Re: Twenty20 World Cup 2014

by JGK Sun 23 Mar 2014, 12:19

9 an over needed. Going to struggle.

by PeterCS Sun 23 Mar 2014, 12:20

Chaff and Bailey could do this in blindfolds.

by PeterCS Sun 23 Mar 2014, 12:23

In fact, the likelihood of Pakistan winning is slightly below that of Warney keeping his pecker in his pants for a full hour.

by JGK Sun 23 Mar 2014, 12:27

Poor innings from Bailey is over.

Pak on top.

by PeterCS Sun 23 Mar 2014, 12:48

Aus losing a wicket an over, and slowing up.

Have they had a couple of calls from Lahore or Faisalabad?

by Merlin Sun 23 Mar 2014, 12:55

What a turn-around.
From being dead and almost buried, the Pakistanis pull off, what boils down to, an easy win in the end!

by JGK Sun 23 Mar 2014, 12:55

Wow, what a choke by Aust.

by PeterCS Sun 23 Mar 2014, 13:27

They've been studying Pom videos too long.

by taipan Sun 23 Mar 2014, 14:23

Red wrote:Australia cruising atm courtesy of Maxwell.

Did you get that from a "pundit"

by taipan Sun 23 Mar 2014, 14:36

Red wrote:
beamer wrote:
Neil D wrote:
beamer wrote:At least we didn't get an undeserved win out of it to potentially strengthen their position.

I was going to support Ireland in this but guess I'm now backing the Dutch... of the major nations I'd quite like to see the Snoozers win a global tournament for the first time, they've got the firepower to do so this time though India and Sri Lanka are perhaps favourites in familiar conditions.

It's really strange. I've never felt this sort of apathy towards an England team since I started following cricket in around 1992.

This must be the most unlikeable England setup in living memory. I've watched a lot of drubbings in my time, but I've never cared less than I do now.

It's not good.
Yeah, as much as the very recent results and the negative on-field attitude, it's the utter contempt for those who follow the team from the men in charge of the whole setup. The KP situation is the most obvious demonstration of this but realistically he only had a couple of years left in him anyway - however this and other selections, and displays of faith in those who most agree should be shown the door, show they just want a team of robots and yes men rather than playing exciting, dynamic cricket. That surely won't keep selling tickets for long.

Whether many of the younger generation are up to international cricket remains to be seen, it's not looking too promising, but they're not helping them settle with muddled selection policies in all three formats. While it seems nothing positive will come from the current coaching regime, I think they need to follow the rugby route, clear out the senior players, pick a young captain and let a new side develop for a couple of years.

Just on KP, he tweeted this to Michael Vaughan.

Kevin Pietersen ‏@KP24 Mar 22
“@MichaelVaughan: T20 International all time Batting averages....... pic.twitter.com/UtuJXXE8Nb” why is the geezer at the top not playing? 😃😃

It was a pic of the all time T20 averages. Perhaps surprisingly Duminy was third.

Fark knows where these figures come from.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282912.html

by taipan Sun 23 Mar 2014, 14:43

Ah, selective stats. 1000 runs to qualify

by taipan Sun 23 Mar 2014, 14:58

Henry wrote:And I see Broad has criticised the decision to stay on the field after the lighting arrived.

I doubt he would have been so critical had the shoe been on the other foot. But yeah, keep making those excuses England. Convince each other that everything's fine....

Didn't watch but believe me I would have been off if lightning was anywhere near.

by beamer Sun 23 Mar 2014, 16:19

Cakewalk for India, surely they should be going for NRR here? Although they probably just have to beat Bangladesh now, there are three-way tie scenarios.

by PeterCS Sun 23 Mar 2014, 16:38

For once I quite agree with Broad, who I think measured his tones quite fairly. And also I agree with taipan.

He may be the Boy Who Cried Wolf with his previous hot-tempered, exasperated acts ("petulance", if you prefer) - but for the umps to allow play to continue through forking lightning and cracking thunder close to the ground until 5 overs have been completed, and then just the one slog to make sure a result is established, seems a pretty cynical abuse of power to me.

by beamer Sun 23 Mar 2014, 19:04

Sturat fined for expressing very genuine concerns over safety. They should go on strike in protest.

by Nath Sun 23 Mar 2014, 20:29

is that the end of Hoggy!!!?

by JGK Sun 23 Mar 2014, 21:02

Nath wrote:is that the end of Hoggy!!!?

We can hope.

by Merlin Sun 23 Mar 2014, 21:50

Aust's top three are awesome when they all fire.
Warner, Finch, Maxwell.
Watson is hit or miss, as are Bailey, Hodge and Haddin.
Cruising with Maxwell and Finch in control, when they got out, the rest just collapsed like a pack of cards.
Jeez - no boundaries in the final 6 overs, scoring at just 5 rpo - when just 7 overs previously they were topping 12 rpo and bossing the game!
Have to say though that Pak bowled superbly in the final 6 overs to choke Aus into submission.

India cake-walked all over the WIndies.

by PeterCS Sun 23 Mar 2014, 21:59

Poor old Postie.

by beamer Sun 23 Mar 2014, 21:59

Pakistan have the bowlers to claw back most situations, how brave a decision was it to give the bowler who went for 30 earlier in the innings the final over though?

India could have won that with 5 overs to spare and could yet pay for that. WI looked a shadow of the side that won this a couple of years ago.

by horace Sun 23 Mar 2014, 22:22

hogg and bollybogan were embarassing

by horace Sun 23 Mar 2014, 22:30

when noshow and funk are Oz's best bats you just know T20 is garbage and that we will lose...my only interest in this tournament is whether the saffies or bannies toss the biggest choke

by taipan Mon 24 Mar 2014, 03:13

JGK wrote:Wow, what a choke by Aust.

by horace Mon 24 Mar 2014, 03:16

hmmn...they may have caught choke flu from prolonged exposure to the saffies

by G.Wood Mon 24 Mar 2014, 03:54

JGK wrote:Wow, what a choke by Aust.

Aye, Vics throwing away their wickets was the root cause

A bit damning that Dougie come in off the bench and was our best bowler. Coulter-Nile ffs

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