Final word: Captains, weather forecast, POD watch Rd 9


<p>We’ve arrived at the final round of the Supercoach Big Bash season!</p>



<p>In a few day’s time we’ll have a new Supercoach BBL champion, I’d assume, unless last year’s winner is humming along in the top 10 at the moment.</p>



<p>Head-to-head leagues will be decided, bragging rights will be cemented and&nbsp;cashies&nbsp;will be paid out.</p>



<p>It’s been an extremely enjoyable year, as&nbsp;enjoyable as I can remember in the Big Bash, granted I’ve aged about 10 years watching on at times riding my players&nbsp;and&nbsp;death-riding others.</p>



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<p>The Cooma Stallions have had a strong year, sitting in 146<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;overall heading into the final round.</p>



<p>My best finish is 40<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;overall so I’d love to pull off a miracle and beat that, but it’ll take an almighty round.</p>



<p>As such, I’ll be attacking some super POD options this week along with a few left-field captaincy plays.</p>



<p>While I touched on it during this week’s podcast, thanks again to&nbsp;all of&nbsp;the wonderful Supercoach community and in particular SC Playbook community who have made putting the content together with our team a blast.</p>



<p>For the last time in BBL14, let’s&nbsp;take a look&nbsp;at the Final Word for SuperCoach Round 9.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Weather Watch</strong></h2>



<p>All weather is courtesy of the Bureau of Meteorology as&nbsp;of&nbsp;Thursday,&nbsp;6PM. All times are in AEDT. Forecasts are subject to change.</p>



<p>Note, the Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder forecast hasn’t changed as of Friday morning at 10am.</p>



<p>Conditions are very&nbsp;bleak&nbsp;and the game looks under major threat.</p>



<p>Monitor closer to the first ball, but trading out players from these teams&nbsp;may be the play with sunny forecasts for the remaining three games.</p>



<p>At the very least, make sure your Sydney players are auto-emergencies in case it does get wet and shortened.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Looking ahead</strong></h2>



<p>There’s not too far to look ahead to at this stage, on account of it being the final round of the season and all.</p>



<p>All you need to know is that there’s no teams on the double, and no teams on the bye, so it’s a pretty easy round to navigate in that regard.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Super&nbsp;PODs</strong></h2>



<p>In the Final Word, we’ll look at the super POD options, the players at under 5% ownership (among the top 1% ranked coaches) that could send you soaring (or falling) up the overall ranks.</p>



<p>They come with big risk, but the reward is immense if it comes off.</p>



<p>Last week,&nbsp;Aaron Hardie managed 37 points and unfortunately didn’t bowl. If he rolls the arm over, which remains a chance, it’s a game-changer for his Supercoach credentials.</p>



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<p><strong>Xavier Bartlett – $140,100 &#8211; 10% ownership</strong></p>



<p>Bartlett is a bit above super POD range being at 10%, but I feel he’s worth noting as a major trade target.</p>



<p>He dropped a whopping $30k this week ahead of a fixture on a very bowler friendly Marvel Stadium wicket.</p>



<p>He bowls key overs as we know, and with wickets likely to tumble he’s also capable of some late order hitting which he should get a chance to do.</p>



<p>The&nbsp;Renegades&nbsp;batting line-up is explosive, which also means it’s very hit and miss and therefore enticing for opposition bowlers.</p>



<p>Bartlett topped the wicket charts in the BBL last season and has a big ceiling on him.</p>



<p>I feel bowlers from the Renegades v Heat game are the best targets this week.</p>



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<p><strong>Lance Morris &#8211; $181,200 – 6% ownership</strong></p>



<p>Morris is another terrific target, and his expensive $181k price tag may not be such a bad thing.</p>



<p>The reason for that is that it’ll likely keep plenty of potential buyers away.</p>



<p>He’s scored 50+ in six of his seven rounds this Supercoach season, and he’s scored 65+ in his last four games.</p>



<p>He averages an outstanding 65.4 Supercoach points at Optus Stadium in Perth.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Captains</strong></h2>



<p>With no teams on the double there’s a vast amount of captaincy options available this round.</p>



<p>I’d entirely avoid a vice-captaincy play on the Sixers v Thunder game due to the weather.</p>



<p>As there are so many options, I’ll work through a few of the most captained players among the top 10%&nbsp;ranked Supercoaches&nbsp;overall.</p>



<p>Mitch Owen has shot to number one following his double tonne in round 8.</p>



<p>I don’t love it, based on the fact it’s at MCG which is mixed for batting.</p>



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<p>Chris Jordan likely&nbsp;being&nbsp;back won’t help his potential overs, granted he may still get a couple.</p>



<p>Glenn Maxwell is number two, I also don’t like it.</p>



<p>He’s a freak, we know that, but his Supercoach role is still ordinary.</p>



<p>He’s batting at number six and not&nbsp;bowling,&nbsp;you&nbsp;normally&nbsp;wouldn’t touch a player with that role in a million years let alone captain them.</p>



<p>It’s&nbsp;Maxy, we know he doesn’t need much time at the crease to make an impact, but I genuinely feel there are players with far better prospects this week.</p>



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<p>Matt Short is number three and for good reason, he’s back bowling.</p>



<p>The&nbsp;Scorchers&nbsp;bowling attack is a daunting prospect, but he’s an exceptional talent and looks a great prospect now that he’s rolling the arm over again.</p>



<p>With Jamie Overton not playing&nbsp;this week&nbsp;it only enhances his chances of bowling.</p>



<p>Tim David is fourth,&nbsp;I&nbsp;dislike this for many reasons.</p>



<p>I think Beau Webster owners have a great play with him, a&nbsp;Test calibre batsman, batting at three and bowling three to four overs.</p>



<p>I like him as a captaincy option at the MCG, just be wary that the potential return of Tom Curran could impact his overs, and Marcus&nbsp;Stoinis’, so keep that in mind.</p>



<p>Will Sutherland is surprisingly only at 7% vice-captain and 2% captain, he has the role, the form and the venue all in his favour this week.</p>



<p>Good luck to all in the final round of action!</p>


Final word: Captains, weather forecast, POD watch Rd 9

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