Steve Smith seems to make hundreds for fun every time he comes back and plays in the Big Bash.
Yet he generally struggles to have much impact at international level in the format. And when he does make runs it’s typically not as quickly as you’d like.
Smith gets 100*
Dropped on 31 by Connolly off his own bowling (tough chance).
A bowling attack of Richardson, Bherendorf, Tye, Agar, and Connolly should be getting plundered by Smith. He’s not what he was but he’s definitely still a world class bat.
Richardson is decent but the rest either are developing or not that good anymore.
Yeah perhaps says a bit about the step up/step down in standard.
Smith out for 112 caught in the deep from one of those over the boundary throw backs.
EDIT: not out, hit the boundary rope with his foot, 6 instead
Sixers finish with 3/222
Smith 121* (64)
Dwarshuis 25* (7)
5 of his last 7 BBL innings are:
125 (66)
121* (64)
101 (56)
66 (33)
61 (42)
Nuts!
Incredible innings. Watching it on delay now. Wowee
Strikers 81 off 5 overs run rate of 16.20
Short 33* (17)
Lynn 42* (13)
Apologies if posted before (couldn’t see it) but what a last over!
M Short 52* (24) his quickest 50 in BBL by one delivery
Kuhnemann gets Lynn for 47
Strikers lose their first 1/121 8.5 overs.
Carey comes in
10 overs down: 1/134 r/r 13.40
Short 75* (36) 6x6 5x4
Carey 6* (4)
Johnson 0/28 from 2
Kuhnemann 1/30 from 2
Short dropped by Neser on 86 off Bartlett. TBF it was a massive attempt at full diving stretch and couldn’t quite hold on.
Kuhnemann gets his second, bowled Carey right on middle stump.
2/166 12.2 overs r/r 13.45
Short 96* (46). The quickest BBL 100 is 53 balls for the Strikers.
102* (49) Matt Short! Quickest 100 for the Strikers now.
3/196 15overs
That Stars game was the one where Maxwell scored a 154* (64). One of the best innings I have ever seen.
M Short out caught in the deep 109 (54)
Are the bbl scores on steroids today
TB4 baby!
Neser opening the bowling AND batting is something else.
Lloyd Pope really does bowl some utter trash at times.
No love for Michael Vaughan I see.
He’ll not take that too well.
Four born as Saffers, one kiwi (I think).
