BBL 2021: Sydney Thunder Vs Perth Scorchers, Andrew Tye, beamers, ‘what is going on’, fuming, no balls
Former Australian quick Andrew Tye was left fuming after he was booted out of the Perth Scorchers attack for which “he’s only got himself to blame”.
Former Australian quick Andrew Tye has seen him ejected from the Perth Scorchers bowling line up after just nine legal balls in his sides clash against the Sydney Thunder in Canberra.
It came as the Scorchers lost their first game of the BBL season as the Thunder claimed a 34-run victory.
The Thunder were sent in to bat first and after two early wickets, a 113-run stand between Sam Billings and Jason Sangha put the unbeaten Scorchers to the sword.
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But Tye’s eventful second over began with Billings top edging a wild swing before a French cut for four off the inside edge, before Tye got his man for a 35-ball 67.
It saw Alex Ross come to the crease and Tye bowl a rank beamer that Ross bunted back down the ground.
The umpire called it a no ball, and he followed it up with a wide on the free hit before a second beamer, which Ross smashed for four.
But according to law 41 governing unfair play in the laws of cricket, bowlers are permitted to bowl one ball the umpire deems dangerous above waist height, while a second will see the bowler will not be able to bowl again that innings.
While it’s not unheard of, it’s not all that common an occurence in the professional ranks.
“What is going on here Andrew Tye?” Isa Guha said on Fox Cricket. “Two over waist high.”
“If they are deemed to be dangerous that is two and you are gone,” Andrew Symonds added. “He’s gone.”
Symonds said he didn’t slip but he just got it wrong.
While Tye is a former Australian white-ball representative, he had been hit for 1/26 in his nine balls and Brad Haddin joked: “Smart move the way the Thunder players were hitting them.”
Tye was fuming as he made his way back into the field, gesticulating to both umpires.
But Symonds said there was no point in ranting to the umpires.
“He’s only got himself to blame,” Symonds said.
“He is in control of it. It is not as if someone else has done this to him. He’s bowling the ball. It is whether or not it is deemed to be dangerous.
“The first one probably was. The second one disappeared (to the boundary), but anyway.
“AJ Tye has bowled one and a half overs for the night and he is finished. Now Marsh and Morris are going to have to take up the slack there.”
Lance Morris finished off the over.
It didn’t slow the Thunder who piled on 7/200 on the back of Sangha’s patient 46-ball 56 while the other batsmen hit out at the other end.
The Thunder continued the batting form onto the field and had the Scorchers reeling at 3/17 early in the batting innings as the ladder-leaders appeared unable to get going.
The Scorchers eventually fell to 6/97 before Tye came into bat and used the anger from being punted out of the attack, slamming 44 off 25 balls including three fours and three sixes before holing out to the long off boundary.
The game was more or less over as the Scorchers still needed 49 off 12 balls.
But the score was his best in the BBL and Guha said: “Tye should be taken off more often”.
The Scorchers’ unbeaten run ended, as Colin Munro scored 64 off 43 balls to play a lone hand in Perth’s top order as the side limped to 8/166.
Originally published as ‘What is going on here’: Andrew Tye beamers see him booted from attack
