Cricket Thread - England win T20 World Cup

[ilpostino]

Was going ok for SL until the spinner bowled like shit.

[Swallow]

Literally 50 people in the MCG for England vs Ireland.

[Sirloin]

England might be in a spot of bother here.

[Sirloin]

Definitely now.

[Sirloin]

England need to get ahead on DLS as well.

[Stopharage]

Been a really disappointing performance so far. The Irish look like they're able to swing the ball effectively and the batsman are underperforming in the same way the bowling unit did in the first 10 overs. 

 

Think we're going to need an explosive Livingstone batting performance to win this. 

[Sirloin]

This will make the game against Australia a straight knockout.

[Sirloin]

Run the twos you twats.

[Sirloin]

Those clouds look ominous, well behind on DLS.

[Sirloin]

10 minutes to restart, this is done. Should have run the fucking twos.

[Swallow]

Poor all round. Ireland weren't brilliant but showed a lot of nerve.

[Sirloin]

They were sloppy in the field but the batted great first up and bowled very well. Would have lost probably if they hadn’t lost overs but that was entirely England’s own fault.

[Swallow]

Yep wasn't exactly a big ask to stay ahead of the DLS score. But guess the last wicket skewed it and Moeen was trying to bring it back. Bowling the spinner in the final over could have cost Ireland.

[merman]

COVID disrupting Australia’s build-up. Would love it if having to put Warner behind the stumps helps England win...

[Sirloin]

Pakistan making a meal of this.

[Stopharage]

What an ending. Last ball, could go either way. Get the yorker in....

[Sirloin]

Oh dear.

[Sirloin]

Well not looking good for the cricket. Ireland already abandoned and England not looking good.

[Gotters]

Well when not watching Eng v Aus you can all read up on the bizarre feud between Pakistan & Zimbabwe, originating with a fake pakistani Bean impersonator being sent to an agricultural show in Harare in 2016.

 

https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/pakbean-trends-after-zimbabwes-thrilling-win-over-pakistan-2290268-2022-10-27

[footle]

Should have done the WC T20 in a country with:
* Sun

* Interested Cricket Fans

[gospvg]

20 hours ago, footle said:

Should have done the WC T20 in a country with:
* Sun

* Interested Cricket Fans

 

Shocked at the empty stadiums.

[Sirloin]

NZ in trouble here.

 

And they shouldn’t have had any double headers, and not be running the women’s BBL at the same time.

[Swallow]

Both NZ openers gone in the first three overs. Need a rebuild job now.

[Swallow]

Yikes. 

[Sirloin]

Played their way out of it OK now. They must be wanting around 160. Hard to say if that’s a good score or not really. SCG normally a fairly high scoring ground and the pitch doesn’t seem to be as difficult as NZ made it seem early on.

[Sirloin]

Glen Phillips is a very angry man. Funny though.

[Sirloin]

SL might get close here, doing much the same as NZ, although with a couple more wickets lost.

 

EDIT: Next ball, my powers remain strong.

[Stopharage]

An incredible end to the Zimbabwe v Bangladesh game. Despite the best efforts of the weather there has been some amazing games so far in this World Cup. 
 

This is a game to watch the highlights without knowing the result. 

[Swallow]

India in trouble. Can see SKY and DK at least digging in but there's no finisher to follow them. What they'd give for Jadeja still to bat.

[Sirloin]

Well I’ve done my bit by backing Australia, so Ireland nailed on to give it a go.