[Herbie66]

Chohan and Hurst both named in the England 🦁 's Squad for South Africa (November 20 to December 14)

Part involvement due to BBL commitments.

Pretty sure I read the 🦁's will be touring Australia in the new year as well.

 

[TBG]

When will BBL SuperCoach open this season??? I always like picking my side and tinkering with it up to teh start of the season. My side always looks good on paper and turns to poop once the season starts.

 

[7/11]

When will BBL SuperCoach open this season??? I always like picking my side and tinkering with it up to teh start of the season. My side always looks good on paper and turns to poop once the season starts.

Opened the 18th October last year, so maybe a couple weeks?

Time to review this great thread from Darkie. Might need to review some of the advice in there after my quite average rank last season:

https://supercoachscores.com/threads/bbl-strategy-notes.5033/

 

[Hawthorn/Hurricanes]

Why enter the draft then? I am not going to say his is a dud or anything because I think he could do alright.

Think Ricky Ponting did flag this after they drafted him without going into details. (something about fixture clashes)

Draft I think is on its last legs.

I guess if the Hurricanes draft Rishad knowing he won't play many games we can then sign a replacement player outside of the draft, which if I recall can be anyone usually a big name player. The Scorchers got Du Plessis as a replacement 2 years back, and the Renegades did the same with Andre Russell. Hopefully the Hurricanes can do something similar

 

[Herbie66]

Windies Squad BBL watch

Allen , Hope , Rutherford all named in the T20I series v Sri Lanka.

Hosein unavailable for personal reasons.

Hope (C) and Rutherford also included in the ODI Squad.

They also have a upcoming white ball series v England before the Bangladesh series that clashes with BBL.

On a side note 17 year old Jewel Andrew named in the ODI Squad after 3 List A games.

Made a half century on his CPL debut.

The new "next big thing" for West Indies cricket.

 

[Herbie66]

I guess if the Hurricanes draft Rishad knowing he won't play many games we can then sign a replacement player outside of the draft, which if I recall can be anyone usually a big name player. The Scorchers got Du Plessis as a replacement 2 years back, and the Renegades did the same with Andre Russell. Hopefully the Hurricanes can do something similar

They need to have nominated for the Draft to be selected as a replacement player.

 

[Damion23]

I guess if the Hurricanes draft Rishad knowing he won't play many games we can then sign a replacement player outside of the draft, which if I recall can be anyone usually a big name player. The Scorchers got Du Plessis as a replacement 2 years back, and the Renegades did the same with Andre Russell. Hopefully the Hurricanes can do something similar

Yeah... But what does that have to do with Rashid not happy about being drafted? if you are not happy with a BBL side picking you why enter.

 

[Damion23]

@Damion23

Seen anything about Liam Blackford being signed by the Stars ?

Haven't heard anything sorry, will let you know if I hear anything.

 

[Herbie66]

Haven't heard anything sorry, will let you know if I hear anything.

No problem at all.

 

[HoneyballBBL]

with thanks to Honeyball

Perth Scorchers

Ins: Finn Allen, Keaton Jennings, Matthew Hurst, Mahli Beardman
Outs: Laurie Evans (Melbourne Renegades), Zak Crawley, Steve Eskinazi, Hamish McKenzie (Melbourne Stars)
Unsigned from BBL|13: Sam Whiteman, Liam Haskett, Marcus Harris

Draft Insights

Draft picks: Finn Allen, Keaton Jennings, Matthew Hurst

Scorchers head coach Adam Voges said: “Clearly we were hoping Laurie (Evans) might get through. We thought another team might take him, so we had to go to plan B. we’re really happy. We’ve gone very specific in the type of player we targeted.

On Jennings, Voges said: “He’s a top-order player. He’s an experienced cricketer, he’s played international cricket, he’s a left-hander which we don’t necessarily have at the top of the order. To bring that in as another option for us will be very, very handy.”

