SuperCoach BBL late mail ahead of Round 10
Rain reduced Sydney Sixers clash with Hobart Hurricanes to six overs on Thursday and more interruptions are expected during the last game of SuperCoach BBL Round 10. LATE MAIL.
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It difficult to recall a round this season where SuperCoaches have been this conflicted.
The Sydney Sixers boast seven players who average 50 points or more in BBL09 – including the fourth highest SuperCoach scorer in the competition, all-rounder Tom Curran.
But both matches in their double game week are under threat from the weather gods, with heavy rain predicted to hit Sydney ahead of Saturday’s Sydney Smash.
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Most of the eastern & north eastern parts of #NSW received rainfall. Some notable 24 hour totals to 9am this morning were at Clothiers Creek: 250mm, Tumbulgum: 243mm & Bilambil Heights: 212mm. For more details on rainfall received in your area visit: https://t.co/IAC6vtRncr pic.twitter.com/fgG5bRimMy
— Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales (@BOM_NSW) January 18, 2020
The Sixers snuck in 6.4 overs against Hobart in the opening game of Round 10 before play was abandoned, with Daniel Hughes (32) the topscoring Sixer.
Wicket-takers Scott Boland (45) and Clive Rose (45) were the top scorers in the fixture.
The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a 90 per cent chance of rain in Sydney today with about 6mm forecast between 5pm-11pm tonight.
Nathan Lyon is due to make his BBL return in the Sydney Smash.
ICYMI: The club is encouraging fans to attend as we'll be giving the match every chance to go ahead. Weather conditions will be assessed on the evening with decisions around delays or possible abandonment unlikely to be made prior to match start time. #ThunderNation
— Sydney Thunder (@ThunderBBL) January 17, 2020
PATTINSON ILLNESS LEAVES COACHES SHORT
James Pattinson missed Brisbane Heat’s crushing loss to Adelaide Strikers on Friday but is in the squad for Monday’s clash with Melbourne Renegades.
Opening batsman Max Bryant has paid the price for a poor run of form, with Sam Heazlett taking his place in the squad to face the Renegades.
Bryant has only managed 145 runs in 10 BBL09 innings with a top score of 65.
The right-hander opened with Tom Banton at the start of the tournament but his omission will mean Brisbane has two new openers — one of which is likely to be skipper Chris Lynn.
The Renegades are unchanged for game one of Round 11.
SCORCHERS SIGN MORKEL
Perth Scorchers have announced the signing of former South African paceman Morne Morkel, although he might only play once this summer.
Morkel will be available for the last game of the home-and-away season on January 26 as the Scorchers prepare to lose England paceman Chris Jordan to international duties.
We are super excited to announce we have locked in South African star @mornemorkel65 for the final games of our #BBL09 campaign 🔥replacing fan favourite CJ who departs for England duties 👊 More >> https://t.co/vPW9GfQR4x #MADETOUGH pic.twitter.com/K2ATl1q2Z5
— Perth Scorchers (@ScorchersBBL) January 18, 2020
DO WE OR DON’T WE?
Despite the obvious disadvantage for players in this game, master blaster Tom Banton logged 109 SuperCoach points after hammering his way to 56 off 19 deliveries.
Thunder all-rounder Daniel Sams was a similar story, taking two wickets and posting 73 points despite the shortened match.
A shortened or called off match doesn’t necessarily guarantee a poor score, but when you are forking out the big bucks for a player like Tom Curran ($236.4k, BAT/BWL), you want a guarantee he will score well.
A hypothetical scenario could see the Sixers win the toss and elect to bat, post a total three down before rain calls off the rest of play.
This would leave Curran with a big fat doughnut with the potential of another rain affected game on Saturday night.
It may be wise to tread carefully this round and not bolster our sides with double game week players -which is generally the recipe for success in SuperCoach BBL.
ROUND 10 SQUADS
SIXERS VS HURRICANES, 7:10PM AEDT
SIXERS
Moises Henriques (c)
Justin Avendano
Jackson Bird
Tom Curran
Ben Dwarshuis
Dan Hughes
Ben Manenti
Steve O’Keefe
Josh Philippe
Lloyd Pope
Jordan Silk
Henry Thornton
James Vince
HURRICANES
Matthew Wade (c)
Qais Ahmad
George Bailey
Scott Boland
Jake Doran
Nathan Ellis
Caleb Jewell
Ben McDermott (wk)
David Miller
Jake Reed
Tom Rogers
Clive Rose
Mac Wright
STRIKERS V HEAT, 3:40PM AEDT
STRIKERS
Travis Head (c)
Wes Agar
Harry Conway
Rashid Khan
Michael Neser
Harry Nielsen
Liam O’Connor
Phil Salt
Matt Short
Siddle
Billy Stanlake
Jake Weatherald
Jon Wells
HEAT
Chris Lynn (c)
Max Bryant
Joe Burns
Ben Cutting
AB de Villiers
Josh Lalor
Ben Laughlin
James Pattinson
Jimmy Peirson
Jack Prestwidge
Matt Renshaw
Mitch Swepson
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
STARS V SCORCHERS, 3.40PM, JANUARY 18
STARS
Glenn Maxwell (c)
Hilton Cartwright
Nathan Coulter-Nile
Ben Dunk
Seb Gotch
Clint Hinchliffe
Sandeep Lamichhane
Nick Larkin
Nic Maddinson
Jonathan Merlo
Lance Morris
Marcus Stoinis
Daniel Worrall
SCORCHERS
Mitch Marsh (c)
Fawad Ahmed
Cameron Bancroft
Tim David
Cameron Green
Joshua Inglis
Chris Jordan
Matthew Kelly
Liam Livingstone
Jaron Morgan
Joel Paris
Kurtis Patterson
Jhye Richardson
SIXERS V THUNDER, 7.10PM, JANUARY 18
THUNDER
Callum Ferguson
Liam Bowe
Jonathan Cook
Brendan Doggett
Alex Hales
Usman Khawaja
Jay Lenton
Nathan McAndrew
Chris Morris
Arjun Nair
Alex Ross
Daniel Sams
Gurinder Sandhu
SIXERS
Justin Avendano
Jackson Bird
Tom Curran
Ben Dwarshuis
Mickey Edwards
Moises Henriques
Dan Hughes
Nathan Lyon
Steve O’Keefe
Josh Philippe
Lloyd Pope
Jordan Silk
James Vince
Originally published as SuperCoach BBL late mail ahead of Round 10