The Big Bash

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All teams play 13 home and away games finals system top 3 only need to win 1 game to make gf 4 and 5 need to win 2 matches. The first play off 4 v 5 is elimination final. First for 1 2 and 3 is like a qualifier. Winner of 1 v 2 straight to gf loser plays 3. As said it’s very confusing need a masters degree to work it out.

[K]

Short scored the most audacious century - well his 6 to go to 103* from the last ball of the 20 overs - certainly was. Look it up on YouTube.
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https://www.cricket.com.au/video/perth- ... 2020-01-05

[Last ball 6 is at 2:20]

Short was dropped 4 times!

[Donny]

Heat won against the Thunder. D/L method.

[K]

Banton hit 5 sixes in a row.

Lynn was dropped twice in his first 3 balls. Banton was given lives too.

When it's reduced to 8 overs each, you really have to take your catches or you will pay the price.

[K]

Banton hit 5 sixes in a row.
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"Banton's ball-striking was outdone by New Zealander Leo Carter, who became the seventh batsman in top-level cricket to smash six sixes in an over when he achieved the feat for Canterbury Kings against Northern Knights in the Super Smash. Carter follows in the footsteps of Sir Garfield Sobers, Herschelle Gibbs, Ravi Shastri, Ross Whiteley, Yuvraj Singh and Hazratullah Zazai."

(Sky Sports)


[But I don't know we should call Super Smash, BBL, etc. "top-level cricket"...]

[Pies4shaw]

Also, I didn’t watch Banton’s game, so I have no idea whether or not it was on a ground with sensible boundaries, but there are some grounds in NZ that are so small one could hit 6 sixes with solid - but up-ish - forward defensive prods. Was the Super Smash game played at one of them?

[K]

It was at the Sydney Showground Stadium, which supposedly has dimensions 160 metres x 134 metres.

The powers that be probably need to do more to restrict bat sizes. One day a bowler might get killed.


Here's video:

http://www.cricket.com.au/video/tom-ban ... 2020-01-06

The first two barely made it. (The second was spilled over the ropes for 6.) The last three were much bigger.


And here's Leo Carter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hulgaQSslA

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Finch is in the biggest form slump in his life playing cricket which is a shame

[Donny]

Renegades 2/34 after 5 overs. Finch 0, Harris 14, Richardson 2/11.

[Donny]

2/44 after 6 overs.

Harper 28*.

[Donny]

Harper brings up his 50 with a 6.

3/93 after 13 overs.

[Donny]

3/115 after 15 overs.

Harper 69*, Webster 25*.

[Donny]

Well batted, Sam Harper. 73 from 44 balls.

[Donny]

16 gone.

4/121.

[Donny]

5/175 (20 overs).