SuperCoach late mail: Smoke costs teams big points, Dale Steyn to miss again
A very popular SuperCoach pick has been ruled out with illness ahead of their match with the Sixers. Plus, the players who paid the price from last night’s smoke abandoned match.
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English wizz-kid Tom Banton will not line up for the Brisbane Heat in the final game of Round 2.
The big-hitter has been ruled out with a virus, spending last night in hospital with the illness. Bowling all-rounder Jack Prestwidge will replace him in the squad.
It will come as a big blow to more than 20,000 SuperCoaches following his quick-fire 64 against the Stars in his last outing.
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Those of you that have in on the field - make your you sub him out before the Heat’s match against the Sixers at 6:10pm AEST tonight.
SMOKE ABANDONED GAME PROVES COSTLY
The smoke abandoned game in Canberra left the Sydney Thunder angry and frustrated, but noone was more filthy than SuperCoaches.
The Thunder needed just four more deliveries to be bowled for the result to go to the Duckworth-Lewis method - the men in light green were comfortably ahead - and the haze also cost SuperCoaches big points from their stars.
Most notably, expensive buy Rashid Khan failed to trouble the scorers, making a duck with the bat and bowling just two deliveries before play was called.
For non-owners it means the Afghani spin-king will be at a favourable price for the Strikers’ back-to-back double game rounds.
Thunder batsman Callum Ferguson had crunched 27 off 14 deliveries when the two sides went off, while Alex Hales (11 off 10) was also denied the opportunity to score more points.
Cheapie Wes Agar posted a solitary point and Matt Short managed just 13 after his brief three ball stay at the crease.
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These poor totals made openers Usman Khawaja and Phil Salt’s own doughnuts not look so bad, with the pair both dismissed for nought.
Fortunately, Thunder all-rounders Daniel Sams and Chris Morris notched impressive totals with the ball, posting 93 and 62 points respectively. Alex Carey’s solid knock earned him 55 points.
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MARSH’S POST BIG SCORES
en There was plenty of buildup to the Marsh showdown and the pair delivered with the bat. Mitch Marsh’s ballistic cameo at the end of the innings saw him reach the SuperCoach ton, blasting 56 from 22 deliveries on his way to 106 points. He even bowled to his brother, who posted a commanding 81 points himself.
Renegades paceman Kane Richardson top scored with a whopping 145 point outing after a down game in Round 1, while Englishman Chris Jordan scored 94 following some fantastic death bowling and even better catching.
Jordan and Mitch Marsh should be high on your priority list with a Round 3 double coming up.
STEYN TO MISS … AGAIN
If you held Dale Steyn – look away now.
After missing the first game of the season with a side strain, the Proteas speedster has not been named for the Stars Round 2 hitout against the Hurricanes.
It means his international replacement Haris Rauf – who was jettisoned into the side from Tasmanian premier cricket – should keep his spot in the side.
Rauf impressed with his express pace and deadly accuracy in the Stars’ opener, scoring 80 SuperCoach points and finishing with tidy figures of 2/21 from his four overs.
He looms as one of the best bowling cheapies and will set you back just $57.5k.
Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers, Manuka Oval, tonight 6:15pm AEST
THUNDER
Callum Ferguson (C)
Jonathan Cook
Matthew Gilkes
Chris Green
Alex Hales
Liam Hatcher
Usman Khawaja
Chris Morris
Nathan McAndrew
Arjun Nair
Alex Ross
Daniel Sams
Chris Tremain
STRIKERS
Alex Carey (c)
Wes Agar
Harry Conway
Rashid Khan
Harry Nielsen
Phil Salt
Matt Short
Peter Siddle
Billy Stanlake
Cameron Valente
Jake Weatherald
Jon Wells
Cameron White
Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades, Perth Stadium, tonight 9:10pm AEST
SCORCHERS
Mitch Marsh (C)
Ashton Agar
Fawad Ahmed
Cam Bancroft
Cam Green
Liam Guthrie
Josh Inglis
Chris Jordan
Matt Kelly
Liam Livingstone
Joel Paris
Jhye Richardson
Ashton Turner
RENEGADES
Aaron Finch (c)
Tom Andrews
Cameron Boyce
Dan Christian
Tom Cooper
Richard Gleeson
Harry Gurney
Sam Harper
Shaun Marsh
Kane Richardson
Will Sutherland
Beau Webster
Jack Wildermuth
Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes, Ted Summerton Reserve, Moe, Sunday 2:45pm AEST
STARS
Glenn Maxwell (c)
Hilton Cartwright
Ben Dunk
Pete Handscomb
Clint Hinchliffe
Sandeep Lamichhane
Nick Larkin
Nic Maddinson
Jonathan Merlo
Haris Rauf
Marcus Stoinis
Daniel Worrall
Adam Zampa
HURRICANES
Ben McDermott (c)
Qais Ahmad
Jake Doran
Nathan Ellis
Caleb Jewell
Riley Meredith
Simon Milenko
David Miller
Tom Moody
Tom Rogers
Clive Rose
D’Arcy Short
Mac Wright
Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat, SCG, Sunday 6:10 AEST
SIXERS
Moises Henriques (c)
Sean Abbott
Jackson Bird
Tom Curran
Ben Dwarshuis
Mickey Edwards
Dan Hughes
Hayden Kerr
Ben Manenti
Steve O’Keefe
Josh Philippe
Jordan Silk
James Vince
HEAT
Chris Lynn (c)
Max Bryant
Ben Cutting
Sam Heazlett
Matt Kuhnemann
Josh Lalor
Ben Laughlin
Jimmy Peirson
Jack Prestwidge
Matt Renshaw
Mark Steketee
Zahir Khan