Poll
Question:
Who do you think will win?
Option 1: Victoria
Option 2: Western Australia
Option 3: New South Wales
Option 4: Tasmania
Option 5: South Australia
Option 6: Queensland
Option 7: Cricket Australia XI
Move over football, it's time for cricket! The Matador Cup is upon us! And it's slightly different this time. A CXI side made up of mostly young players will be put up against the best players in our country as the 7th team. Also with the Bangladesh tour postponed/cancelled, we get our national squad members playing for their states, enhancing the comp.
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In addition to the comp itself, there is a new fantasy competition being run by yours truly, which follows a similar suit to the XVs games we have for AFL. Called Domestic Sixes, all work for the comp is under the XI Competitions (http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/board,133.0.html) board. We have 8 teams from the 8 states/territories of this country. The list of all managers and other info like squad lists are available in the Welcome thread (http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,100309.msg1535166.html#msg1535166).
Burns :'(#FMD6s
Quote from: nrich102 on October 05, 2015, 11:13:54 AM
Burns :'(#FMD6s
Look on the bright side. You could be Jayman and have left Fekete on the bench :P
SA WHY ARE WE SO BAD?! GAHHHH
Quote from: PowerBug on October 05, 2015, 12:50:17 PM
SA WHY ARE WE SO BAD?! GAHHHH
WA off to a decent start :o
Stop the press, we got a wicket! ;D
So SMarsh goes out and Michael Klinger comes in, with Mitch Marsh, Adam Voges, Sam Whiteman still to come... Geez can we just forfeit now?
Cameron Bancroft is surely gonna get a national call up soon.
Quote from: Nige on October 05, 2015, 01:48:34 PM
Cameron Bancroft is surely gonna get a national call up soon.
Pretty sure he was one of the players that was scheduled to go to Bangladesh. What a gun performance.
Quote from: PowerBug on October 05, 2015, 02:05:35 PM
Quote from: Nige on October 05, 2015, 01:48:34 PM
Cameron Bancroft is surely gonna get a national call up soon.
Pretty sure he was one of the players that was scheduled to go to Bangladesh. What a gun performance.
Ah yeah, he was too. I think this only cements his spot now.
Pretty much yeah. Does Smiddy's 143 mean his spot is cemented too? ;D
Travis Head plz keep going
What the actual!
RR: 7.52 RRR: 6.21
Surely 350 is not going to be chased...
Quote from: PowerBug on October 05, 2015, 04:56:45 PM
What the actual!
RR: 7.52 RRR: 6.21
Surely 350 is not going to be chased...
you'd be just about favourites now. the game is probably on Head
RRR is UNDER 6 now.
Quote from: Bill Manspeaker on October 05, 2015, 05:04:37 PM
Quote from: PowerBug on October 05, 2015, 04:56:45 PM
What the actual!
RR: 7.52 RRR: 6.21
Surely 350 is not going to be chased...
you'd be just about favourites now. the game is probably on Head
Tom Cooper and Alex Ross still to come. Not sure on Zampa's ability at 7 though...
It's manageable suddenly.
That's his 200... :D :D :D
WA going alright in D6s too!
Head looks unbeatable at the moment though.
there's his double
SA are gonna shower it in
Absolutely incredible. Can still lose it from here but with the RRR under 4.5 now you'd think otherwise
Trust South Australia to find a way to screw this up
333/4 with 6 overs left.
Wowee what a contrast in games hahaha.
Early signs don't look good for the future of the CA XI (as a team, not the players) though.
Quote from: Nige on October 05, 2015, 06:35:23 PM
Wowee what a contrast in games hahaha.
Early signs don't look good for the future of the CA XI (as a team, not the players) though.
Yeah, that doesn't look to good. But everyone was expecting them to get flogged, but probably not by that much. Will be interesting to see how they go for the rest of the tournament.
Quote from: nrich102 on October 06, 2015, 09:12:01 AM
Quote from: Nige on October 05, 2015, 06:35:23 PM
Wowee what a contrast in games hahaha.
Early signs don't look good for the future of the CA XI (as a team, not the players) though.
Yeah, that doesn't look to good. But everyone was expecting them to get flogged, but probably not by that much. Will be interesting to see how they go for the rest of the tournament.
I guess they did have to play a NSW side which had some of our national stars like Smiddy and Starc (ugh, calling Starc a star makes me cringe), so we'll see how they go against a less star studded side.
