T20 World Cup

So SAf beat the Yanks in their 1st Super Eight game. Yanks fell 18 short of the target set by the Yarps (194).

And England powered home v WI, getting the 181 target in 17 and a half overs.

Meanwhile, exemplifying the credibility of the format, Marcus Stoinis has apparently moved to #1.

Brilliant knocks from Salt and Bairstow, the latter proving yet again how futile it is to talk about his weight. Many of the best batters have carried a few pounds, especially late in their careers. Runs are what matters and i'd bet good money that most of those doing the abusing are fat bar stewards anyway! Botham was too heavy ideally, during a lot of his career, eg.
Beat USA and we're almost guaranteed to be in the semis. Go boys!

Bannies easily accounted for the Ghanis.

Aus play the Bangers today. Currently raining.

a Patrick hatrick

lardbucket wrote:Meanwhile, exemplifying the credibility of the format, Marcus Stoinis has apparently moved to #1.

lol, but shocked. Thought #1 would be either Bunter Bairstow or the Thicktoid Ruminant captaining Oz.

Maddog wrote:Brilliant knocks from Salt and Bairstow, the latter proving yet again how futile it is to talk about his weight. Many of the best batters have carried a few pounds, especially late in their careers. Runs are what matters and i'd bet good money that most of those doing the abusing are fat bar stewards anyway! Botham was too heavy ideally, during a lot of his career, eg.
Beat USA and we're almost guaranteed to be in the semis. Go boys!

Did make me laugh …. have another pie and cream puff Bunter.

Why isn’t The Thug skippering Pomgolia?

Aus are 0-64 chasing 141 for victory v Bangers. But the rain has returned to hold them up.

I think D/L only needs 5 overs for a result, so based on that Aus will win if it continues to rain.

And well done to 2nd on his hattrick.

Actually, I just googled the DL calculator.

Entering the details i.e. BD make 140 off 20 and Aus have 6.2 overs to get the runs gives a result of BD winning by 7 runs (with Aus on 64 when rains came)!!!

I'm not sure if the system counts only full overs, or includes part overs.

Eek!!

As per the calculator, Aus need 72 off 7, 80 off 8, 85 off 9, 94 off 10 etc, etc.

Anywho, they are back on. Head swatted at one and lost his stumps. Aus 1-66 off 8. Bison starting slowly.

Bison's miserable WC continues. Out lbw for just 1. Aus 2-69.

Radar shows rain coming again.

Pissing down again.

Seems I'm not working the DL calculator right.

Dickinfo commentary says par score for Aus is 72, so with Aus at 2-100, they are well in front.

Game rained out. Aus declared winner via DL.

horace wrote:Why isn’t The Thug skippering Pomgolia?

He opted out of the T20 WC squad to concentrate on getting fully fit after his knee surgery, leading into England's future Test program.

Apparently* Koo now holds the record for the most World Cup wickets.

He took one in his 1st over in Aus's win v Bangers to go to 30 T20 WC wkts, to go with his 65 ODI WC wkts to surpass Lasith Malinga's 94 wkts.

Well done him.

Poms choke

Did Baartman win a raffle to play for the Saffs ?

LOL. Poms needed 25 off 18 and couldn't do it.

Yanks rolled for 128. SA getting good impetus at the top from de Kock. Poms and Saffers still favoured from this group to go through to the semis.

Windies smashing the yanks means that with England playing the USA and likely to improve their NRR, SA could be the most vulnerable given that they performed poor;y against the Americans.

another hat-trick to Cummins

lol, we suck

Ignominious performance today after some of the chest beating in the media about our big game mojo.

we knew it was a spin friendly venue and yet we batted first? WTF?!