Re: Twenty20 World Cup 2014

by Henry Sun 16 Mar 2014, 23:44

beamer wrote:Nepal thrashed Hong Kong in the second match.

Hong Kong team:

Waqas Barkat
Irfan Ahmed
J J Atkinson (C, W)
Babar Hayat
M S Chapman
Nizakat Khan
Tanwir Afzal
Aizaz Khan
Najeeb Amar
Haseeb Amjad
Nadeem Ahmed

Lots of traditional Chinese names in there...

Looks like they've appointed a whitey of good stock and excellent upbringing as captain to keep control of the savage and unsophisticated darkies that make up the bulk of the side.....

by tricycle Mon 17 Mar 2014, 03:11

No wonder they lost

by Henry Mon 17 Mar 2014, 03:50

Wow, this is a crowd gathered in Kathmandu to watch Nepal play Hong Kong on a big screen. Great that cricket has such popularity in places outside of the main cricketing nations.

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by horace Mon 17 Mar 2014, 04:17

Friend of mine is working in Kathmandu this week....she'll be having fun

by Big Dog Mon 17 Mar 2014, 07:27

The Clogs have been caught 'bending the rules'

http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/2014/3/17/aussie-caught-up-in-dutch-scandal

by Big Dog Mon 17 Mar 2014, 07:30

As if to highlight how crap this format is, Finch has been elevated to No. #1

http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/2014/3/17/finch-rises-to-world-no1

by PeterCS Mon 17 Mar 2014, 13:08

Well, just as there are two theories of promotion criteria for senior management

the cream always rises to the top.
shit floats.

Take your pick.

by PeterCS Mon 17 Mar 2014, 13:11

Meanwhile, Happy Paddy's Day to the Irish.

The boys in black were caught snoozing.

by Merlin Mon 17 Mar 2014, 13:36

PeterCS wrote:Well, just as there are two theories of promotion criteria for senior management

the cream always rises to the top.

shit floats.

Take your pick.

For the record - not always.

by taipan Mon 17 Mar 2014, 13:47

Big Dog wrote:The Clogs have been caught 'bending the rules'

http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/2014/3/17/aussie-caught-up-in-dutch-scandal

I see his brother is also in the Dutch team.

by skully Mon 17 Mar 2014, 21:41

Couple of fair games overnight. Ireland pipped the Zimbots and the Clogs knocked over UAE.

Ghanis v Nepal and Bangers v HK tonight.

by horace Mon 17 Mar 2014, 23:46

Big Dog wrote:As if to highlight how crap this format is, Finch has been elevated to No. #1

http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/2014/3/17/finch-rises-to-world-no1

totally agree...after he was dropped from the shield, Fink went back to park cricket for a couple of matches. He failed to show enough against the red ball to gain a recall to the worst team in the Shield

by Nath Tue 18 Mar 2014, 06:56

skully wrote:Couple of fair games overnight. Ireland pipped the Zimbots and the Clogs knocked over UAE.

Ghanis v Nepal and Bangers v HK tonight.

wrong way around. it's actually Ghanis vs HK, and Bangers vs Nepal

by beamer Tue 18 Mar 2014, 20:11

Eoin Morgan's response to criticism of England's lack of sixes:

"You can never just concentrate on hitting sixes. Getting fours is more important. Around 82% of games are won by the side who hit the most fours."

Is there a better illustration of England's culture of cricket by numbers than that? Sounds like something you'd find in a England coach/captain's parody Twitter account.

by Blackadder Tue 18 Mar 2014, 22:40

Bangers make it 2/2 beating Nepal by 8 wkts, Afghans beat HKG by 7 wkts.

by beamer Tue 18 Mar 2014, 22:56

Should be a comfortable qualification for the hosts now then, with only the weakest of the sub-minnows left to play.

Will be interesting to see if the Dutch can put in a performance against Ireland and possibly make that group a three-way contest.

by Big Dog Wed 19 Mar 2014, 06:44

England got hammered in their warmup v Windies. Windies peeled off the runs in only 16 overs.

by JGK Wed 19 Mar 2014, 07:51

beamer wrote:Eoin Morgan's response to criticism of England's lack of sixes:

"You can never just concentrate on hitting sixes. Getting fours is more important. Around 82% of games are won by the side who hit the most fours."

Is there a better illustration of England's culture of cricket by numbers than that? Sounds like something you'd find in a England coach/captain's parody Twitter account.

What percentage is won by teams who hit the most 6s?

by Merlin Wed 19 Mar 2014, 08:31

4.5 % at the last count.
That's just a number that popped into my head, by the way.

Frankly, WGAF.
The fact remains that England don't hit an abundance of 4's let alone 6's - they ought to be looking to exit the tournament sometime next week - despite what Morg's says.

by beamer Wed 19 Mar 2014, 08:37

99.9% of games are lost by teams containing tattooed twats called Jade.

97.8% of games are lost by teams who sack their most talented player to give them a scapegoat for a crap tour.

96.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.

by taipan Wed 19 Mar 2014, 08:51

JGK wrote:
beamer wrote:Eoin Morgan's response to criticism of England's lack of sixes:

"You can never just concentrate on hitting sixes. Getting fours is more important. Around 82% of games are won by the side who hit the most fours."

Is there a better illustration of England's culture of cricket by numbers than that? Sounds like something you'd find in a England coach/captain's parody Twitter account.

What percentage is won by teams who hit the most 6s?

100% of games are won by the team that scores the most runs.

by beamer Wed 19 Mar 2014, 09:07

Duckworth and Lewis might disagree with that one...

by taipan Wed 19 Mar 2014, 09:33

beamer wrote:Duckworth and Lewis might disagree with that one...

Touché

by PeterCS Wed 19 Mar 2014, 12:11

Oz had a good little warm-up monsterthrash to despatch those boring little bastards from across the creek.

When Warno and Fincho walked off after 8 overs, the Snoozers must have thought Bailey was declaring.

"Jeez, we moight wun thus wunn!", they chirped, as one.

by lardbucket Wed 19 Mar 2014, 12:14

Has the Warner-Finch runfest and the 'retired out' scenario 'cheaped' T20?

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