They play Victoria tomorrow so it probably won't get any better
Quote from: PowerBug on October 06, 2015, 12:20:49 PM
They play Victoria tomorrow so it probably won't get any better
all over pretty quick
Patto 4/18 off his 10 8)
Quote from: Bill Manspeaker on October 07, 2015, 03:42:31 PM
Quote from: PowerBug on October 06, 2015, 12:20:49 PM
They play Victoria tomorrow so it probably won't get any better
all over pretty quick
Patto 4/18 off his 10 8)
I thought Patto was out with another stress fracture...
Quote from: Torpedo10 on October 07, 2015, 04:39:08 PM
Quote from: Bill Manspeaker on October 07, 2015, 03:42:31 PM
Quote from: PowerBug on October 06, 2015, 12:20:49 PM
They play Victoria tomorrow so it probably won't get any better
all over pretty quick
Patto 4/18 off his 10 8)
I thought Patto was out with another stress fracture...
not sure mate. miracle recovery? :P
I wholeheartedly support all umpires in the Matador Cup and I definitely do not believe that today's match has had multiple questionable calls all going in favour of NSW.
Quote from: PowerBug on October 08, 2015, 04:46:57 PM
I wholeheartedly support all umpires in the Matador Cup and I definitely do not believe that today's match has had multiple questionable calls all going in favour of NSW.
Heads duck pretty much cost you.
Quote from: Torpedo10 on October 08, 2015, 04:52:27 PM
Quote from: PowerBug on October 08, 2015, 04:46:57 PM
I wholeheartedly support all umpires in the Matador Cup and I definitely do not believe that today's match has had multiple questionable calls all going in favour of NSW.
Heads duck pretty much cost you.
Poor shot selection. Ludeman and Ferguson dismissals ::)
The Cooper caught behind, and I forgot which guy middled one and was given out LBW, they were just the nail in the coffin.
flower I completely forgot I can watch the cricket now
had to buy a set top box so I could watch the Ashes, haven't used it since. you beauty, I know what I'm doing tomorrow ;D (better be a game on)
Quote from: Bill Manspeaker on October 08, 2015, 07:26:03 PM
flower I completely forgot I can watch the cricket now
had to buy a set top box so I could watch the Ashes, haven't used it since. you beauty, I know what I'm doing tomorrow ;D (better be a game on)
I don't know what your net is like (cricket.com.au and cricinfo I find slow at times) but this thread I made for D6s all the fixtures for the state leagues :)
http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,104268.0.html
And i would assume that you will get the Vic game tomorrow :)
Found this on Reddit the other day and saved it as I knew it would come in handy (yet I forgot the game this morning was on GEM until I loaded cricket.com.au ::) :P).
(https://i.imgur.com/g3JJtOw.jpg)
Quote from: PowerBug on October 08, 2015, 07:42:36 PM
Quote from: Bill Manspeaker on October 08, 2015, 07:26:03 PM
flower I completely forgot I can watch the cricket now
had to buy a set top box so I could watch the Ashes, haven't used it since. you beauty, I know what I'm doing tomorrow ;D (better be a game on)
I don't know what your net is like (cricket.com.au and cricinfo I find slow at times) but this thread I made for D6s all the fixtures for the state leagues :)
http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,104268.0.html
And i would assume that you will get the Vic game tomorrow :)
oh sick, how good's that. nice work man!
and Nugey as well with the GEM games
this... this has been a profitable 10 minutes :P
2pm game tomorrow! YESSSSSA :D
Vics and the Bulls on GEM at the moment, annoyed I missed yesterday's Bulls, Redbacks game though. :(
Nothing special in this game yet.
BOOM!
I switch from V8s to GEM and see Patto take out Reardon's off stump. :D Go Vics
was a strange shot from Reardon. ahwell, PATTO 8)
That is classic Maxwell. Needs to dig-in, and he does that.
Slow pitch, I think Victoria could struggle chasing this down..
Maxwell could just be the thickest cricketer in this country
Handscomb will bat us to victory 8)
...what have I done
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NrKE_eTMlns
oh Whitey. what. the. flower. was that
Silly, Silly shot selection.
Vics gone :o
at first I thought it might've been angling down, but nah that's definitely out
well.... that makes it hard...
13 off that over... it's not over yet
well that over is over, but it's not over yet
next over goes for 14...
