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Dot ball to end the over.

11 from the first over, Hurricane’s best this year.

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Wade takes a single.

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Another FOUR, through field to the rope!

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Crashed through cover for FOUR by Wade, Nabi tossed it up full and wide and Wade has hit through the field.

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Nabi to Wright, single.

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Well Sarah, based on your pre-game analysis I’ve just put $25 on the ‘Canes (happily with a double winnings …(more)

Nabi bowling to Wade, drives through midwicket for a single.

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JGK said Roar Guru

Wade and Wright are in the middle for Hobart, Nabi has the new ball f…(more)

Just a couple minutes away from this one getting underway, on Seven and Fox Cricket this evening.

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Please join the conversation throughout the evening!

Renegades or Hurricanes, who are you tipping tonight?

Melbourne Renegades XI
Shaun Marsh, Marcus Harris, Sam Harper (wk), Be…(more)

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The final teams are as follows:

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Melbourne has won the bat flip and will BOWL first at Marvel Stadium this evening.

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Good evening and welcome to The Roar’s live coverage of the BBL, tonight we have the Melbourne Renegade (more)

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Five things we learnt from India vs Australia

Jeff said Roar Rookie

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That would the IPL.

Jeff said Roar Rookie

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Spot on. It’s *limited overs* cricket. Wickets are most useful to help with applying pressure, but they are not the be…(more)

Jeff said Roar Rookie

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And switching players around in the order depending on innings context is exactly the way Australia should be approachin…(more)

Rob said Guest

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It’s obvious you don’t rate Maxwell in any format. I think the majority regard him a much better cricketer than the …(more)

Chris Kettlewell said Roar Guru

57m

And prior to his hitting after his century he was scoring at exactly the same rate Rohit Sharma did in his century.

dizzy tangles said Guest

` I suppose their acclimatisation consisted of eating Indian and watching Slumdog Millionaire on the flight over`－ heh…(more)

Peter said Roar Rookie

It must be pretty hard coming in during the late overs in India, and having to deal with bowlers like Bumrah though. Eas…(more)

Peter said Roar Rookie

Not a fan of this so-and-so can keep thinking. You’ve got to have a specialist keeper, especially in India.

Has anyone asked Markus Babbel if he's okay?

Lionheart said Roar Rookie

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Germans are all class Stuart. We could do with more of them in our game.

Lionheart said Roar Rookie

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indeed, can’t say the Penrith or Blacktown lads having any affiliation whatsoever with Macarthur. It’d be almost as bad …(more)

Redondo said Roar Rookie

At the very least, Babbel will need to leak details somehow or he’ll struggle to get his next decent-paying coaching job…(more)

Turner and Agar leave the Aussie middle order weak

Scorching said Guest

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While I was always concerned with their batting form (after poor shield and BBL seasons) if they were picked just becaus…(more)

They have failed in two of the four (QF vs Pakistan 2015, SF vs England 2019), but in the other two one of them has gone…(more)

He didn’t bat too well in India last series (averaging 23 at a strike rate of 99, though his 47 off 31 when Australia wa…(more)

Brian said Guest

Someone needs to go to Bangladesh with Lyon. If not Agar then who? Swepson, O’Keefe, Holland. I don’t think anyone knock…(more)

Brian said Guest

As I said last week the Warner and Finch combination have played 4 World Cup knockout games and failed everytime. Finch …(more)

That’s the kind of comment that needs some examples to back up the assertion. His average and strike rate against the to…(more)

Seababoon said Guest

I think Agar is a better batsman than bowler now. I wouldn’t say he has developed his bowling much, from when we first s…(more)

He’s the best bet of the five bowlers that were picked, but picking five genuine bowlers in 50-over cricket doesn&…(more)

anon said Roar Pro

He averaged 22 at 150 SR in the World Cup. Not good, but not terrible. The key here is the 150 SR. The top order crui…(more)

The big questions coming out of the shortest ever Australian rugby pre-season

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MitchO said Guest

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Hi Nick, does one of the other UK teams have a place for Skelton on their roster?
I hope he doesn’t go to France and und…(more)

MitchO said Guest

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Cheers TWAS.
It does seem to me that Wessells got more out of the Force than he got out of the Rebels. Having Hodgo as l…(more)

hammertime said Roar Rookie

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I can… but I’m prone to flights of fancy. Was I wrong?

Nicholas Bishop said Expert

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Nice work Brett!

That u20 group does look like an outstanding pool of talent, I was looking at some of their games duri…(more)

Dilkington said Roar Guru

48m

8 of 15 teams make the finals. Given that, I don’t see how coming 9th/10th can really been seen as a success.

All fair questions Don.
I wish Thorn well but this season is crunch time.

Organisation for the future?!?!?!
What good will ever come of that?

Hammer time
“ I remember early in last year’s season the Reds did a number on a Kiwi team with QC , Petaia and Kere…(more)

Dilkington said Roar Guru

All fair Train

If you buy a young team then they will almost certainly be closer to winning one after a couple of years, due simply to …(more)

Train Without A Station said Roar Guru

My team is based on Toomua, Meakes, English being better than Deegan, Toomua, Meakes/English.

