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Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars

Melbourne Stars 167/5 (20/20 ov); Melbourne Renegades 168/2 (18.2/20 ov)

Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets



The Stars with their great batting depth batted first and got a solid start thanks to contributions from Wright, Hodge and Dave Hussey. The night however belonged to the unfavoured Renegades who managed to account for the Stars total of 167 easily thanks to an absolutely dominating batting display from Aaron Finch.



Finch got his first T20 century with 111 runs at a strike rate of 170. He even managed to to get an unlikely wicket and a catch in the field to cap of an amazing. Youd be loving his 163pts if you put him as captain. How good a sight was it seeing him smack Warne all over the place?



For the Stars, Wright scored 53pts from his batting whilst Hodge got 60pts thanks to his quick 28 and having a catch. Dave Hussey also managed 54pts.



Aaron OBrien for the Renegades was the only bowler with multiple wickets, getting himself 52pt and Ben Rohrer managed a cameo next to Finch getting to 34 and getting the strike rate bonus. It was disappointing from the Stars bowlers, Warne who got a duck with his horrible figures and Faulkner wasnt very tight although he got a wicket.



Legends: Finch, Hodge, Wright, Hussey, Rohrer, OBrien

Bunnies: Warne, Quiney, Rimmington, Nevill, Harris





Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder

Sydney Thunder 143/5 (20/20 ov); Sydney Sixers 147/3 (18.4/20 ov)

Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets



The defending champions sent in the Thunder to bat, confident about their ability to chase. The Thunders top order was never settled and tight bowling and wickets to Starc and Feldman slowed the run rate down a lot until late in the innings when keeper Ryan Carters and Sean Abbot opened up.



Despite a duck from the popular Warner (-20pts!), the Sixers...

PRE-SEASON DRAFT



Round One



1. GWS Giants - Bret Thornton (Carlton)

2. Western Bulldogs - Pass

3. Port Adelaide - Sam Colquhorn (Central District)

4. Brisbane Lions - Pass

5. Richmond - Pass

6. Essendon - Will Hams (Gippsland Power)

7. Carlton - Pass

8. Fremantle - Jack Hannath (Central District)

9. Collingwood - Pass

10. Adelaide Crows - Nick Joyce (Adelaide)

11. Sydney Swans - Kurt Tippett (Adelaide)



Round Two

12. GWS Giants - Dean Brogan (Greater Western Sydney)

13. Carlton - Pass

14. Fremantle - Jesse Crichton (Fremantle)

15. Collingwood - Pass

16. Sydney Swans - Pass



Round Three



17. Sydney Swans - Pass



ROOKIE DRAFT



Round One



1. GWS Giants - Pass

2. Gold Coast Suns - Leigh Osborne (Frankston)

3. Melbourne - Nathan Stark (Glenelg)

4. Western Bulldogs - Brett Goodes (Williamstown)

5. Port Adelaide - Kane Mitchell (Claremont)

6. Brisbane Lions - Nicholas Hayes (Woodville West Torrens)

7. Richmond - Ricky Petterd (Melbourne)

8. Essendon - Ariel Steinberg (Essendon)

9. Carlton - Jared Cachia (Carlton)

10. North Melbourne - Tim McGenniss (Dandenong Stingrays)

11. Fremantle - Matthew Taberner (Murray Bushrangers)

12. West Coast - Callum Sinclair (Subiaco)

13. Collingwood - Kyle Martin (Frankston)

14. Adelaide - Kyle Hartigan (Werribee Tigers)

15. Hawthorn - Jonathon Ceglar (Collingwood)

16. Sydney Swans - Jake Lloyd (North Ballarat)



Round Two



17. Greater Western Sydney - Pass

18. Gold Coast Suns - Pass

19. Melbourne - Mitchell Clisby (North Adelaide)

20. Port Adelaide - Justin Hoskin (Port Adelaide SANFL)

21. Brisbane Lions - Callum Bartlett (Brisbane Lions)

22. Richmond - Sam Lonergan (Essendon)

23. Carlton - Andrew Collins (Carlton)

24. North Melbourne - Ben Speight (North Melbourne)

25. Fremantle - Alex Howson (East Fremantle)

26. West Coast - Jamie Bennell (Melbourne)

27....

Last year, we all struggled with the byes.



Horribly horribly struggled with a guaranteed two donuts over the period.



This year, not such a problem with the latest change.
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This year, rather than just giving us 3 trades to deal, in addition to the 3 trades, they are also making it so that the top 18 players for your team that week score.