Wade brings up his fiddy with a six...
do this
Go skip, bring it home. Need Patto to hang around with him though.
ahhh get flowered. couldn't have picked him out any better
Whelp, spoke too soon. :(
Finish them off QLD!
shower ball...
could be game
and that's it :(
flower, so close yet so far.
WA vs NSW would have to be the two favourites for the comp. Shame my cricket starts tomorrow so I'll miss most of it :(
CXI 78/1 vs TAS, in the 17th over. Not bad at all
Quote from: PowerBug on October 10, 2015, 12:05:41 PM
CXI 78/1 vs TAS, in the 17th over. Not bad at all
I have noone playing for me in this in D6's but my emergency. I don't care :P
Good to see them putting up a score.
Nice work CXI!
NSW looking too strong vs WA as well. Not really a contest here
Ashton squared having a swing.
Awww that is an unlucky runout. Forrest goes to slide his bat in, it gets stuck in the grass and he ends up being short when he would've been in if the bat kept going along.
Here we go SA, that's a little better. 6 down now and Cutting gone :)
I keep thinking Chris Rogers is Brett Lee
WHAT A FINISH! :D
Yessssssss boys!! Alex Ross Adam Zampa Kane Richardson what matches!!
Quote from: PowerBug on October 11, 2015, 06:55:21 PM
Yessssssss boys!! Alex Ross Adam Zampa Kane Richardson what matches!!
Ferguson batted really well when we were in a bit of a hole.
My two favourite Vic players batting together. :-* :-*
And a 50 for Maxy. 8)
Edit: Aaaaand he's gone for 51.
Good partnership going here between DC and Duke.
We don't have bowlers or batsmen. We are so bad at cricket far out.
At least we aren't conceding mass runs yet. I don't know which oval is the slow deck and you only need 220 and which one is the 300+ one though.
Travis Head brings himself on to bowl again. Everyone else is going at under 4.5po and his two overs went for 14. Please Travis, bowl the real guys.
Yep, obviously Travis Head gets the wicket now ;D Excellent reverse psychology by me.
geez Travis Head reminds me of Phil Hughes :(
holy yellow batman
Boring game so far for D6s. Klinger and Marsh in sides that are not in the semis. Next two in are the skippers for WA and ACT that play each other :o
So both Jay and Torp would be wanting wickets here to get their players in.
Marsh double is on
....aaaaand he's out
Quote from: PowerBug on October 15, 2015, 12:55:53 PM
Boring game so far for D6s. Klinger and Marsh in sides that are not in the semis. Next two in are the skippers for WA and ACT that play each other :o
So both Jay and Torp would be wanting wickets here to get their players in.
Damn
If I have to watch another game with Warner commentating I might just cut off both my ears.
Quote from: Jukes on October 16, 2015, 03:11:55 AM
If I have to watch another game with Warner commentating I might just cut off both my ears.
mute might also work :P
I think I want WA to win this, but they are choking again. They are really having a shocking tournament.
LB after LB. beautiful bowling 8)
MAXY
Quote from: Bill Manspeaker on October 18, 2015, 06:08:21 PM
MAXY
Hitting it straight to Maxwell and running, when you need only a run a ball... ???
NSW in big trouble here.
that was some over
lmao Quiney might have just injured himself
Quote from: Bill Manspeaker on October 18, 2015, 06:14:49 PM
lmao Quiney might have just injured himself
In the celebration! Haha
that's game. what a comeback
Piss off Victoria >:(
Good game, got a gripe with the commentators though;
Christian makes a play in the field = ...good play I guess...
Boland makes a play in the field = ...good play I guess...
Handscomb makes a play in the field = ...good play I guess...
Maxwell makes a play in the field = flowering superstar, best fielder in cricket history, basically adds another 5 wickets and saves 50 runs by himself with his fielding, etc.
Every single time.
Quote from: Jukes on October 18, 2015, 09:56:11 PM
Good game, got a gripe with the commentators though;
Christian makes a play in the field = ...good play I guess...
Boland makes a play in the field = ...good play I guess...
Handscomb makes a play in the field = ...good play I guess...
Maxwell makes a play in the field = flowering superstar, best fielder in cricket history, basically adds another 5 wickets and saves 50 runs by himself with his fielding, etc.
Every single time.
imagine what they'd say if he could bat!
