T20 Franchise Cricket

[diggedy derek]

DC needed to field flawlessly to defend this total and as another misfield goes for four, they haven't been close.

[diggedy derek]

Hang on, still some work to do. But Kerr should be good enough to get close to the finish here.

[diggedy derek]

Oh goodness, you've got to stop that going for four.

[diggedy derek]

That was a great antepenultimate over to keep it still alive.

[Etienne]

Don't ask me for the lotto numbers.

[diggedy derek]

18 year old Alice Capsey attempting to defend five from the final over...!

[diggedy derek]

Decent final and the right team win. Player of the tournament, maybe Wong, but maybe it should be Sciver-Brunt? She's been on a different level.

[Etienne]

My Team of the Tournament

Verma (Delhi)
Matthews (Mumbai)
Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai)
McGrath (UP)
Harris (UP)
Kerr (Mumbai)
Kapp (Delhi)
Y Bhatia (Mumbai)
Wong (Mumbai)
Ecclestone (UP)
Ishaque (Mumbai)


Team of the Tournament (only 4 overseas players allowed - no Australians!)
Verma
Matthews
Sciver-Brunt
Kaur (Mumbai)
Kerr
Y Bhatia
Patil (RCB)
Vastrakar (Mumbai)
Wong
Pandey (Delhi)
Ishaque

[Etienne]

Coach of the tournament is a no brainer.

https://twitter.com/NickFriend1/status/1640042644037332993?s=20

[Etienne]

Delhi actually won 3 out of 4 phases of the game. Shame about the 4th phase.

https://twitter.com/crickether/status/1640039844435853313?s=20

[Levin]

https://twitter.com/timwig/status/1641051055352954882?t=66568fy92Mva1w9N29Ze1g&s=19

This is interesting to me. Where does the money in cricket go?

[ursus arctos]

To the owners.

The IPL franchises are cash cows.

[Etienne]

It uses to be the BCCI and the IPL itself that made the money, most individual teams lost money up until 2018. But now everyone makes money.

[ursus arctos]

Yes, as reflected in the fact that the latest franchises cost an order of magnitude more than the early ones

Also worth noting that the North American examples are all the result of real collective bargaining

[ursus arctos]

Kane Williamson looks to have suffered a potentially serious knee injury attempting a leaping catch at the boundary for Gujarat

[Etienne]

Good thing for Gujarat that they can sub him out. Less good news for Williamson and NZ.

[E10 Rifle]

I've taken against Gujurat on account of them playing at the Modi-dome. Though I could watch Rashid Khan bowl all day. And Chennai's Gaikwad - who I'd never seen before - looks a hell of a top-order batter, clean and aggressive.

[Etienne]

I've taken against Gujurat on account of them playing at the Modi-dome. Though I could watch Rashid Khan bowl all day. And Chennai's Gaikwad - who I'd never seen before - looks a hell of a top-order batter, clean and aggressive.

And owned by coal pollution giant, Adani.

[Etienne]

Why on earth are CSK playing Stokes purely as a batsman?

[E10 Rifle]

To protect him/guard against injury?

[Etienne]

I mean why play him as a pure batter when he's not very good at T20 batting. I understood why England picked him, as talisman and an extra bowling option, but an IPL team should have much better options. That said, I've just looked at the CSK squad and it is light on overseas batting talent.

[ursus arctos]

Gujarat are a classic team of appealing players with appalling owners.

[E10 Rifle]

Stokes is a bit of a PSG signing, to put it in football terms - bought because "he's box office".

[ursus arctos]

Consecutive last ball wins by the chasing team in the last two IPL matches.

Rinku with 30 off the last five balls (with 28 needed by KKR) yesterday, Pooran with 62 off 19 to give Lucknow the win today.

[ursus arctos]

Make that three last ball wins in succession, as Mumbai beat Delhi