Squad (17 of 18 signed):

Batsmen: Finn Allen, Keaton Jennings, Ashton Turner, Nick Hobson, Sam Fanning
Wicketkeepers: Josh Inglis, Matthew Hurst
All-rounders: Mitch Marsh, Ashton Agar, Cooper Connolly, Aaron Hardie
Bowlers: Jason Behrendorff, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Matthew Kelly, Mahli Beardman, Andrew Tye

Best XI

1 F.Allen
2 K.Jennings
3 A.Hardie
4 J.Inglis (wk)
5 A.Turner (c)
6 C.Connolly
7 A.Agar
8 J.Richardson
9 A.Tye
10 J.Behrendorff
11 L.Morris

Perth’s opening batting slots have long been a problem, so the recruitment of NZ blaster Finn Allen and Englishman Keaton Jennings is deliberate to solve that problem, while Manchester Originals bat Matthew Hurst could also fill that role.

We’re assuming Mitch Marsh will be unavailable with Test duty, so he’s left out.

Laurie Evans is a big loss for the Scorchers batting line-up, while opener Zak Crawley departs too, although he missed a fair chunk of last season.

The return of captain Ashton Turner from a season-ending injury will go a long way to solving Evans’ absence.

Cooper Connolly’s quality with both bat and ball is so high now that he can hold down 6 alongside Ashton Agar in the same team, plus the 4 fast bowlers, squeezing out Matt Kelly.

However, with Agar, Connolly and Hardie all capable with the ball, Perth could use the 3 quicks at a time, but traditionally they haven’t done that.

Expect Perth to use their final spot on Wanneroo spinner Matt Spoors, who was last season’s WA Premier Grade Olly Cooley medal winner.

Spoors ended the First Grade competition with 549 runs at 42.23 and 33 wickets at 15.88, so he’s handy with the bat.

He’s also represented Canada at international level.

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[HoneyballBBL]

The Sheffield Shield season is officially back with play resuming on Tuesday and with that came a raft of information around injuries, offering insight two months out from BBL|14.

WA v Queensland

WA’s Scorchers all-rounder Aaron Hardie was unavailable after picking up a quad injury at the end of Australia’s ODI tour of England. Hardie’s injury isn’t too bad and he could return in the next Shield game or 2.

Stars left-armer Joel Paris is also out with a calf issue, but his fitness will be monitored ahead of the Round 2 games starting October 20.

Continued.... https://honeyball.com.au/2024/10/09/bbl14-injury-updates-hardie-sutherland-morris-paris-jhye-latest/

 

[Herbie66]

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My apologies

 

[Herbie66]

confirmed International Series that may impact BBL 14

Bangladesh tour of West Indies, 2024
Nov 15 - Dec 19

India tour of Australia, 2024-25
Nov 22 - Jan 07

England tour of New Zealand, 2024
Nov 28 - Dec 18

Pakistan tour of South Africa, 2024 -25
Dec 10 - Jan 07

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 2024-25
Dec 28 - Jan 11

West Indies tour of Pakistan, 2025
Jan 16 - Jan 28

England tour of India, 2025
Jan 22 - Feb 12

Source : CricBuzz

confirmed T20 Domestic Leagues that may impact BBL 14

BPL 1 January – 11 February 2025

SA20 9 January – 8 February 2025

ILT20 11 January – 9 February 2025

BPL is now starting on December 27

 

[7/11]

Jhye Richardson alert. Bowling well in the OD v Queensland. Bowled an absolute ripper to get McDermott out through the gate.

 

[Herbie66]

found this on CricBuzz re Rishad

not sure if some of it got lost in translation

India T20I series to be potential IPL dress rehearsal for Rishad

The upcoming three-match T20I series against India following the ongoing two-match Test series could be a dress rehearsal for some Bangladeshi cricketers eyeing to be part of the forthcoming Indian Premier League, the world's biggest franchise-based T20 tournament.

Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam, who missed the last edition of the tournament after the board refused to release them ahead of the T20 World Cup, would like to attract the franchises but all eyes will be fixed on Bangladesh young leg-spin prodigy Rishad Hossain.

Rishad, following his noteworthy performance in the last edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup as he grabbed 14 wickets, is expected to be keenly followed by some franchises ahead of the tournament when he shall feature for Bangladesh in the T20Is series against India.

"I am not thinking that far like IPL but what I am thinking is that I need to focus for the upcoming assignments that I will play for the country," Rishad, who is currently honing his skills in the Bangladesh Tigers camp, told reporters at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday.