Does this mean that youll be able to roll all 10 of your mids in a single week if they are all playing? From the wording it sounds like they will.



Regardless though, what it is doing is giving us a lot more flexibility over the bye week. We no longer need to balance our team per-position over the byes, just week by week!

I don’t have much time this week so I will get straight in the review for Round 5.

As usual I will do the review for the Premier League, Stowie will do the review for Division One and Rev will do the review for Division Two

Please read over the break

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Premier League

Adelaide Maggotz (3-1-1) 1284 v King of Karlos (3-2) 1096

The Maggotz were able to get the win here thanks to good scores from Love (141/3), Harden (131/3) and Kmart (121/4). For Karlos, the best players were Al Jefferson (162/4) followed by DWill (142/4) and Curry (122/2)

Ruddy’s Cavaliers (3-2) 1360 v Wade Machine (2-3) 1000

The Cavaliers played 7 games more than Wade Machine in this matchup and this clearly showed in the final result. The Cavaliers led from start to finish and were led by Durant (226/4), Ibaka (133/4) and Hill (132/3). Ellis /124/4) led the way for Wade Machine followed by Thad Young (120/3) and Millsap (116/4)

Run TMC (3-1-1) 1191 v Fudge’s Sixers (0-5) 843

Run TMC was able to post a comfortable victory against the winless Fudge due to playing 8 more games . Westbrook was the leading scorer with (224/4), followed by Gay (1283/4) and Noah (141/3). The best players for Fudge were Timmy D (161/3), Knight (120/4) and Lawson (132/3)

The Jug-O-Naughts (4-1) 1158 v Linsanity 17 (0-5) 1079

The Jug-O-Naughts have now won 4 games in a row while Linsanity are still searching for their first win of the season. Carmelo was the best player for the Jug –O-Naughts with (214/4), Holiday was next with (135/30) and then Lee (112/2). Linsanity was best served by Asik (134/3), J Smoove (127/2) and Dragic (118/4).

Team Heaver (3-2) 1415 v Team Anthak (3-2) 1350

Heaver has now posted 3 wins on the trot while Anthak has now had 2 losses in a row. Heaver was able to post the highest score in the Premier League this round and this was due to Conley (179/4), PatPat (140/3) and Manu (129/3). Anthak can count himself unlucky as he scored the 2nd highest...

Week 13 saw the two playoff games in the keeper league decided by less than 10 points each while playoff spots are now decided in league 1 and 2. Join Stowie and myself as we breakdown all the results and identify matchups for next week.

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LEAGUE 1 (review by Stowie)

WEEK 13 RESULTS

Vicks Dog Fighters (8-5) (Fez) 96 def by Show Me Ya TDs (8-5) (wateman) 108

Lilydale Leather Heads (6-6-1) (bgt) 77 def by Massillon Tigers (6-7) (Johnson) 107

Team Wiggles (6-7) (Wiggles) 102 def Under Achievers (4-9) (UnderAchievers) 77

TooSerious TooSeriousesses (4-9) (walesy) 80 def by Team Stowie (6-6-1) (stowie) 85

Jimbos Juggernaut (10-3) (jimbowan) 87 def Adelaide Maggotz (6-7) (Maggots) 75


PLAYOFF MATCHUP PREVIEWS

Lilydale Leather Heads (6-6-1) at Jimbos Juggernaut (10-3)

Some solid drafting sees Jimbos Juggernaut, who had the 10th overall pick, finishing the season with the best record. Only playing once during the season it was Jimbos Juggernaut humiliating the Lilydale Leather Heads 116 to 57 in Week 3. Lilydale Leather Heads will be hoping Drew Brees can bounce back from shocker and lead them to victory here, while Jimbos Juggernaut would love to have Percy Harvin available as theyre quite short at WR without him.


Show Me Ya TDs (8-5) at Vicks Dog Fighters (8-5)

Riding a league best 6 game winning streak, Show Me Ya TDs would like a repeat of their Week 13 effort in the playoffs. Show Me Ya TDs got up by twelve in the final game of the season, but Vicks Dog Fighters picked up an eight point win in Week 5. 1st overall pick Arian Foster has been super consistant for Vicks Dog Fighters with only one game under 10fpts while Show Me Ya TDs has relied on rookies Doug Martin, Trent Richardson and RGIII and will hoping the rookie wall can be broken.



