Cricket Thread - England win T20 World Cup

[gospvg]

I did wonder that Pakistan should have arrived in Australia earlier like India to get use to playing the pitches.

 

Both openers gone is a great start for India.

[Sirloin]

Pulled it back OK here.

[milko]

And lost it again rather. 

[Sirloin]

If they get 150 then I think that’s decent. Pakistan will get the same benefit from the ball early on.

[gospvg]

Lost a few cheap wickets but agree 150+ should be on.

[Sirloin]

I think Pakistan win this.

[milko]

I did not see them getting so many after those 3 quick wickets. Looking good again!

[footle]

Controversy

[Sirloin]

Who can India target here is the issue. That one over from Acar going to be the difference.

[Sirloin]

Oh Nawaz you poor bastard.

[Sirloin]

This isn’t his fault, poor handling of the bowlers being available and letting them run three there is fucking criminal. Insane ending to the game.

[daveodeth]

mad ending and only the start..

 

Jesus christ it gets more mental

[Sirloin]

Lol.

[Sirloin]

What a ridiculous ending, India had no right to win that.

[Silent Runner]

Those last few overs are the wildest thing I've ever seen. Unbelievably good sport. 

[milko]

Haha, scenes! Slapstick stuff.

[gospvg]

Great match, brilliant batting by Virat. Horrible bowling by Pakistan especially that last over.

[feltmonkey]

An absolutely crazy ending. As a further wrinkle, I'm not sure that the stumping should have been out, as the wicket keeper seemed to take the ball before it passed the stumps. Was this mentioned live?

[Silent Runner]

On the live coverage they had the audio from the video referee. He did mention he was checking it but only looked at the side view once or twice before giving him out. 

[milko]

50 minutes ago, Silent Runner said:

On the live coverage they had the audio from the video referee. He did mention he was checking it but only looked at the side view once or twice before giving him out. 

Tv umpire was only looking to see if he broke the stumps with his gloves before the ball did. I’m thinking it was the right call on balance, but it was impossible to know for certain. Pretty sure the take was behind the stumps too. 

[feltmonkey]

This is the frame from the BBC highlights as the ball goes into the gloves. I reckon it's pretty conclusive that he took the ball in front of the stumps. Not that it really matters anyway. If India hadn't won, I think they'd have had reason to be upset about the decision.

 

 

 

[milko]

oh fair enough, I didn't remember it that way at all (is that reverse-angle? I'm kind of impressed he managed to break the stumps the way he did from that position, he clearly thought he'd fucked it). How's about the dubious no-ball on height that was never going to be above waist height at the crease?

 

 

edit - does the take in front of the stumps matter? It's a run-out not a stumping. I don't fully understand this rule, I acknowledge.

[gospvg]

Not convinced by the no ball 6 runs. But either way was an exciting match.

[feltmonkey]

1 hour ago, milko said:

oh fair enough, I didn't remember it that way at all (is that reverse-angle? I'm kind of impressed he managed to break the stumps the way he did from that position, he clearly thought he'd fucked it). How's about the dubious no-ball on height that was never going to be above waist height at the crease?

 

 

edit - does the take in front of the stumps matter? It's a run-out not a stumping. I don't fully understand this rule, I acknowledge.

 

I thought it did, but now I'm not sure. 

 

Yeah, the no-ball is dubious. Anyway it was an entertaining end to the match. 

[milko]

I think it must be ok because there's that whole thing about keepers doing runouts by taking in front of the stumps as a relatively modern change to technique. But yes, the main thing is a highly entertaining game ended incredibly. Glad the rain held off until today even though it did ruin SA v Zim.

[milko]

If Sri Lanka can keep Finch on strike without actually getting him out they might have a shot at this.

[Sirloin]

Think the Aussies are in huge trouble, SL will spin them to death.

[Stopharage]

27 minutes ago, Sirloin said:

Think the Aussies are in huge trouble, SL will spin them to death.

Think Maxwell is in trouble judging by the first 3 balls of this Lahiru over. Smacked in the neck, ouch!

[Sirloin]

Tactical drop of Finch.

[Sirloin]

Well that escalated quickly. Australia need to drop Finch if they have any hope of winning the competition.