*Official* Big Bash League 2019/20

[Spikey]

this one's for you nufan

https://twitter.com/BBL/status/1214819677223837697

 

[Burgey]

Yessssss

 

[Gnske]

this one's for you nufan

https://twitter.com/BBL/status/1214819677223837697

Low energy crowd. They should have been screaming for the beauty of that last Martyn-esque push through cover.

Judging by the low energy comms too, I'm guessing Hazlewood went off-script?

 

[Spikey]

lol the umpire ****ed up and then someone told him

 

[Garson007]

That can't be out, surely?

 

[Spikey]

Renshaw for the T20 WC

 

[Garson007]

That can't be out, surely?

Rule change? Can't a fielder then be in the stands and throw the ball back? Ridiculous.

 

[Burgey]

That’s a dismissal completely contrary to how I thought the rule worked. May as well let blokes field outside the rope

 

[Burgey]

They really want the Heat in the finals don’t they? No other reason for giving that out which I can think of

 

[Spikey]

It's been like that for like 5 years now. Your first touch of the ball has to be inside the rope so you still have to start inside the rope

 

[Starfighter]

Just saw the replay... how the hell is that out?

The solution of course is to get rid of boundary ropes and just use the fence.

 

[Spikey]

been like that since: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll1V4WcTo2k

 

[Starfighter]

That is the shot of the century.

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah even the umpire seemed unaware of the rule at first

 

[Burgey]

So you knock a ball up, put your feet down over the rope, do some horrible effete little ballet skip into the air when you pat it back across the rope even though you’re still Outside the field of play, and it’s out?

Cricket has jumped the shark. It’s done. What a stupid ****ing rule.

 

[mr_mister]

So you knock a ball up, put your feet down over the rope, do some horrible effete little ballet skip into the air when you pay it back across the rope even though you’re still Outside the field of play, and it’s out?

Cricket has jumped the shark. It’s done. What a stupid ****ing rule.

I like it, reminds me of basketball/volleyball

 

[Burgey]

I like it, reminds me of basketball/volleyball

That’s why I hate it. The former in particular, not a sport I’m fond of at all tbh

 

[Spikey]

the old rule was more basketball like than this one so

 

[Gnske]

Anyone who likes rules is a ****ing fascist

 

[TheJediBrah]

So you knock a ball up, put your feet down over the rope, do some horrible effete little ballet skip into the air when you pat it back across the rope even though you’re still Outside the field of play, and it’s out?

Cricket has jumped the shark. It’s done. What a stupid ****ing rule.

Yep. We had the same discussion a year or 2 ago when the rule first changed. Pure insanity whoever came up with that idea.