Cricket Thread - England win T20 World Cup

[Sirloin]

Means the Dutch qualify automatically for the next World Cup as well, so Bangladesh went from almost making the semis to having to qualify for the next World Cup in one game.

[feltmonkey]

On the one hand it is a massive shock, but on the other hand, South Africa choking when the pressure is on is the most predictable thing in the world.

[gospvg]

Pakistan vs New Zealand on Wednesday

England vs India on Thursday

 

Both 8am early starts.

[Swallow]

This is anyone's game after the powerplay. Excellent start from Pakistan but the NZ middle order could take the game away.

[Swallow]

Williamson needs to stay in through the spin overs.

[Swallow]

This is gettable. NZ in the game but they didn't find the short side boundary anything like often enough. 

[Gotters]

Pakistan cruising here none down, 90 needed off 12 overs.

 

Makes you wonder how they will contrive to mess it up.

[gospvg]

11 minutes ago, Gotters said:

Makes you wonder how they will contrive to mess it up.

 

Hopefully not today.

[Swallow]

That 55m midwicket boundary should have been punished by NZ like Pakistan are doing.

[gospvg]

Great result! Can't wait for Sunday. Dil Dil Pakistan 🙂

[Sirloin]

In the office, hidden in a corner with the iPad on and getting ready to either spend the whole sprint meeting pontificating about England’s greatness or ban all cricket talk until next year.

[Gotters]

looks a small ground, could see a lot of runs today

[footle]

47 minutes ago, Sirloin said:

In the office, hidden in a corner with the iPad on and getting ready to either spend the whole sprint meeting pontificating about England’s greatness or ban all cricket talk until next year.

 

At home, iPad is screen number five.

[gospvg]

160+ is India target, that could be a challenge for England.

[Gotters]

Decent total but India never really seemed to sustain big hitting pressure.

 

No means an easy target but England will fancy their chances, it's not out of reach at all. 

[Silent Runner]

Those last few overs give India a chance anyway.

[Sirloin]

Feels about par, doesn’t seem out of reach but they need to be sensible about it.

[gospvg]

54 minutes ago, gospvg said:

160+ is India target, that could be a challenge for England.

 

PAH! What challenge, England are going to coast to victory!

[Angles Morts]

What the hell am I listening to!

[John0]

Well that was absolutely brutal!

[MarkN]

Wow! Dismissive!

[Gotters]

[milko]

So exciting! But it turns out my Now TV sports app doesn't let me watch in Germany so I missed it and need to find a way to watch on Sunday now. Any tips welcomed 

[Gotters]

sounds like you need a VPN on your device to spoof being in the UK, or to find a local stream that might be free to air on German TV.

[gospvg]

17 minutes ago, milko said:

So exciting! But it turns out my Now TV sports app doesn't let me watch in Germany so I missed it and need to find a way to watch on Sunday now. Any tips welcomed 

Will a VPN not work?

[milko]

Possibly, I've not looked into it. I should!

 

It works! Just need to make sure I'm on a decent network at the time then.

[John0]

Don't channel 4 often pick up this kind of thing? Would be surprised if it doesn't make it onto FTA one way or another.

[BeeJay]

28 minutes ago, John0 said:

Don't channel 4 often pick up this kind of thing? Would be surprised if it doesn't make it onto FTA one way or another.

Yes, looks like channel 4 will be showing it.

[MarkN]

1 hour ago, BeeJay said:

Yes, looks like channel 4 will be showing it.

Cool. I should be able to catch much of the second innings after work (fingers crossed it's a quiet day at work and I get to leave early...)

[footle]

That was a hilarious innings if you had some Indian colleagues to hand.