THE KEEPER LEAGUE (review by bgt2110)

#5 Waito’s Warriors (232) def #4 The Jug-0-Naughts (224)...

MIchu has shown himself to be an absolute legend while Rooney found some form over the weekend. Arsenal, Chelsea and Sunderland are all struggling big time. Join me over the break for a full round up...<!--more-->

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Liverpool v Southampton 1-0

I brought in Enrique and Suarez this week so three things were inevitable. Enrique would be moved back to LB, Suarez wouldn’t score but he would get booked which means a one match ban.

However, Enrique did still get his clean sheet and Suarez’s ban is away at West Ham which frees him up for the home games against porous Villa and Fulham defences.

Johnson – who was again excellent getting forward – set up Agger’s goal. Lucas returned after 3mths out, and this could positively impact on Gerrard’s returns.

Downing was left out after showing he’s not a LB either in the game @ Spurs while Wisdom also sat on the bench.

Southampton didn’t really show much going forward apart from a couple of speculative efforts from Scouser Lambert. A free week in GW17 looms for the Saints.

Fulham v Spurs 0-3

Fulham continue to leak goals at an alarming rate. Defoe x2 and Sandro did the damage for Spurs who are on a bit of a run just now.

Dawson went off injured with Gallas replacing him, Bale also went off after going Ping. On the plus side the excellent Dembele got more game time and Caulker also returned to the starting line-up. Dempsey and Bale’s replacement Sigu grabbed an assist each.

West Ham v Chelsea 3-1

Things do not look good for Chelsea as they capitulated in the second half. Azpilicueta continues at RB while the magnificent Mata was restored to the starting line-up and made a mockery of those fools who *ahem* traded him out this week.

Moses started and was good while Oscar and Marin came off the bench and expect rotation from now on between Mata, Hazard (who was a passenger in this game), Oscar, Marin, Moses and even Bertrand apparently for the three spots behind a woeful Torres.

Diame...

KFC BIG BASH T20 is back for 2012-2013! With some awesome posts in forum by thokash I thought it would be much better (and easier) to put them onto the front page! If you are playing for first time or even coming back for 2nd season make sure you have a read over the break for all the awesome information and preview of all teams and best players in each position!

Official BBL - http://fantasy.bigbash.com.au/

League Codes:

BigBash TooSerious -&#160; Code: 292859 - FULL

Way Too Serious - Code: 875940 - FULL

Too Seriously -Code: 166649 - FULL


Not Too Seriously - Code:&#160; 177179

Feel free to make leagues and post code in comments and ill add them to here.

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League Codes:

Please post any league codes in comments and ill add them to post.

We will now open this post up so people can get feedback on their teams! Thoughts on my team.

Finch, Ponting, Harris, Ferguson, Khwaja
D.Hussey, Botha, Hopes
Haddin, Paine
Faulkner, McKay, Rimmington, Nannes, Putland

Just not sold on any of the bowlers! Reckon Ponting is decent option now that he’s retired from Test cricket. Harris is apparently going open for Renegades. Would love take punt on Phil Hughes as he’s in ripping form this summer so far.

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Over the break is hands down the most comprehensive preview of the BBL you can find on the world wide web!

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TEAM PREVIEWS

Melbourne Stars

Likely Starting XI:
Brad Hodge
Rob Quiney*
Luke Wright
David Hussey
Cameron White
Glenn Maxwell
Matthew Wade* / Peter Handscomb (WK)
James Faulkner
Shane Warne
Clint McKay
Lasith Malinga
John Hastings (12th man)

Hastings very unlucky to miss the 11, he could virtually replace any player on this list though.

Squad: Jackson Bird,...

Week 12 of the NFL season sees the beginning of the playoffs in the keeper league while only one regular season matchup remains in the two other leagues. Games in all leagues are going right down to the wire with positions still up for grabs. In the 'real thing' the Falcons and Texans are continuing on with their winning ways, the Packers suffered a heavy loss to the Giants, the Saints stumbled at home against the 49ers, the Colts have gone from last seasons cellar dwellers to this years likely playoff spot while the poor old Eagles can be summed up simply.... RIP Dream Team (August 2011 - August 2011). Join with me and Stowie for the reviews.<!--more-->

THE KEEPER LEAGUE (review by bgt2110)

#4 The Jug-O-Naughts (112) lead #5 Waito’s Warriors (107)