Quote from: PowerBug on October 18, 2015, 09:59:20 PM
Quote from: Jukes on October 18, 2015, 09:56:11 PM
Good game, got a gripe with the commentators though;
Christian makes a play in the field = ...good play I guess...
Boland makes a play in the field = ...good play I guess...
Handscomb makes a play in the field = ...good play I guess...
Maxwell makes a play in the field = flowering superstar, best fielder in cricket history, basically adds another 5 wickets and saves 50 runs by himself with his fielding, etc.
Every single time.
imagine what they'd say if he could bat!
Sad but true, I barely hear Handscombs name get called during Vic games.
Great catch by Burns.
Run out on 99 LOL.
Also Reardon getting the run out which is very nice for my D6s team lol
Happy Stoinis and Handscomb both put together solid innings. Neither has had the greatest Matador Cup so far and they were due. DC's going nuts as well now to close out the innings, 26 off 8 at the time of this post!
We've pretty much set a decent target, gotta bowl well though.
Christian finishing strong
6/309 with an over to come
6/320
the winner of this game goes straight to the elimination final yeah? knock out final, final that's not the final, whatever you wanna call it :P
Quote from: Bill Manspeaker on October 20, 2015, 02:47:51 PM
6/320
the winner of this game goes straight to the elimination final yeah? knock out final, final that's not the final, whatever you wanna call it :P
Not necessarily. A close match means SA can overtake the winner if they get a double bonus point victory against the CXI.
I'm hoping for a tie here just so we only need a single bonus point victory ;D
A few things:
- I did not know there was a prelim final between 2nd and 3rd. So the winner of this match is irrelevant as long as we win :)
- Peter Siddle should not be playing like they are saying on TV. Victoria want to win and Peter Siddle is not part of those plans, they shouldn't be forced to play a side that Australia wants.
- Glenn Maxwell has been in poor form this series, Stoinis with his ton basically means Maxwell should not return to the side for the prelim
holy shower how about that lightning. that was flowerin sick!
Dan Worrall bowling around the wicket is pretty funny :P His run-up starts where a normal bowler would be bowling over the wicket. Oh yeah go on cricket.com.au and they stream the game there if you have an account. I don't think that previous line is against m0nty's rules of no streams coz well cricket.com.au is the official cricket website in Australia.
#kickavic
#Zampa4testcallup
I leave at 120/5 after 31. Nek minnit 250... :o
Cmon let's overachieve one more step!!
I haven't really watched much of today, but yeah SA really came back after being in some trouble. 1/80odd from the last 10 overs
Wow. Just wow.
The captain of this state...
woah.. big drop that. simple simple simple chance. and he's been falconed
Now that hit the stumps
tf just happened. that flowerin smashed into off stump
Quote from: Bill Manspeaker on October 23, 2015, 08:25:06 PM
tf just happened. that flowerin smashed into off stump
Even the stumps have Vic bias ::)
;)
Quote from: PowerBug on October 23, 2015, 08:35:20 PM
Quote from: Bill Manspeaker on October 23, 2015, 08:25:06 PM
tf just happened. that flowerin smashed into off stump
Even the stumps have Vic bias ::)
;)
haha very good
not good news in the PM XI they were just saying. 3 early wickets (now 4) - Bancroft, Khawaja, Burns (and Hussey)
Stoinis 50. keep goin boys. I'm outta here. go Vics!
Piss off Stoinis :D Andrewwwwwwws Let's get a run on now. Unfortunately Maxwell can come out and swing so he'll probably connect. If we got Quiney out earlier they'd be 3 down as Maxwell would've needed to knuckle down and play and innings :P
Head dropped the Matador Cup, we would have won this and then smashed Starc, Smiddy and all those boys ;)
I don't know who this Tom Andrews guy is, but he certainly knows how to bowl. 36-1 off his 10, super stuff that :)
lel vics
CARN REDBACKS YOU shower STICKS
CMON BOYS
WE BETTER FINISH THEM OFF
RICHARDSOOON
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
We haven't lost yet!! :D
NSW have about 10 players in international selection contention. We have 1 and he doesn't even play for Australia (Tom Cooper), our 1 is doing an alright job so far ;)
Tom Cooper has a better ODI batting average than Steve Smith. (48 vs 38)
#justsaying #IknowheplaysforNatherlands
Who is this Mitchell Starc bloke? Seems to have no idea how to bowl to International superstar Tom Cooper.