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Pretty ordinary start to this competition with one complete washout already plus an abandonment due to an unplayable pitch. Water got under the covers during the storm in Geelong apparently. You would think that they would have taken extra precautions given that they knew the forecast. I reckon that the Scorchers should have got the points on a forfeit given that the Renegades as the home team failed to provide a suitable pitch for play. Makes the whole competition look very amateurish when CA are making heaps of money.
Play the whole tournament in Perth I say, theres never any rain here in December/January

Why on earth are they sending a WA team down to Geelong for a game, especially when they are the current champs. There are 2 Vicco teams in the comp, send them down to play in that backwater. As for the sodden pitch, what a disgrace to let that happen, must be a shortage of covers down Geelong way, they should be banned from holding any future BBL fixtures.
They knew the state of the pitch well before the game was due to start, it should have been rescheduled and relocated to one of the many suitable grounds in and around Melbourne such as the Junction oval, pharking amateur hour.

mikeh wrote:

Pretty ordinary start to this competition with one complete washout already plus an abandonment due to an unplayable pitch. Water got under the covers during the storm in Geelong apparently. You would think that they would have taken extra precautions given that they knew the forecast. I reckon that the Scorchers should have got the points on a forfeit given that the Renegades as the home team failed to provide a suitable pitch for play. Makes the whole competition look very amateurish when CA are making heaps of money.
Play the whole tournament in Perth I say, theres never any rain here in December/January

More like no rain in Perth from November - April these days Mike!

Senior Seagull wrote:

Why on earth are they sending a WA team down to Geelong for a game, especially when they are the current champs. There are 2 Vicco teams in the comp, send them down to play in that backwater. As for the sodden pitch, what a disgrace to let that happen, must be a shortage of covers down Geelong way, they should be banned from holding any future BBL fixtures.
They knew the state of the pitch well before the game was due to start, it should have been rescheduled and relocated to one of the many suitable grounds in and around Melbourne such as the Junction oval, pharking amateur hour.

SS and those pharkwits in VIC are the self proclaimed "Sporting Capital Of The World" apparently!!! 

Disappointing result for GMHBA Stadium.The only game played down their in this BBL,season.
Should base the Renegades down in Geelong.The Cats would like to have a summertime Tennent. 

Dont give a rats about alphabet stadium, what seems crazy is to send the team who travels the farthest by a long way during the season down to Sleepy Hollow. It should have been the other Vicco team or SA or a Sydney team.

Complete demolition of the "Stars" by the Scorchers, handy toss to win but our bowlers used the conditions to perfection, never allowing any decent partnerships to develop. Lost three in the chase but it was cool calm and collected all the way.

Another demonstration of how the Scorchers have been the most successful franchise in BBL by promoting local players with ability rather than rely on overseas recruits. Hamish Mckenzie comes straight from grade cricket in Perth to BBL and collects a man of the match performance in his debut.

Jordan gave the Canes a credible score.
Hardie and Crawley mauled the Hurricanes bowlers
Great crowd 28,900.
Maby the next Perth test should be day/night.

Crawley is a great signing for the Scorchers. Despite all the talk of Stokes, Brook and Root all playing outrageous "Bazball" during the Ashes series, Crawley was the guy with the highest strike rate. I don't think he will be around for the latter part of the season as England have a test series in India in late January. Eskinazi will no doubt come back in when that happens. Mitch Marsh may also be released to play a few games after the Sydney test so that is pretty scary for opposition teams
Hardie should be playing regular white ball cricket for Australia before too much longer. Its amazing the production line of line of all rounders that are coming from WA.
The bowling was uncharacteristically loose apart from Berendorff who was outstanding again.