A very close matchup sees the Jugs head into week 2 with only a 5 point lead over the Warriors. This one can still go either way with both teams able to make adjustments to their starting lineups to hopefully proceed onto a matchup with Team Stowie in the semi finals. The Jugs had valuable contributions from Brady(30), the Patriots d/st(21), Andre Johnson(18) and Mat Ryan(15). Unfortunately, Austin(0) was injured early in the game and Fred Jackson(1) was disappointing. With a couple of bushes, namely Reggie and Michael itching to get a start the Jugs have ample support on their deep roster. For the Warriors it was Calvin Johnson(20), Doug Martin(18) and Alfred Morris(17) who all performed well while the Texans d/st(-2) had a rare off day. The Warriors can draw on either Trent Richardson(16) or Steve Jackson(13) this week to push the Jugs all the way in a much look forwarded too week 2. Good luck to both teams.

Winner of this matchup meets Team Stowie in the semi finals.

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#3 Billy Bass(103) leads #6 Welcome back Mr Wallace(76)

This matchup is also going down to the wire, although Billy is leading with a healthy, but not out of reach, 27 points. Billy will head into week 2...

As promised last week, I will discuss some of the fantasy studs and duds for the season so far. Feel free to post your comments below about some of your success stories and failures.

Please read over the break

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I won’t talk about Lebron, Durantula and CP3 as we all knew they would be at the top of the tree for points scoring. However, there has been some surprises with some of the other names appearing in the top 20 players based on averages. Probably the biggest success story of the season so far is Sideshow Bob (avg 48.6), he has been a beast on the boards but also has improved his all round game to score more points. Well done to the owners who picked him up, I know Ant picked him up with a pick in the 80’s in the Premier League.

Other players who have started off the season on fire are Noah (avg 45.9) who has assumed the responsibility of leading the Bulls while Rose is still out injured. Jrue Holiday (avg 43.8) is racking up the points on a consistent basis. AK47 (avg 42.6) is another who has been a huge surprise after coming back into the NBA this year. People who watched the Olympics basketball would have known that Kirilenko was going to have a good season (how did I forget it). Timmy D (avg 49.6) has turned back the clock although owners will probably be aware later in the season the Spurs will rest him on a regular basis for the playoffs.

In regards to the Duds, where do I start? I could probably name a few as some of them are on my team. J Smoove (avg 33.4) has had a very ordinary start to the season. He looks hesitant in a contract year and has not scored the points I was expecting when I drafted him at pick 4. Ilyasova (avg 14.9) is another who has struggled with the expectation of delivering the goods after being awarded a 5 yr contract with the Bucks. Other players who have not performed to their normal expectations are Wade (avg 36.7), Cousins (avg 31.4), Ginobli (avg 25.7).

Now onto the review, I will do the review...

Clean sheets were all the rage this week with 3 scoreless draws so I think this weeks high scorer must have had Defoe in his team along with 10 defenders. GW14 kicks off Wed morning so get your transfers done early this week folks. Join me over the break for a review of the weekends games..<!--more-->

Stoke v Fulham 1-0

Stoke are now unbeaten in 14 league games at home and continue to rack up the clean sheets while Fulham lost their first away game in five.

It was a deserved victory as Fulham showed little until the final 10mins. Crouch assisted Adam’s goal. Etheringon appears to be getting a run of games ahead of summer signing Kightly.

With Ruiz out Jol partnered Petric with Berbatov, while Rodallega and Duff were on the subs bench. Hangeland served the first game of his suspension.

Everton v Norwich 1-1

The Toffeemen – who had Fellaini, Coleman and Neville out – just came up short for the 3pts. Naismith (goal) continues to flourish in Mirallas absence while Oviedo (assist) did well in his first league start but Everton again failed to capitalise on chances made. That’s five draws in seven with Arsenal midweek kicking off a nasty run of games.

Norwich came into the game after a slow start and are now unbeaten in six PL games. Garrido again brought home some returns by assisting Bassong’s first goal in two years. Ruddy came off injured and is a doubt. Pilkington impressed as Norwich gear up for a midweek trip to Southampton.

Man Utd v QPR 3-1

He might not be a FF legend but my goodness he’s a legend nonetheless. Darren Fletcher making his first PL appearance in more than a year due to serious illness (which is ongoing) scored to celebrate his comeback. Evans and Hernandez also got on the scoresheet. Rooney, Welbeck and Anderson all saw some assist action. DDG was on the bench as Evans returned but OT clean sheets are a rarity these days anyway. Anderson came off the bench and changed the game in Utd’s favour after a slack first hour....