That may change.

RHP I …(more)

Train Without A Station said Roar Guru

I’d say it’s more so people are happy to see Sarries fall, so nobody is going to care if the penalty actually may no…(more)

jeznez said Roar Guru

Thanks Brett

I don’t think so Jez, I think Ruaidhrí Murphy is the forwards coach now..

No doubt it’s to accommodate the North, TWAS, and particularly if the South insisted on full strength squads touring in …(more)

I think he looks a good young prop and am hoping he blos…(more)

This is a decent explainer, Mach: (View comments to see link)

jeznez said Roar Guru

I’ll be curious to see if Shambeckler Vui can crack the 18.

Paul D said Roar Rookie

Paying $200k to a player to go somewhere else is better for their books than $750k for a player to stay on the roster.
A…(more)

MitchO said Guest

Deegan lacks super rugby experience but he is not a kid anymore so he should be mentally up for it if he is physically u…(more)

Because they don’t have to be, they’re not a national union. Their existence is about making the Premiership better and …(more)

Good to see you back, Brett, and hope you had a good break from all this writing for us. Lot of interesting comments/ar…(more)

Well, I don’t really gun for coaches to be sacked, so it won’t be a matter of defending him or not for me…

mzilikazi said Roar Pro

Train Without A Station said Roar Guru

Fionn you’d have to think that unless they just miss out, still in contention the last week or two, then it would have t…(more)

Red Rob said Roar Rookie

Looks about right, James. Maybe Campbell for Stewart, on the bench? Depends if we want to strengthen the attack or defen…(more)

mzilikazi said Roar Pro

“QC was easily the best 10 in OZ” Need to put imo in there Scott.

“the other will be back over the dutch in 6 mont…(more)

Dilkington said Roar Guru

Fair enough. As I said elsewhere, I hope he reverses his results, but I’m deeply concerned that Thorn won’t be up to…(more)

tsuru said Roar Rookie

Carlos, to continue your movie reference, I’m sure the players thought that “this could be the start of a beautiful …(more)

Well Adsa, Fraser McReight didn’t play the trial and remains injured at this point as I understand, so I’d suggest respe…(more)

There’s one on one development, Fionn, there’s the individual skills development, there’s leadership development, there’…(more)

Carlos the Argie said Roar Guru

That sounds like plausible deniability only.

Can Carl Robinson rescue the Jets?

Football is Life said Roar Rookie

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Wax I don’t know about this Robinson fella. I have a gut feeling this is going to end in tears, but my comment abo…(more)

Football is Life said Roar Rookie

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When will the FFA select owners that are serious about the club they are taking on. The word about Newy is that the Chin…(more)

Griffo said Roar Guru

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Apart from Robinson, the other five on the shortlist are a closely guarded secret…sorry but Mori could be next to sit …(more)

Hot takes from the tennis

Burwale said Guest

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Good to consider but NO. Mostly. Rock star entrances – no 189 in the world comes out to “simply the best”??? Defini…(more)

Big Daddy said Guest

One thing thats not hot. Tony Jones, Andy Lee. What are CH 9 thinking.

Pelican said Roar Rookie

I agree with all six points especially re the doubles malarchy. And yes i to like Nick, he is the most interesting perso…(more)

Rennie and Penney should be the last of the NZ coaches in Australian rugby

Brian said Guest

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Randwick, Waratahs, Shute Shield. All the same thing aren’t they?

GhostFacePilfer said Guest

“the powerhouse of rugby in Australia”… lol

Don’t bother reading any further. This extremely boring article doesn’t g…(more)

Paul said Roar Rookie

Like any employer RA should use a merit process and choose then most suitably qualified and experienced coach, regardles…(more)

cookie said Roar Guru

Patriotism over competence isn’t the wisest way to go.

Selecting any player, coach or administrator should only be on …(more)

Brad Scott's new job: Managing the AFL's Penske file?

The essence of 6x6 said Roar Rookie

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Take the power base out of Victoria to allow more invested people to have a say on direction.

AFL officially confirms State of Origin match

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The essence of 6x6 said Roar Rookie

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Always been that way, they nearly lost Canberra and it didn’t alter thinking.

Jonboy said Roar Rookie

WA pales into significant’s to the East Coast problems with Land management and Green Policies. Hence the major problems…(more)

The essence of 6x6 said Roar Rookie

Last time they tried stopping them or doing less In WA it was a LNP govt in charge.

Three basic steps for Jean-Paul de Marigny to begin the Wanderers rebuild

digbick23 said Guest

if jp turns it around then id keep him but if he cant then bye bye.

AdelaideAndy said Roar Rookie

where are the goals going to come from? on paper there back 4 and GK look really good, but wanderers dont look like the…(more)

Wanderers were never the same after their antipodean relocation.

Buddy said Roar Rookie

Well if it doesn’t serve any other purpose, Liverpool winning the title will stop fans of the club constantly talking …(more)

Eddie Jones recruits Storm assistant Jason Ryles for England rugby coaching set-up

Paul, I’m guessing that Eddie may have a trick up his sleeve, and he’s looking for a league style of defence. OZ NRL…(more)