"As far as my dream is concerned ( playing in the IPL) and it is not like a dream but everyone feels that I will be happy if I can play in the IPL and I also have the same desire, I am hopeful that I will play( in the IPL) Insha'Allah."

Since his heroics in the T20 World Cup, Rishad already got the opportunity in the Canadian Global T20 League.

He has also been picked in the Big Bash League (BBL) for the Hobart Hurricanes.

While he missed the bus to the Global T20 League due to visa issues as the country was going through a huge political crisis when he was expected to depart for Canada, there is also an uncertainty regarding his participation in the BBL as it collides with the Bangladesh Premier League, the country's lone franchise-based T20 tournament.

The 22-year old Rishad was grounded despite being only the second cricketer of the country after Shakib al Hasan to be picked by any BBL franchise.

"Every opportunity makes you feel good but I was not excited to be honest( being picked in the BBL) and if I get the chance I will try to do well."

"I am hoping to play in the Big Bash but at the same time there is BPL so as the two tournaments will be played simultaneously, we will have to see how it goes but I am hoping that I will get an opportunity to play couple of matches in the Big Bash," he added.

The legspinner is marginally improving his batting skills as well, aware that he needs to showcase his talent with the willow to survive cutthroat competition.

"I am trying to improve my batting everyday by one to two percent and I hope that with passing days I will develop myself (as a batter)," he said.

Rishad said that he was disappointed to learn that Shakib decided to retire from the shorter format but added that they are confident that they can cover the void following the exit of the mega star.

"We haven't thought about it (who will replace the all-rounder) because Shakib took such a decision, it is disappointing for us and we will try to cover that (his gap) in the coming days.

"We have four to five spinners in the pipeline and we are discussing what we can do and how we can cover his place in the coming days," he said.

Rishad added that he feels his 14-wicket haul in the last edition of the Men's T20 World Cup is of the past and he needs to look forward.

"What I have achieved in the World Cup won't come back but I will try to do better than that by trying to prepare better and as the India series is ahead.

That is the truth (T20 World Cup performance is of the past) something I have to leave behind, and need to improve to do better than that," he added.

Rishad said that they are confident to clinch the three-match T20I series against India provided they perform as a team.

Bangladesh will take on India in the shorter format respectively on October 6 (Gwalior), October 9 (Delhi) and October 12 (Hyderabad).

"India is always a good team and they are the number one ranked team in T20I.

We hope to do well against them and trying to prepare that way. None of us are thinking that we cannot win the series," the legspinner told reporters.

"If you see when we play as a team we did well in the World Cup, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka series. If we play as a team, we can hope that we can win the series against them."

"We know that the wickets are not in our hand so whatever condition we are in, we have to play adjusting to it and perform accordingly," he said.

CricBuzz made a interesting comment about Rishad in their BPL Draft article that the reason he was taken so low (Pick 41) was that teams were worried about his availability due to his BBL contract.

Hopefully can get down to the library in the next few days to provide the link.

 

[Scobey36]

Have heard from a little source that BBL SC will be opening on the 22nd of October, 6 days from now. Additionally, below is the top 20 averaging players. price projections for the upcoming season, through this link :

https://x.com/scobey_schub/status/1846397996231283170?s=46&t=VQNrK4ovhzzqlT0Z1PKkyA

 

[TBG]

Have heard from a little source that BBL SC will be opening on the 22nd of October, 6 days from now. Additionally, below is the top 20 averaging players. price projections for the upcoming season, through this link :

https://x.com/scobey_schub/status/1846397996231283170?s=46&t=VQNrK4ovhzzqlT0Z1PKkyA

I hope you are right because I always like tputting my team together before season starts (always looks good on paper until he season starts and tehnit turns to poop).

 

[Scobey36]

Now hearing there's been a delay with the release, but was scheduled to be the 22nd. There's a certain twitter account that sometimes posts very intriguing updates towards the release of ALL things SC.

 

[Herbie66]

Travis Head confirmed by the Strikers

Squad complete ✓

https://www.adelaidestrikers.com.au/news/4150968/worlds-top-ranked-t20-batter-signs-on

 

[Professor]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1847910877569438032

View: https://twitter.com/HoneyballBBL/status/1847910877569438032